The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 30

But as she was much afraid of her son, she told the robber that the next time the prince went to bathe in the river, he was to steal the sword from its place above the bed, for without it the young man would have no power to punish him for his boldness.

Who acts: bear, prince, young man, power · What happens: be, tell, go, bathe, have, punish · To what, where: robber, place, power, prince · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bear, prince, young man, power), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	12 told	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 afraid	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 afraid	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 afraid	cop
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 afraid	amod
6	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 told	advcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 son	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 son	nmod:poss
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 afraid	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 afraid	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 told	nsubj
12	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 robber	det
14	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	obj
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 went	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 went	obl:unmarked
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 prince	det
20	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 went	nsubj
21	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 told	ccomp
22	to	to	PART	_	23 bathe	mark
23	bathe	bathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 went	xcomp
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 river	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 river	det
26	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bathe	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 steal	punct
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 steal	nsubj
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 steal	cop
30	to	to	PART	_	31 steal	mark
31	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 told	ccomp
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 sword	det
33	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 steal	obj
34	from	from	ADP	_	36 place	case
35	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 place	nmod:poss
36	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 steal	obl
37	above	above	ADP	_	39 bed	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 bed	det
39	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 place	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 have	punct
41	for	for	ADP	_	43 it	case
42	without	without	ADP	_	43 it	case
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 have	obl
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 man	det
45	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 man	amod
46	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 have	nsubj
47	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 have	aux
48	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 steal	conj
49	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	50 power	det
50	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 have	obj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 punish	mark
52	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 have	xcomp
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 punish	obj
54	for	for	ADP	_	56 boldness	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 boldness	nmod:poss
56	boldness	boldness	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 punish	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	bear				of bear's son; afraid property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	bear	the robber				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent robber=Recipient clause=Topic
3	go	past	the prince			time		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	bathe	to-infinitive	the prince not said here				in the river	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in river=Theme
5	is not said to happen	past	prince		sword's place above the bed		steal property	tree rules
6	have	would	the young man	no power			for sword	tree rules
7	punish	to-infinitive	no power not said here	prince			for prince's boldness	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient for boldness=Theme

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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