More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 14, sentence 3

Two of the fastest horses they had were put in the carriage, to go and look for the poor Prince; and when they got to the very spot where they left him, it was the time when the Prince was up the tree, getting his watch down, and poor Jubal standing a distance off.

Who acts: horses, spot, Prince, poor Jubal · What happens: have, put, go, look, get, leave · To what, where: fastest horses, Two, carriage, King, time, distance

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 (horses, spot, Prince, poor Jubal), 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	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 put	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 horses	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horses	det
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 horses	amod
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Two	nmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 horses	acl:relcl
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 put	aux:pass
9	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 carriage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 carriage	det
12	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 go	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 go	mark
15	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 put	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 look	cc
17	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 go	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	21 Prince	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Prince	det
20	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 Prince	amod
21	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 look	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 time	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 time	cc
24	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	26 got	advmod
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 got	nsubj
26	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 time	advcl
27	to	to	ADP	_	30 spot	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 spot	det
29	very	very	ADV	_	30 spot	advmod
30	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 got	obl
31	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	33 left	advmod
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 left	nsubj
33	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 spot	acl:relcl
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 left	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 got	punct
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 time	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 time	cop
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 time	det
39	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	obl:unmarked
40	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	46 tree	advmod
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Prince	det
42	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 tree	nsubj
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 tree	cop
44	up	up	ADP	_	46 tree	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 tree	det
46	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 time	nmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 getting	punct
48	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 tree	parataxis
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 watch	nmod:poss
50	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 getting	xcomp
51	down	down	ADP	_	50 watch	compound:prt
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 standing	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 standing	cc
54	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 Jubal	amod
55	Jubal	Jubal	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 standing	nsubj
56	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	48 getting	conj
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 distance	det
58	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 standing	obj
59	off	off	ADP	_	56 standing	compound:prt
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 put	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	horses = horse	the fastest horses not said here			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
2	put	past · passive		Two of the fastest horses	the carriage		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in carriage=Destination
3	go	to-infinitive					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	look	infinitive				for the poor Prince	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for prince=Theme
5	get	past	horses = horse			to the spot result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to spot=Result
6	leave	past	horses = horse	King			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7	is a	past	spot	the time			tree rules
8	is	past	the Prince			up the tree	tree rules
9	get	gerund					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	watch down	infinitive					vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
11	stand off	gerund	poor Jubal	a distance			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer distance=Stimulus

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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