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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 7 sent | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heralds | det |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 heralds | amod |
| 4 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heralds | compound |
| 5 | heralds | herald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sent | aux:pass |
| 7 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 7 sent | advmod |
| 9 | throughout | throughout | ADP | _ | 12 land | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 land | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 land | amod |
| 12 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sent | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 inquire | mark |
| 14 | inquire | inquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sent | advcl |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 17 knew | mark |
| 16 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 17 knew | nsubj |
| 17 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 inquire | ccomp |
| 18 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 23 found | advmod |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 maiden | det |
| 20 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 found | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 found | aux |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 found | aux:pass |
| 23 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 knew | ccomp |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 lived | nsubj |
| 25 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 found | ccomp |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 forest | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 forest | det |
| 28 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lived | obl |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 top | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 top | det |
| 31 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lived | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 tree | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 tree | det |
| 34 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 top | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 promise | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 promise | cc |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 promise | mark |
| 38 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 inquire | conj |
| 39 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 riches | amod |
| 40 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 promise | obj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 place | cc |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 place | det |
| 43 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 riches | conj |
| 44 | at | at | ADP | _ | 45 court | case |
| 45 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 promise | obl |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 person | case |
| 47 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 48 person | det |
| 48 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 promise | obl |
| 49 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 find | nsubj |
| 50 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 find | aux |
| 51 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 person | acl:relcl |
| 52 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 find | obj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | the next morning heralds | throughout the whole land | forth property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | inquire speech: other | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | know a condition, not said to happen | past | anyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | find | could · passive | a maiden | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | live | past | a forest | on the top of a tree | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location | ||||
| 6 | promise speech: promise | to-infinitive | great riches and a place | any person | court | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent rich=Theme to person=Goal | |||
| 7 | find | should | any person | person | vn 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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