The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 88
The Prince was very unhappy when he heard these words, and begged the wolf to stay with them always; but this the good creature refused to do, though he thanked the Prince kindly for his invitation, and called out as he disappeared into the thicket, ‘Should any evil befall you, dear Prince, at any time, you may rely on my friendship and gratitude.’
Who acts: Prince, emperor, wolf, this, evil, you · What happens: be, hear, beg, stay, refuse, not do · To what, where: words, wolf, Prince, thicket, you
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 (Prince, emperor, wolf, this), 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 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 unhappy | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 unhappy | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 unhappy | advmod |
| 5 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 heard | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 unhappy | advcl |
| 9 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 words | det |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 heard | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 begged | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 begged | cc |
| 13 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 unhappy | parataxis |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 wolf | det |
| 15 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 begged | obj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 stay | mark |
| 17 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 begged | xcomp |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 them | case |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 stay | obl |
| 20 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 17 stay | advmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 refused | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 refused | cc |
| 23 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 refused | nsubj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 creature | det |
| 25 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 creature | amod |
| 26 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 refused | nsubj |
| 27 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 begged | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 do | mark |
| 29 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 refused | xcomp |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 thanked | punct |
| 31 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 33 thanked | mark |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 thanked | nsubj |
| 33 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 refused | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Prince | det |
| 35 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 thanked | obj |
| 36 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 33 thanked | advmod |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 invitation | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 invitation | nmod:poss |
| 39 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 thanked | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 called | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 called | cc |
| 42 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 unhappy | conj |
| 43 | out | out | ADP | _ | 42 called | compound:prt |
| 44 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 disappeared | mark |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 disappeared | nsubj |
| 46 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 called | advcl |
| 47 | into | into | ADP | _ | 49 thicket | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 thicket | det |
| 49 | thicket | thicket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 disappeared | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 befall | punct |
| 51 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 55 befall | punct |
| 52 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 befall | aux |
| 53 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 54 evil | det |
| 54 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 befall | nsubj |
| 55 | befall | befall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 unhappy | parataxis |
| 56 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 befall | obj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 Prince | punct |
| 58 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 Prince | amod |
| 59 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 befall | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 rely | punct |
| 61 | at | at | ADP | _ | 63 time | case |
| 62 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 63 time | det |
| 63 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 rely | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 time | punct |
| 65 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 67 rely | nsubj |
| 66 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 rely | aux |
| 67 | rely | rely | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 befall | conj |
| 68 | on | on | ADP | _ | 70 friendship | case |
| 69 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 friendship | nmod:poss |
| 70 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 rely | obl |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 gratitude | cc |
| 72 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 friendship | conj |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 unhappy | punct |
| 74 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 unhappy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Prince | unhappy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear | past | emperor | this words | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | past | the wolf | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wolf not said here | with princes = prince; always property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location | ||||
| 5 | refuse | past | this | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | not do | to-infinitive | this not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | thank speech: thank | past | emperor | the Prince | for emperor's invitation; kindly property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent prince=Theme for invitation=Attribute | |||
| 8 | call out speech: assert | participle | the Prince not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | disappear | past | emperor | the thicket | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | befall | should | any evil | you | dear Prince obl | tree rules | |||
| 11 | rely | may | you | time | on my friendship and gratitude | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on friendship=Theme | |||
| 12 | invite | emperor | nom invitation «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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