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The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 59

So, though it did not please him at all, the Prince took the gazelle in his arms, and mounted upon the back of the snail, which glided along very peaceably, entirely declining to be hurried by frequent blows from the Prince’s heels.

Who acts: snail, Prince, frequent blows · What happens: not please, take, mount, glide, decline, hurry · To what, where: advice, all, gazelle, arms, back, heels

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 (snail, Prince, frequent blows), 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

advmodpunctmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclobjcaseoblpunctdetnsubjdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctnsubjacl:relcladvmodadvmodadvmodpunctadvmodadvclmarkaux:passadvclcaseamodoblcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctrootSoADV,PUNCTthoughSCONJitPRONdidAUXnotPARTpleaseVERBhimPRONatADPallDET,PUNCTtheDETPrincePROPNtookVERBtheDETgazelleNOUNinADPhisPRONarmsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJmountedVERBuponADPtheDETbackNOUNofADPtheDETsnailNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONglidedVERBalongADVveryADVpeaceablyADV,PUNCTentirelyADVdecliningVERBtoPARTbeAUXhurriedVERBbyADPfrequentADJblowsNOUNfromADPtheDETPrincePROPN’sPARTheelsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_14 tookadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Sopunct
3thoughthoughSCONJ_7 pleasemark
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 pleasensubj
5diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 pleaseaux
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 pleaseadvmod
7pleasepleaseVERBVerbForm=Inf14 tookadvcl
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 pleaseobj
9atatADP_10 allcase
10allallDETPronType=Tot7 pleaseobl
11,,PUNCT_7 pleasepunct
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 Princedet
13PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing14 tooknsubj
14tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 gazelledet
16gazellegazelleNOUNNumber=Sing14 tookobj
17ininADP_19 armscase
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 armsnmod:poss
19armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur14 tookobl
20,,PUNCT_22 mountedpunct
21andandCCONJ_22 mountedcc
22mountedmountVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 tookconj
23uponuponADP_25 backcase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 backdet
25backbackNOUNNumber=Sing22 mountedobl
26ofofADP_28 snailcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 snaildet
28snailsnailNOUNNumber=Sing25 backnmod
29,,PUNCT_31 glidedpunct
30whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel31 glidednsubj
31glidedglideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 snailacl:relcl
32alongalongADV_31 glidedadvmod
33veryveryADV_34 peaceablyadvmod
34peaceablypeaceablyADV_31 glidedadvmod
35,,PUNCT_37 decliningpunct
36entirelyentirelyADV_37 decliningadvmod
37decliningdeclineVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part31 glidedadvcl
38totoPART_40 hurriedmark
39bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf40 hurriedaux:pass
40hurriedhurryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass37 decliningadvcl
41bybyADP_43 blowscase
42frequentfrequentADJDegree=Pos43 blowsamod
43blowsblowNOUNNumber=Plur40 hurriedobl
44fromfromADP_48 heelscase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 Princedet
46PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing48 heelsnmod:poss
47’s'sPART_46 Princecase
48heelsheelNOUNNumber=Plur40 hurriedobl
49..PUNCT_14 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not pleasepast · do-supportsnailadviceallvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2takepastthe Princethe gazelleadvice's armsvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gazelle=Value in arm=Location
3mountparticiplethe Prince not said herethe back of the snailvn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon back=Destination
4glidepastthe snailalong, peaceably propertyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5declinegerundthe snail not said hereentirely propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
6hurryto-infinitive · passivefrequent blowsthe Prince's heelsvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from heel=Trajectory

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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