The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Watch, sentence 158
So it came to pass that before he knew where he was he was entreating his lovely cousin to marry him, and the moment the words had left his lips, Paridamie appeared, smiling and triumphant, in the chariot of the Queen of the Fairies, for by that time they had all heard of her success, and declared her to have earned the kingdom.
Who acts: news, Prince, Paridamie, time · What happens: come, pass, know, entreat, marry, leave · To what, where: that, lovely cousin, Prince, moment, chariot, lips · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Watch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (news, Prince, Paridamie, time), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pass | mark |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 came | xcomp |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 pass | obj |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 knew | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knew | nsubj |
| 9 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 pass | advcl |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 entreating | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 entreating | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 entreating | aux |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 entreating | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 entreating | aux |
| 15 | entreating | entreat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 knew | ccomp |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 17 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 cousin | amod |
| 18 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 entreating | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 marry | mark |
| 20 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 entreating | advcl |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 marry | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 left | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 left | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 moment | det |
| 25 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 left | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 words | det |
| 27 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 left | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 left | aux |
| 29 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 came | conj |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 lips | nmod:poss |
| 31 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 left | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 appeared | punct |
| 33 | Paridamie | Paridamie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 appeared | nsubj |
| 34 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 smiling | punct |
| 36 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 appeared | advcl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 triumphant | cc |
| 38 | triumphant | triumphant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 smiling | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 chariot | punct |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 chariot | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 chariot | det |
| 42 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 appeared | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Queen | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Queen | det |
| 45 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 chariot | nmod |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Fairies | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Fairies | det |
| 48 | Fairies | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 45 Queen | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 time | punct |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 time | case |
| 51 | by | by | ADP | _ | 53 time | case |
| 52 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 time | det |
| 53 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 appeared | obl |
| 54 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 heard | aux |
| 56 | all | all | ADV | _ | 57 heard | advmod |
| 57 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 time | acl:relcl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 success | case |
| 59 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 success | nmod:poss |
| 60 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 heard | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 declared | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 declared | cc |
| 63 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 64 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 declared | obj |
| 65 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 earned | mark |
| 66 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 67 earned | aux |
| 67 | earned | earn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 63 declared | advcl |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 kingdom | det |
| 69 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 earned | obj |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | news | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | news not said here | that | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | know | past | Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | entreat | past · progressive | Prince | Prince's lovely cousin | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | marry | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | Prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 6 | leave | past · perfect · passive | the moment | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme lip=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | appear | past | Paridamie | the chariot of the Queen of the Fairies | time | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chariot=Location | |||
| 8 | smile | gerund | Paridamie not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | hear | past · perfect · passive | that time not said here | lips = lip | of Paridamie's success; all property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | |||
| 10 | declare speech: other | past | news not said here | Paridamie | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | ||||
| 11 | earn | to-infinitive · perfect | news not said here | the kingdom | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
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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