The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 81

The Prince, nothing loth, was for springing at once into deep water, but he was gently but forcibly held back and only allowed to stand where it was about an inch deep, and he was nearly wild with impatience when he found that this process was to be repeated every day in spite of all he could say or do, the water rising higher and higher by inches, so that for sixty days he had to live in perpetual silence, ceremoniously conducted to and fro, supping all his meals through the long reed, and looking on at innumerable games of chess, the game of all others which he detested most.

Who acts: Prince, hope, water, game · What happens: spring, be, hold back, allow, stand, find · To what, where: deep water, process, spite, perpetual silence, meals, long reed · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Prince, hope, water, game), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 springing	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 nothing	punct
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 Prince	appos
5	loth	loth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nothing	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Prince	punct
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 springing	aux
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 springing	mark
9	springing	spring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 springing	obl
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 water	amod
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 springing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gently	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 gently	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 gently	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 gently	cop
19	gently	gently	ADV	_	22 held	advmod
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 held	cc
21	forcibly	forcibly	ADV	_	22 held	advmod
22	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 springing	advcl
23	back	back	ADV	_	22 held	advmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 allowed	cc
25	only	only	ADV	_	26 allowed	advmod
26	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 held	conj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 stand	mark
28	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 allowed	xcomp
29	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	34 inch	advmod
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 inch	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 inch	cop
32	about	about	ADP	_	34 inch	case
33	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 inch	det
34	inch	inch	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 stand	obl
35	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 inch	amod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 wild	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 wild	cc
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 wild	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 wild	cop
40	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	41 wild	advmod
41	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 allowed	conj
42	with	with	ADP	_	43 impatience	case
43	impatience	impatience	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 wild	obl
44	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	46 found	advmod
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 found	nsubj
46	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 wild	advcl
47	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 repeated	mark
48	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 process	det
49	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 repeated	nsubj:pass
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 repeated	aux:pass
51	to	to	PART	_	53 repeated	mark
52	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	53 repeated	aux:pass
53	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 say	advcl
54	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	55 day	det
55	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 repeated	obl:unmarked
56	in	in	ADP	_	57 spite	case
57	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 repeated	obl
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 all	case
59	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	57 spite	nmod
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 say	nsubj
61	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 say	aux
62	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 found	ccomp
63	or	or	CCONJ	_	64 do	cc
64	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 say	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 rising	punct
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 water	det
67	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 rising	nsubj
68	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	62 say	advcl
69	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	68 rising	xcomp
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 higher	cc
71	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	69 higher	conj
72	by	by	ADP	_	73 inches	case
73	inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 higher	obl
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 had	punct
75	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	81 had	mark
76	that	that	SCONJ	_	75 so	fixed
77	for	for	ADP	_	79 days	case
78	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	79 days	nummod
79	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 had	obl
80	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 had	nsubj
81	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 say	advcl
82	to	to	PART	_	83 live	mark
83	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 had	xcomp
84	in	in	ADP	_	86 silence	case
85	perpetual	perpetual	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 silence	compound
86	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 live	obl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 conducted	punct
88	ceremoniously	ceremoniously	ADV	_	89 conducted	advmod
89	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	86 silence	acl
90	to	to	ADP	_	89 conducted	obl
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 fro	cc
92	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	83 live	conj
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 supping	punct
94	supping	sup	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	92 fro	advcl
95	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	97 meals	det:predet
96	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	97 meals	nmod:poss
97	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	94 supping	obj
98	through	through	ADP	_	101 reed	case
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	101 reed	det
100	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	101 reed	amod
101	reed	reed	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 supping	obl
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 looking	punct
103	and	and	CCONJ	_	104 looking	cc
104	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 springing	conj
105	on	on	ADP	_	104 looking	compound:prt
106	at	at	ADP	_	108 games	case
107	innumerable	innumerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 games	amod
108	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	104 looking	obl
109	of	of	ADP	_	110 chess	case
110	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 games	nmod
111	,	,	PUNCT	_	113 game	punct
112	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	113 game	det
113	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 games	conj
114	of	of	ADP	_	116 others	case
115	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	116 others	det
116	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	113 game	nmod
117	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	119 detested	nsubj
118	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	119 detested	nsubj
119	detested	detest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	113 game	acl:relcl
120	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	119 detested	advmod
121	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 springing	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spring	past · progressive	the Prince		deep water			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination
2	is	past	Prince				gently property	tree rules
3	hold back	past	the Prince not said here				forcibly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	allow	participle	the Prince not said here					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
5	stand not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Prince not said here					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	past	hope				about a inch	tree rules
7	is	past	Prince				with impatience; nearly, wild property	tree rules
8	find	past	Prince					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
9	repeat	past · passive		this process	spite of all	day		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
10	say speech: assert	could	Prince					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
11	do	infinitive	Prince not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	rise	gerund	the water				high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	have	past	Prince			day		tree rules
14	live	to-infinitive	Prince not said here		perpetual silence			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in silence=Location
15	conduct	participle		perpetual silence not said here			ceremoniously property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
16	fro	infinitive	Prince not said here					tree rules
17	sup	gerund	Prince not said here	Prince's meals	the long reed			tree rules
18	look on	gerund	the Prince not said here				at innumerable games of chess and the game of all others	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at game=Theme
19	detest	past	the game of all others					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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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