More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 14, sentence 17
He orders his two brothers to be in confinement for a period of time; and before the Princess asks him to go with her to her own country, she pays a visit to the bear's camp, and she makes some very handsome presents for their kindness to the young Prince.
Who acts: King, Princess · What happens: order, be, ask, go, pay, make · To what, where: two brothers, confinement, King, own country, visit, handsome presents
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Princess), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 orders | nsubj |
| 2 | orders | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 brothers | nummod |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 orders | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 confinement | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 confinement | cop |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 confinement | case |
| 9 | confinement | confinement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 orders | ccomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 period | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 period | det |
| 12 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 confinement | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 period | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 pays | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 pays | cc |
| 17 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 20 asks | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Princess | det |
| 19 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 asks | nsubj |
| 20 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 pays | advcl |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 asks | obj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 go | mark |
| 23 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 asks | xcomp |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 her | case |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 go | obl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 country | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 country | nmod:poss |
| 28 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 country | amod |
| 29 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 go | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 asks | punct |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 pays | nsubj |
| 32 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 orders | conj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 visit | det |
| 34 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 pays | obj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 camp | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 bear | det |
| 37 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 camp | nmod:poss |
| 38 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 37 bear | case |
| 39 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 pays | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 makes | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 makes | cc |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 makes | nsubj |
| 43 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 orders | conj |
| 44 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 47 presents | det |
| 45 | very | very | ADV | _ | 46 handsome | advmod |
| 46 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 presents | amod |
| 47 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 makes | obj |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 50 kindness | case |
| 49 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 50 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 makes | obl |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 Prince | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Prince | det |
| 53 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 Prince | amod |
| 54 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 kindness | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 orders | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | present | King | King's two brothers | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | King not said here | confinement | for a period of time | tree rules | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | the Princess | King | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Princess not said here | Princess's own country | with Princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | pay | present | Princess | a visit | to the bear's camp | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | |||
| 6 | make | present | Princess | some handsome presents | for presents's kindness to the young Prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent present=Product for kindness=Asset |
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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