The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 89
These were the wolf’s parting words, and the Prince could not restrain his tears when he saw his friend vanishing in the distance; but one glance at his beloved mermaid soon cheered him up again, and they continued on their journey merrily.
Who acts: Prince, emperor, friend, parting words, princes · What happens: be, not restrain, see, vanish, cheer up, continue · To what, where: tears, friend, emperor, journey
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, friend, parting words), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 wolf | det |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wolf | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wolf | det |
| 4 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 words | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 wolf | case |
| 6 | parting | parting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 words | compound |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 cheered | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 restrain | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 restrain | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Prince | det |
| 11 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 restrain | nsubj |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 restrain | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 restrain | advmod |
| 14 | restrain | restrain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 words | acl:relcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 tears | nmod:poss |
| 16 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 restrain | obj |
| 17 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 saw | advmod |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 saw | nsubj |
| 19 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 restrain | advcl |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 friend | nmod:poss |
| 21 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 saw | obj |
| 22 | vanishing | vanish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 friend | acl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 distance | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 distance | det |
| 25 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 vanishing | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 glance | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 glance | cc |
| 28 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 glance | nummod |
| 29 | glance | glance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cheered | nsubj |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 mermaid | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 mermaid | nmod:poss |
| 32 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 mermaid | amod |
| 33 | mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 glance | nmod |
| 34 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 35 cheered | advmod |
| 35 | cheered | cheer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 cheered | obj |
| 37 | up | up | ADP | _ | 35 cheered | compound:prt |
| 38 | again | again | ADV | _ | 35 cheered | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 continued | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 continued | cc |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 continued | nsubj |
| 42 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 cheered | parataxis |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 journey | case |
| 44 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 journey | nmod:poss |
| 45 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 continued | obl |
| 46 | merrily | merrily | ADV | _ | 42 continued | advmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 35 cheered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | 's this wolf | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not restrain | could | the Prince | emperor's tears | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer tear=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | see | past | emperor | emperor's friend | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | vanish | gerund | emperor's friend not said here | in the distance | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | cheer up | past | this wolf's parting words | emperor | again | soon property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||
| 6 | continue | past | princes = prince | princes's journey | merrily property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 7 | journey | princes = prince | nom journey «act 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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