The Happy Prince, and Other Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 94
“Let the fireworks begin,” said the King; and the Royal Pyrotechnist made a low bow, and marched down to the end of the garden.
Who acts: fireworks, King, Royal Pyrotechnist · What happens: let, begin, say, make, march down · To what, where: low bow · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fireworks, King, Royal Pyrotechnist), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 2 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fireworks | det |
| 4 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 begin | nsubj |
| 5 | begin | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 Let | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 begin | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 King | det |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 made | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 made | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Pyrotechnist | det |
| 14 | Royal | Royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Pyrotechnist | amod |
| 15 | Pyrotechnist | Pyrotechnist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 made | nsubj |
| 16 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 bow | det |
| 18 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 bow | amod |
| 19 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 made | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 marched | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 marched | cc |
| 22 | marched | march | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 made | conj |
| 23 | down | down | ADV | _ | 22 marched | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 end | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 end | det |
| 26 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 marched | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 garden | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 garden | det |
| 29 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 end | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | infinitive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | begin in a quote | present | the fireworks | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | make | past | the Royal Pyrotechnist | a low bow | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Product | ||||
| 5 | march down | past | the Royal Pyrotechnist not said here | to the end of the garden | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to end=Result |
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 Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Project Gutenberg book 902 (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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