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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 44

Matters had been in this state for more than a week when it reached the ears of the king that a man was living in an inn on the other side of the town who declared himself able to cure all manner of diseases.

Who acts: Matters, catching, king, town · What happens: be, reach, live, declare, cure · To what, where: state, ears, inn, king, manner

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Matters, catching, king, town), 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

nsubjauxcopcasedetcaseadvmodfixeddetnmodmarknsubjadvcldetobjcasedetnmodnsubjdetnsubjauxacl:relclcasedetoblcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodnsubjacl:relclobjxcompmarkxcompdetobjcasenmodpunctrootMattersNOUNhadAUXbeenAUXinADPthisDETstateNOUNforADPmoreADJthanADPaDETweekNOUNwhenSCONJitPRONreachedVERBtheDETearsNOUNofADPtheDETkingNOUNthatPRONaDETmanNOUNwasAUXlivingVERBinADPanDETinnNOUNonADPtheDETotherADJsideNOUNofADPtheDETtownNOUNwhoPRONdeclaredVERBhimselfPRONableADJtoPARTcureVERBallDETmannerNOUNofADPdiseasesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MattersmatterNOUNNumber=Plur6 statensubj
2hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 stateaux
3beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part6 statecop
4ininADP_6 statecase
5thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 statedet
6statestateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7forforADP_11 weekcase
8moremoreADJDegree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV11 weekadvmod
9thanthanADP_8 morefixed
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 weekdet
11weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing6 statenmod
12whenwhenSCONJ_14 reachedmark
13ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 reachednsubj
14reachedreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 stateadvcl
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 earsdet
16earsearNOUNNumber=Plur14 reachedobj
17ofofADP_19 kingcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 kingdet
19kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing16 earsnmod
20thatthatPRONPronType=Rel24 livingnsubj
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 mandet
22manmanNOUNNumber=Sing24 livingnsubj
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 livingaux
24livingliveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 kingacl:relcl
25ininADP_27 inncase
26anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 inndet
27inninnNOUNNumber=Sing24 livingobl
28ononADP_31 sidecase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 sidedet
30otherotherADJDegree=Pos31 sideamod
31sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing24 livingobl
32ofofADP_34 towncase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 towndet
34towntownNOUNNumber=Sing31 sidenmod
35whowhoPRONPronType=Rel36 declarednsubj
36declareddeclareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 townacl:relcl
37himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes36 declaredobj
38ableableADJDegree=Pos36 declaredxcomp
39totoPART_40 curemark
40curecureVERBVerbForm=Inf38 ablexcomp
41allallDETPronType=Tot42 mannerdet
42mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing40 cureobj
43ofofADP_44 diseasescase
44diseasesdiseaseNOUNNumber=Plur42 mannernmod
45..PUNCT_6 statepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispast · perfectMattersthis stateweektree rules
2reachpastcatchingthe ears of the kingvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
3livepast · progressivethe kinga innon the other side of the townvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in inn=Location
4declare speech: otherpastthe townkingable propertyvn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute
5cureto-infinitivethe town not said hereall manner of diseasesvn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer manner=Source

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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