The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 18
Having been thoroughly well brought up at the court of King Gridelin, of course he understood the art of navigation, but when once he had started, the current carried the vessel down at such a pace that before he knew where he was the Prince found himself out at sea, and a wind springing up behind him just at this moment soon drove him out of sight of land.
Who acts: Prince, current, wind · What happens: bring up, understand, start, carry down, know, be · To what, where: court, art, vessel, pace, Prince, sea
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, current, wind), 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 | Having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 brought | aux |
| 2 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 brought | aux:pass |
| 3 | thoroughly | thoroughly | ADV | _ | 5 brought | advmod |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 brought | advmod |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 brought | compound:prt |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 court | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 court | det |
| 9 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Gridelin | case |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Gridelin | compound |
| 12 | Gridelin | Gridelin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 court | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 understood | punct |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | ExtPos=ADV | 17 understood | advmod |
| 15 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 of | fixed |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 understood | nsubj |
| 17 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 brought | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 art | det |
| 19 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 understood | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 navigation | case |
| 21 | navigation | navigation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 art | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 started | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 started | cc |
| 24 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 started | advmod |
| 25 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 28 started | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 started | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 started | aux |
| 28 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 brought | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 carried | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 current | det |
| 31 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 carried | nsubj |
| 32 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 started | parataxis |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 vessel | det |
| 34 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 carried | obj |
| 35 | down | down | ADP | _ | 32 carried | compound:prt |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 pace | case |
| 37 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 39 pace | det:predet |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 pace | det |
| 39 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 carried | obl |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 knew | obj |
| 41 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 43 knew | mark |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 knew | nsubj |
| 43 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 pace | acl:relcl |
| 44 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 found | advmod |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 Prince | nsubj |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 Prince | cop |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Prince | det |
| 48 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 found | nsubj |
| 49 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 knew | advcl |
| 50 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 49 found | obj |
| 51 | out | out | ADP | _ | 49 found | compound:prt |
| 52 | at | at | ADP | _ | 53 sea | case |
| 53 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 found | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 springing | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 springing | cc |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 wind | det |
| 57 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 springing | nsubj |
| 58 | springing | spring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 carried | advcl |
| 59 | up | up | ADP | _ | 58 springing | compound:prt |
| 60 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 61 him | case |
| 61 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 springing | obl |
| 62 | just | just | ADV | _ | 67 drove | advmod |
| 63 | at | at | ADP | _ | 65 moment | case |
| 64 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 65 moment | det |
| 65 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 drove | obl |
| 66 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 67 drove | advmod |
| 67 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 springing | advcl |
| 68 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 drove | obj |
| 69 | out | out | ADP | _ | 71 sight | case |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 sight | case |
| 71 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 drove | obl |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 land | case |
| 73 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 sight | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring up | gerund · perfect · passive | the court of King Gridelin | thoroughly, well property | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» | ||||
| 2 | understand | past | Prince | the art of navigation | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | start | past · perfect | Prince | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | carry down | past | the current | the vessel | at such pace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | |||
| 5 | know | past | Prince | such pace | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | Prince | the Prince | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | find out | past | the Prince | Prince | sea | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | |||
| 8 | spring up | gerund | a wind | behind Prince | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Location | ||||
| 9 | drive | past | a wind not said here | Prince | sight of land | moment | soon property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out sight=Trajectory | |
| 10 | sight | land | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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