The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 71
That night, when the king sat at dinner, Paperarello came in, and laying down the ear, and the nose, and the finger on the table, turned and said to the nobles and courtiers who were waiting on the king: “I am the invincible knight, who rode three times to your help, and I also am a king’s son, and no goose-boy as you all think.”
Who acts: king, Paperarello, finger, courtiers, invincible knight, your · What happens: sit, come in, lay down, turn, say, wait · To what, where: nose, dinner, ear, nobles, invincible knight, help · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Paperarello, finger, courtiers), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 night | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 sat | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | nsubj |
| 7 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 dinner | case |
| 9 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 came | punct |
| 11 | Paperarello | Paperarello | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 came | nsubj |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sat | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADV | _ | 12 came | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 laying | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 laying | cc |
| 16 | laying | lay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 came | advcl |
| 17 | down | down | ADP | _ | 19 ear | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 ear | det |
| 19 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 laying | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 nose | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 nose | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 nose | det |
| 23 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 turned | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 turned | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 finger | det |
| 27 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 turned | nsubj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 table | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 table | det |
| 30 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 finger | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 finger | punct |
| 32 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sat | conj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 said | cc |
| 34 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 turned | conj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 nobles | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 nobles | det |
| 37 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 said | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 courtiers | cc |
| 39 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 nobles | conj |
| 40 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 waiting | nsubj |
| 41 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 waiting | aux |
| 42 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 courtiers | acl:relcl |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 king | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 king | det |
| 45 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 waiting | obl |
| 46 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 52 knight | punct |
| 47 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 knight | punct |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 knight | nsubj |
| 49 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 knight | cop |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 knight | det |
| 51 | invincible | invincible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 knight | amod |
| 52 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 turned | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 rode | punct |
| 54 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 rode | nsubj |
| 55 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 knight | acl:relcl |
| 56 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 57 times | nummod |
| 57 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 rode | obl:unmarked |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 help | case |
| 59 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 help | nmod:poss |
| 60 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 rode | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 son | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 son | cc |
| 63 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 69 son | nsubj |
| 64 | also | also | ADV | _ | 65 am | advmod |
| 65 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 69 son | cop |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 king | det |
| 67 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 son | nmod:poss |
| 68 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 67 king | case |
| 69 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 rode | obl |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 boy | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 boy | cc |
| 72 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 75 boy | det |
| 73 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 boy | compound |
| 74 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 73 goose | punct |
| 75 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 knight | conj |
| 76 | as | as | ADP | _ | 77 you | case |
| 77 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 75 boy | nmod |
| 78 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 79 think | advmod |
| 79 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 turned | advcl |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
| 81 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | the king | the nose | dinner | night | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location | ||
| 2 | come in | past | Paperarello | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | lay down | gerund | Paperarello not said here | the ear | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Result | ||||
| 4 | turn | past | the finger on the table | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the finger on the table not said here | the nobles and courtiers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to noble=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | wait | past · progressive | courtiers | on the king | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on king=Location | ||||
| 7 | is a in a quote | present | the finger on the table = finger | the invincible knight and no goose boy as you | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | ride in a quote | past | the invincible knight and no goose boy as you | your help | time | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to help=Trajectory | |||
| 9 | is a in a quote | present | the finger on the table = finger | a king's son | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | think speech: other in a quote | present | the finger on the table not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | help in a quote | your | nom help «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: «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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