English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, sentence 2
In the midst of all his glory, his queen died, leaving behind her an only daughter, about fifteen years of age, who for her beauty and kindness was the wonder of all that knew her.
Who acts: queen, fifteen years, king · What happens: die, leave, be, know, glory · To what, where: queen
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Three Heads of the Well. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, fifteen years, king), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 midst | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 midst | det |
| 3 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 died | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 glory | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 glory | det:predet |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 glory | nmod:poss |
| 7 | glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 midst | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 midst | punct |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 queen | nmod:poss |
| 10 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 died | nsubj |
| 11 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 leaving | punct |
| 13 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 died | advcl |
| 14 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 18 daughter | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 daughter | det |
| 17 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 daughter | amod |
| 18 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 leaving | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 years | punct |
| 20 | about | about | ADV | _ | 21 fifteen | advmod |
| 21 | fifteen | fifteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 years | nummod |
| 22 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 died | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 age | case |
| 24 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 years | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 wonder | punct |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 wonder | nsubj |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 wonder | case |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 29 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 wonder | nsubj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 kindness | cc |
| 31 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 beauty | conj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 wonder | cop |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 wonder | det |
| 34 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 years | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 that | case |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 that | det:predet |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 knew | obl |
| 38 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 wonder | acl:relcl |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 knew | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 died | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | king's queen | year | in the midst of king's glory | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in midst=Attribute | |||
| 2 | leave | gerund | king's queen not said here | behind queen's only daughter | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind daughter=Location | ||||
| 3 | is | past | fifteen years of age and the wonder | for the wonder | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | know | past | queen | of the wonder | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | glory | king | nom glory «state intransitive»: 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: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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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