The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 65
But after all he had to wait for the Princess’s story, for the inhabitants of the Green Lands, hearing that the Giant was dead, ran to offer the kingdom to his vanquisher, and Prince Vivien had to listen to various complimentary harangues, which took a great deal of time, though he cut them as short as politeness allowed--if not shorter.
Who acts: Prince, hearing, Vivien, various complimentary harangues · What happens: have, wait, hear, be, run, offer · To what, where: kingdom, vanquisher, various complimentary harangues, great deal, harangues, time
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, hearing, Vivien, various complimentary harangues), 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 had | cc |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 had | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 ran | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 wait | mark |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 had | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 story | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Princess | det |
| 10 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 story | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 10 Princess | case |
| 12 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wait | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 inhabitants | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 inhabitants | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 inhabitants | det |
| 16 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wait | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Lands | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Lands | det |
| 19 | Green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Lands | amod |
| 20 | Lands | Land | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 inhabitants | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 hearing | punct |
| 22 | hearing | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 dead | csubj |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 Giant | mark |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Giant | det |
| 25 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 hearing | xcomp |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 dead | cop |
| 27 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 wait | advcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 ran | punct |
| 29 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 offer | mark |
| 31 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 ran | xcomp |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 kingdom | det |
| 33 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 offer | obj |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 vanquisher | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 vanquisher | nmod:poss |
| 36 | vanquisher | vanquisher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 offer | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 had | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 had | cc |
| 39 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Vivien | nmod:desc |
| 40 | Vivien | Vivien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 had | nsubj |
| 41 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 ran | conj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 listen | mark |
| 43 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 had | xcomp |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 harangues | case |
| 45 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 harangues | amod |
| 46 | complimentary | complimentary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 harangues | amod |
| 47 | harangues | harangue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 listen | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 took | punct |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 took | nsubj |
| 50 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 harangues | parataxis |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 deal | det |
| 52 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 deal | amod |
| 53 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 took | obj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 time | case |
| 55 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 deal | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 cut | punct |
| 57 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 59 cut | mark |
| 58 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 cut | nsubj |
| 59 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 took | conj |
| 60 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 cut | obj |
| 61 | as | as | ADV | _ | 62 short | advmod |
| 62 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 cut | xcomp |
| 63 | as | as | ADP | _ | 64 politeness | case |
| 64 | politeness | politeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 short | obl |
| 65 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 short | conj |
| 66 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 69 shorter | punct |
| 67 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 69 shorter | mark |
| 68 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 69 shorter | advmod |
| 69 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 65 allowed | xcomp |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Prince | after all | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | for the Princess's story; for the inhabitants of the Green Lands | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hear | gerund | giant property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | past | hearing | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | run | past | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 6 | offer | to-infinitive | the kingdom | to Prince's vanquisher goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to vanquisher=Goal | ||||
| 7 | have | past | Vivien Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | listen | to-infinitive | Vivien Prince not said here | various complimentary harangues | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | take | past | various complimentary harangues | a great deal of time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Theme | ||||
| 10 | cut | past | Prince | harangues = harangue | short property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | |||
| 11 | allow | participle | Prince not said here | short property | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||
| 12 | deal | time | nom deal «act 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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