The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 37
At length the emperor, who could not think what had caused this change, sent for his son and asked him what was the matter.
What happens: not think, cause, send, ask, be · To what, where: length, change, prince, matter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 length | case |
| 2 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 think | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 length | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 length | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 think | nsubj |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 think | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 think | advmod |
| 9 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 caused | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 caused | aux |
| 12 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 think | ccomp |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 change | det |
| 14 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caused | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sent | punct |
| 16 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 caused | conj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 son | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 son | nmod:poss |
| 19 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sent | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 asked | cc |
| 21 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 caused | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 asked | iobj |
| 23 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 26 matter | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 matter | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 matter | det |
| 26 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 asked | ccomp |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not think speech: other | could | length the emperor | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cause | past · perfect · passive | this change | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme change=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | send | participle | for prince's son | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | past | prince | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | is a | past | the matter | tree rules |
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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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