More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 7, sentence 12
But the gooseherd was never seen again, and no one knew what became of him; while the old lord went home once more to his Palace by the sea, for he could not stay at Court, when he had sworn never to look on his granddaughter's face.
Who acts: one, old lord, Prince · What happens: not see, know, become, go, not stay, swear · To what, where: gooseherd, Palace, Court · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, old lord, Prince), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 seen | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gooseherd | det |
| 3 | gooseherd | gooseherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 seen | advmod |
| 6 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 seen | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 knew | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 knew | cc |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 one | det |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 knew | nsubj |
| 12 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | conj |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 became | nsubj |
| 14 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 knew | ccomp |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 became | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 went | punct |
| 18 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 22 went | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 lord | det |
| 20 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 lord | amod |
| 21 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 went | nsubj |
| 22 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 knew | parataxis |
| 23 | home | home | ADV | _ | 22 went | advmod |
| 24 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 25 more | advmod |
| 25 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 22 went | advmod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 Palace | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Palace | nmod:poss |
| 28 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 went | obl |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 sea | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sea | det |
| 31 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 went | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 stay | punct |
| 33 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 37 stay | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 stay | nsubj |
| 35 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 stay | aux |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 stay | advmod |
| 37 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 went | conj |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 Court | case |
| 39 | Court | Court | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 stay | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sworn | punct |
| 41 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 44 sworn | advmod |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 sworn | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 sworn | aux |
| 44 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 stay | advcl |
| 45 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 47 look | advmod |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 look | mark |
| 47 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 44 sworn | parataxis |
| 48 | on | on | ADP | _ | 52 face | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 granddaughter | nmod:poss |
| 50 | granddaughter | granddaughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 face | nmod:poss |
| 51 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 50 granddaughter | case |
| 52 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 look | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 seen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past · passive | the gooseherd | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | know | past | no one | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | become | past | of Prince | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | go | past | the old lord | Prince's Palace | by the sea; home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | not stay | could | Prince | Court | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location | ||||
| 6 | swear | past · perfect | Prince | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | not look | to-infinitive | on Prince's granddaughter's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on face=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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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