The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 70
Lolotte was forced to go away to a general assembly of the Fairies, and she came back in great dismay, telling me that her indulgence to me had cost her dear, for she had been severely reprimanded and ordered to hand me over to the Fairy Mirlifiche, who was already taking charge of you, and who had been much commended for her management of you.’
Who acts: Lolotte, indulgence, Fairy Mirlifiche · What happens: force, go away, come back, tell, cost, reprimand · To what, where: Lolotte, general assembly, great dismay, me, indulgence, Fairy Mirlifiche · 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 (Lolotte, indulgence, Fairy Mirlifiche), 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 | Lolotte | Lolotte | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 forced | aux:pass |
| 3 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forced | xcomp |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 assembly | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 assembly | det |
| 9 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 assembly | amod |
| 10 | assembly | assembly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Fairies | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Fairies | det |
| 13 | Fairies | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 assembly | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 came | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 came | cc |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 came | nsubj |
| 17 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 forced | conj |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 came | advmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 dismay | case |
| 20 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 dismay | amod |
| 21 | dismay | dismay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 came | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 telling | punct |
| 23 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 came | advcl |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 telling | iobj |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 cost | mark |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 indulgence | nmod:poss |
| 27 | indulgence | indulgence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 cost | nsubj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 me | case |
| 29 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 indulgence | nmod |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 cost | aux |
| 31 | cost | cost | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 telling | ccomp |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 dear | nmod:poss |
| 33 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 cost | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 reprimanded | punct |
| 35 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 reprimanded | mark |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 reprimanded | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 reprimanded | aux |
| 38 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 40 reprimanded | aux:pass |
| 39 | severely | severely | ADV | _ | 40 reprimanded | advmod |
| 40 | reprimanded | reprimand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 cost | conj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 ordered | cc |
| 42 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 40 reprimanded | conj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 hand | mark |
| 44 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 ordered | xcomp |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 hand | obj |
| 46 | over | over | ADP | _ | 44 hand | compound:prt |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 Mirlifiche | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 Mirlifiche | det |
| 49 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Mirlifiche | compound |
| 50 | Mirlifiche | Mirlifiche | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 hand | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 taking | punct |
| 52 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 taking | nsubj |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 taking | cop |
| 54 | already | already | ADV | _ | 55 taking | advmod |
| 55 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 50 Mirlifiche | conj |
| 56 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 taking | obj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 you | case |
| 58 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 56 charge | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 commended | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 commended | cc |
| 61 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 commended | nsubj:pass |
| 62 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 commended | aux |
| 63 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 65 commended | aux:pass |
| 64 | much | much | ADV | _ | 65 commended | advmod |
| 65 | commended | commend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 forced | conj |
| 66 | for | for | ADP | _ | 68 management | case |
| 67 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 management | nmod:poss |
| 68 | management | management | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 commended | obl |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 you | case |
| 70 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 68 management | nmod |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 forced | punct |
| 72 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 forced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | force | past · passive | Lolotte | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go away | to-infinitive | Lolotte not said here | a general assembly of the Fairies | away property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to assembly=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | come back | past | Lolotte | great dismay | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dismay=Location | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | gerund | Lolotte not said here | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | cost | past · perfect | Lolotte's indulgence to me | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | reprimand | past · perfect · passive | indulgence | severely property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | order | participle | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 8 | hand over not said to happen | to-infinitive | me | the Fairy Mirlifiche | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to mirlifiche=Destination | ||||
| 9 | is | past | the Fairy Mirlifiche | take property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | commend | past · perfect · passive | for Lolotte's management of you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for management=Attribute | |||||
| 11 | charge | you | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 12 | manage | Lolotte | you | nom management «act transitive»: poss=agent 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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