The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4, sentence 24
King Gridelin and Queen Santorina, after all their experiences had no further desire to reign, so they retired happily to a peaceful place, leaving their kingdom to the Prince and Princess, who were beloved by all their subjects, and found their greatest happiness all their lives long in making other people happy.
Who acts: King, miracles, subjects · What happens: have, reign, retire, leave, belov, find · To what, where: further desire, kingdom, Prince, greatest happiness, other people
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, miracles, subjects), 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 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 had | nsubj |
| 2 | Gridelin | Gridelin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 King | flat |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Queen | cc |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 King | conj |
| 5 | Santorina | Santorina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Queen | flat |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 had | punct |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 11 had | mark |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 experiences | det:predet |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 experiences | nmod:poss |
| 10 | experiences | experience | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 had | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 desire | det |
| 13 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 desire | amod |
| 14 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 had | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 reign | mark |
| 16 | reign | reign | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 desire | acl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 retired | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 retired | advmod |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 retired | nsubj |
| 20 | retired | retire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 had | conj |
| 21 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 20 retired | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 place | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 place | det |
| 24 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 place | amod |
| 25 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 retired | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 leaving | punct |
| 27 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 retired | advcl |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 29 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 leaving | obj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 Prince | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Prince | det |
| 32 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 leaving | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 Princess | cc |
| 34 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Prince | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 beloved | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 beloved | nsubj |
| 37 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 beloved | aux:pass |
| 38 | beloved | belov | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 Prince | acl:relcl |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 subjects | case |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 42 subjects | det:predet |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 42 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 beloved | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 found | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 found | cc |
| 45 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 had | parataxis |
| 46 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 happiness | nmod:poss |
| 47 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 48 happiness | amod |
| 48 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 found | obj |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 lives | det:predet |
| 50 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 lives | nmod:poss |
| 51 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 long | obl:unmarked |
| 52 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 45 found | advmod |
| 53 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 54 making | mark |
| 54 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 found | advcl |
| 55 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 people | amod |
| 56 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 making | obj |
| 57 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 making | xcomp |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | King and Queen | no further desire | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | ||||
| 2 | reign | to-infinitive | King and Queen not said here | no further desire not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | retire | past | miracles = miracle | to a peaceful place; happily property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | leave | gerund | miracles = miracle not said here | miracles's kingdom | the Prince and Princess | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to prince=Recipient | |||
| 5 | belov | past · passive | miracles's subjects | the Prince and Princess | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | find | past | miracles's greatest happiness | long property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic | ||||
| 7 | make | gerund | other people | happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product | ||||
| 8 | experience | miracles = miracle | nom experience «cognition 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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