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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 41

So the next morning heralds were sent forth throughout the whole land to inquire if anyone knew where a maiden could be found who lived in a forest on the top of a tree, and to promise great riches and a place at court to any person who should find her.

Who acts: anyone, person · What happens: send, inquire, know, find, live, promise · To what, where: next morning heralds, maiden, forest, great riches, person, court · 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: who acts (anyone, person), 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

advmoddetamodcompoundnsubj:passaux:passadvmodcasedetamodoblmarkadvclmarknsubjccompadvmoddetnsubj:passauxaux:passccompnsubjccompcasedetoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccmarkconjamodobjccdetconjcaseoblcasedetoblnsubjauxacl:relclobjpunctrootSoADVtheDETnextADJmorningNOUNheraldsNOUNwereAUXsentVERBforthADVthroughoutADPtheDETwholeADJlandNOUNtoPARTinquireVERBifSCONJanyonePRONknewVERBwhereADVaDETmaidenNOUNcouldAUXbeAUXfoundVERBwhoPRONlivedVERBinADPaDETforestNOUNonADPtheDETtopNOUNofADPaDETtreeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTpromiseVERBgreatADJrichesNOUNandCCONJaDETplaceNOUNatADPcourtNOUNtoADPanyDETpersonNOUNwhoPRONshouldAUXfindVERBherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_7 sentadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 heraldsdet
3nextnextADJDegree=Pos5 heraldsamod
4morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing5 heraldscompound
5heraldsheraldNOUNNumber=Plur7 sentnsubj:pass
6werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 sentaux:pass
7sentsendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8forthforthADV_7 sentadvmod
9throughoutthroughoutADP_12 landcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 landdet
11wholewholeADJDegree=Pos12 landamod
12landlandNOUNNumber=Sing7 sentobl
13totoPART_14 inquiremark
14inquireinquireVERBVerbForm=Inf7 sentadvcl
15ififSCONJ_17 knewmark
16anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind17 knewnsubj
17knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 inquireccomp
18wherewhereADVPronType=Rel23 foundadvmod
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 maidendet
20maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing23 foundnsubj:pass
21couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin23 foundaux
22bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf23 foundaux:pass
23foundfindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass17 knewccomp
24whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 livednsubj
25livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 foundccomp
26ininADP_28 forestcase
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 forestdet
28forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing25 livedobl
29ononADP_31 topcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 topdet
31toptopNOUNNumber=Sing25 livedobl
32ofofADP_34 treecase
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 treedet
34treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing31 topnmod
35,,PUNCT_38 promisepunct
36andandCCONJ_38 promisecc
37totoPART_38 promisemark
38promisepromiseVERBVerbForm=Inf14 inquireconj
39greatgreatADJDegree=Pos40 richesamod
40richesrichNOUNNumber=Plur38 promiseobj
41andandCCONJ_43 placecc
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 placedet
43placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing40 richesconj
44atatADP_45 courtcase
45courtcourtNOUNNumber=Sing38 promiseobl
46totoADP_48 personcase
47anyanyDETPronType=Ind48 persondet
48personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing38 promiseobl
49whowhoPRONPronType=Rel51 findnsubj
50shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin51 findaux
51findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf48 personacl:relcl
52hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 findobj
53..PUNCT_7 sentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sendpast · passivethe next morning heraldsthroughout the whole landforth propertyvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2inquire speech: otherto-infinitivevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3know a condition, not said to happenpastanyonevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4findcould · passivea maidenvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
5livepasta foreston the top of a treevn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location
6promise speech: promiseto-infinitivegreat riches and a placeany personcourtvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent rich=Theme to person=Goal
7findshouldany personpersonvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

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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