More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 19, sentence 134
When he reached the palace he knocked at the gate loudly with his crook, and having mentioned the object of his visit, he was immediately conducted to the hall where the king's daughter sat ready prepared to see her lovers.
Who acts: Jack, daughter · What happens: reach, knock, mention, conduct, sit, prepare · To what, where: palace, object, Jack, hall, lovers
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack, daughter), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 3 reached | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reached | nsubj |
| 3 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 knocked | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 knocked | nsubj |
| 7 | knocked | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 gate | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gate | det |
| 10 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knocked | obl |
| 11 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 7 knocked | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 crook | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 crook | nmod:poss |
| 14 | crook | crook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knocked | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mentioned | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 mentioned | cc |
| 17 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 mentioned | aux |
| 18 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 knocked | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 object | det |
| 20 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 mentioned | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 visit | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 visit | nmod:poss |
| 23 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 object | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 conducted | punct |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 conducted | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 conducted | aux:pass |
| 27 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 28 conducted | advmod |
| 28 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 mentioned | conj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 hall | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 hall | det |
| 31 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 conducted | obl |
| 32 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 37 sat | advmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 king | det |
| 34 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 35 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 34 king | case |
| 36 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 sat | nsubj |
| 37 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 hall | acl:relcl |
| 38 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 sat | xcomp |
| 39 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 ready | xcomp |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 see | mark |
| 41 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 prepared | xcomp |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 lovers | nmod:poss |
| 43 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 see | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 knocked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | Jack | the palace | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | ||||
| 2 | knock | past | Jack | with Jack's crook; at the gate; loudly property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at gate=Patient with crook=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | mention speech: other | gerund · perfect | the object of Jack's visit | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent object=Topic | |||||
| 4 | conduct | past · passive | Jack | the hall | immediately property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hall=Destination | |||
| 5 | sit | past | the king's daughter | ready property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | prepare | participle | the king's daughter not said here | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | the king's daughter not said here | daughter's lovers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lover=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | visit | Jack | nom visit «act transitive»: 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: «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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