The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 8

Although she neglected nothing that could possibly have been done for them, their characters, as they grew up, plainly proved that education only softens down natural defects, but cannot entirely do away with them; for Placida, who was perfectly lovely, and with a capacity and intelligence which enabled her to learn and understand anything that presented itself, was at the same time as lazy and indifferent as it is possible for anyone to be, while Vivien on the contrary was only too lively, and was for ever taking up some new thing and as promptly tiring of it, and flying off to something else which held his fickle fancy an equally short time.

Who acts: Queen, King, education, Placida, capacity, same time · What happens: neglect, do, grow up, prove, soften down, not do away · To what, where: nothing, natural defects, Queen, anything, education, Vivien

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, King, education, Placida), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Although	although	SCONJ	_	3 neglected	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 neglected	nsubj
3	neglected	neglect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 grew	advcl
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 neglected	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 done	obj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 done	aux
7	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	10 done	advmod
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 done	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 done	aux:pass
10	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 nothing	acl:relcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 done	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 characters	punct
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 characters	nmod:poss
15	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nothing	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 grew	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 grew	mark
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 grew	nsubj
19	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 grew	compound:prt
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 proved	punct
22	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	23 proved	advmod
23	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 grew	conj
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 softens	mark
25	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 softens	nsubj
26	only	only	ADV	_	27 softens	advmod
27	softens	soften	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 proved	ccomp
28	down	down	ADP	_	27 softens	compound:prt
29	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 defects	amod
30	defects	defect	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 softens	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 do	punct
32	but	but	CCONJ	_	36 do	cc
33	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 do	aux
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	36 do	advmod
35	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	36 do	advmod
36	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 grew	advcl
37	away	away	ADV	_	36 do	advmod
38	with	with	ADP	_	39 them	case
39	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 do	obl
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 Placida	punct
41	for	for	ADP	_	42 Placida	case
42	Placida	Placida	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 grew	parataxis
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 lovely	punct
44	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 lovely	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 lovely	cop
46	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	47 lovely	advmod
47	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 Placida	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 time	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 time	cc
50	with	with	ADP	_	52 capacity	case
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 capacity	det
52	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 time	obl
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 intelligence	cc
54	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 capacity	conj
55	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 enabled	nsubj
56	enabled	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 capacity	acl:relcl
57	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 enabled	obj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 learn	mark
59	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 enabled	advcl
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 understand	cc
61	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 learn	conj
62	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	61 understand	obj
63	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 presented	nsubj
64	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 anything	acl:relcl
65	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	64 presented	obj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 capacity	punct
67	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 time	cop
68	at	at	ADP	_	71 time	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 time	det
70	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 time	amod
71	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 lovely	obl
72	as	as	ADP	_	73 lazy	case
73	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 time	nmod
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 indifferent	cc
75	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 lazy	conj
76	as	as	SCONJ	_	79 possible	mark
77	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 possible	nsubj
78	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 possible	cop
79	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 indifferent	advcl
80	for	for	ADP	_	81 anyone	case
81	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	93 lively	obl
82	to	to	PART	_	86 Vivien	mark
83	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	86 Vivien	cop
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 Vivien	punct
85	while	while	SCONJ	_	86 Vivien	mark
86	Vivien	Vivien	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 anyone	nmod
87	on	on	ADP	_	89 contrary	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 contrary	det
89	contrary	contrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 Vivien	nmod
90	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	93 lively	cop
91	only	only	ADV	_	93 lively	advmod
92	too	too	ADV	_	93 lively	advmod
93	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 time	acl:relcl
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 taking	punct
95	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 taking	cc
96	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	99 taking	cop
97	for	for	SCONJ	_	99 taking	mark
98	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	99 taking	advmod
99	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	93 lively	parataxis
100	up	up	ADP	_	99 taking	compound:prt
101	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	103 thing	det
102	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	103 thing	amod
103	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 taking	obj
104	and	and	CCONJ	_	107 tiring	cc
105	as	as	ADV	_	107 tiring	advmod
106	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	107 tiring	advmod
107	tiring	tire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	99 taking	conj
108	of	of	ADP	_	109 it	case
109	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	107 tiring	obl
110	,	,	PUNCT	_	112 flying	punct
111	and	and	CCONJ	_	112 flying	cc
112	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	99 taking	conj
113	off	off	ADP	_	112 flying	compound:prt
114	to	to	ADP	_	115 something	case
115	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	112 flying	obl
116	else	else	ADV	_	115 something	advmod
117	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	118 held	nsubj
118	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	115 something	acl:relcl
119	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	121 fancy	nmod:poss
120	fickle	fickle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	121 fancy	amod
121	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	118 held	obj
122	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	125 time	det
123	equally	equally	ADV	_	124 short	advmod
124	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	125 time	amod
125	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	118 held	obl:unmarked
126	.	.	PUNCT	_	42 Placida	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neglect	past	Queen	nothing				vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
2	do	could · perfect · passive					for King; possibly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality
3	grow up	past	King					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	prove	past	King not said here				plainly property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	soften down	present	education	natural defects				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent defect=Patient
6	not do away	can	King not said here				with King; away, entirely property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	Placida				lovely, perfectly property	tree rules
8	enable	past	a capacity and intelligence	Queen				tree rules
9	learn	to-infinitive	a capacity and intelligence not said here					vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	understand	infinitive	a capacity and intelligence not said here	anything				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
11	present	past		education				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme
12	is	past				at the same time	with a capacity and intelligence; as lazy	tree rules
13	is	present	education				possible property	tree rules
14	is a	to-infinitive		Vivien	the contrary			tree rules
15	is	past	the same time not said here				for anyone; lively property	tree rules
16	is	past				ever	take property	tree rules
17	tire	gerund					of education; promptly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
18	fly off	gerund			something			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to something=Destination
19	hold	past		Vivien's fickle fancy		time		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Theme
20	fancy		Vivien					nom fancy «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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