The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 63

But what was his surprise, when having at her request set the gazelle gently down upon the steps which led up to the castle, he saw her suddenly change into a charming Princess, and recognized in her his pretty cousin Placida, who greeted him with her usual tranquil sweetness.

Who acts: request, steps, water, Placida · What happens: be, have, set, lead up, see, change · To what, where: surprise, gazelle, pretty cousin, Prince · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (request, steps, water, 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 surprise	cc
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 surprise	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 surprise	cop
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 surprise	nmod:poss
5	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 having	punct
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 having	mark
8	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 surprise	acl:relcl
9	at	at	SCONJ	_	12 set	mark
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 request	nmod:poss
11	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	nsubj
12	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 having	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gazelle	det
14	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	obj
15	gently	gently	ADV	_	16 down	advmod
16	down	down	ADV	_	12 set	advmod
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 steps	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 steps	det
19	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 set	obl
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 led	nsubj
21	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 steps	acl:relcl
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 led	compound:prt
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 castle	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 castle	det
25	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 led	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 saw	punct
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 saw	nsubj
28	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 surprise	parataxis
29	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 change	nsubj
30	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	31 change	advmod
31	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 saw	ccomp
32	into	into	ADP	_	35 Princess	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 Princess	det
34	charming	charm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	35 Princess	amod
35	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 change	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 recognized	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 recognized	cc
38	recognized	recognize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 saw	conj
39	in	in	ADP	_	43 cousin	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 cousin	nmod:poss
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 cousin	nmod:poss
42	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 cousin	amod
43	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 recognized	obl
44	Placida	Placida	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 cousin	appos
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 greeted	punct
46	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 greeted	nsubj
47	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 Placida	acl:relcl
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 greeted	obj
49	with	with	ADP	_	53 sweetness	case
50	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 sweetness	nmod:poss
51	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 sweetness	amod
52	tranquil	tranquil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 sweetness	amod
53	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 greeted	obl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 surprise	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Prince's surprise				tree rules
2	have	gerund						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	set	past	water's request	the gazelle			upon the steps; down property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent gazelle=Theme upon step=Destination
4	lead up	past	the steps				to the castle	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to castle=Patient
5	see	past	request					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	change	present	water				into a charming Princess result; suddenly property	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into princess=Result
7	charm	gerund						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
8	recognize	participle	request not said here			water's pretty cousin		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	greet speech: greet	past	Placida		Prince		with water's usual tranquil sweetness	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	request		water					nom request «communication 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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