The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 23
The wolf, who, of course, knew by his magic arts all that had happened to the Prince, turned himself at once into a mighty monarch with a large train of followers, and proceeded to the Court of the Emperor, where he was received with every show of honour.
Who acts: wolf, that · What happens: know, happen, turn, proceed, receive, show · To what, where: emperor, mighty monarch, honour · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Mermaid. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wolf, that), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 knew | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 knew | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 course | punct |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 course | case |
| 7 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 who | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 who | punct |
| 9 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wolf | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 arts | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 arts | nmod:poss |
| 12 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 arts | amod |
| 13 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 knew | obl |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 happened | det:predet |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 happened | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 happened | aux |
| 17 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 knew | ccomp |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 Prince | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Prince | det |
| 20 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 happened | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wolf | punct |
| 22 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 22 turned | obj |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 once | case |
| 25 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 22 turned | obl |
| 26 | into | into | ADP | _ | 29 monarch | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 monarch | det |
| 28 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 monarch | amod |
| 29 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 turned | obl |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 train | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 train | det |
| 32 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 train | amod |
| 33 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 monarch | nmod |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 followers | case |
| 35 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 train | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 proceeded | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 proceeded | cc |
| 38 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 turned | parataxis |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 Court | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Court | det |
| 41 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 proceeded | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Emperor | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Emperor | det |
| 44 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Court | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 received | punct |
| 46 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 received | advmod |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 received | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 received | aux:pass |
| 49 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 proceeded | conj |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 show | case |
| 51 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 52 show | det |
| 52 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 received | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 honour | case |
| 54 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 show | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the wolf | by emperor's magic arts | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen | past · perfect | that | to the Prince | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | turn | past | the wolf | emperor | a mighty monarch with a large train of followers | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at once=Source into monarch=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | proceed | past | to the Court of the Emperor | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | receive | past · passive | emperor | with every show of honour | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 6 | show | honour | nom show «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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