Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 82
The Princess could only put her mouth to his to take the cherry, and when she had the fruit between her lips--and his kiss with it--could not at the moment say, "_J'y pense_."
Who acts: Princess, Otto · What happens: put, take, have, not say, kiss · To what, where: mouth, cherry, fruit, J'y pense · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, Otto), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree 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 Princess | det |
| 2 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | aux |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 put | advmod |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obj |
| 8 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 11 take | mark |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 take | nmod:poss |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 take | mark |
| 11 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 put | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cherry | det |
| 13 | cherry | cherry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 take | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 had | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 had | cc |
| 16 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 had | advmod |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 had | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 fruit | det |
| 20 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 had | obj |
| 21 | between | between | ADP | _ | 23 lips | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 lips | nmod:poss |
| 23 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 fruit | nmod |
| 24 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 27 kiss | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 kiss | cc |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 kiss | nmod:poss |
| 27 | kiss | kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 had | obl |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 it | case |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 kiss | nmod |
| 30 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 36 say | punct |
| 31 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 say | aux |
| 32 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 say | advmod |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 moment | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 moment | det |
| 35 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 say | obl |
| 36 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 put | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 pense | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 pense | punct |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 41 pense | punct |
| 40 | J'y | J'y | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 pense | compound |
| 41 | pense | pense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 say | obj |
| 42 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 say | punct |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | could | the Princess | Princess's mouth | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent mouth=Goal | ||||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | the Princess not said here | the cherry | Otto nmod:poss | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cherry=Theme | |||
| 3 | have | past | Princess | the fruit | between Princess's lips; Otto's kiss with mouth obl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | |||
| 4 | not say speech: assert | could | J'y pense | moment | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pense=Topic | ||||
| 5 | kiss | Otto | with mouth | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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: «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (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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