The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 32
On his return to the castle, the prince found the robber waiting for him on the steps, waving the sword above his head, and knowing that some horrible fate was in store, fell on his knees and begged for mercy.
Who acts: prince, robber, horrible fate, man · What happens: find, wait, wave, know, be, fall · To what, where: robber, return, sword, head, store, knees · 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 (prince, robber, horrible fate, man), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 return | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 return | nmod:poss |
| 3 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 found | obl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 castle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 castle | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 return | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 return | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 found | nsubj |
| 10 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 robber | det |
| 12 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 found | obj |
| 13 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 robber | acl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 waiting | obl |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 steps | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 steps | det |
| 18 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 waiting | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 waving | punct |
| 20 | waving | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 waiting | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 sword | det |
| 22 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 waving | obj |
| 23 | above | above | ADP | _ | 25 head | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 head | nmod:poss |
| 25 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sword | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 knowing | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 knowing | cc |
| 28 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 waiting | advcl |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 store | mark |
| 30 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 fate | det |
| 31 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 fate | amod |
| 32 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 store | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 store | cop |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 store | case |
| 35 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 knowing | ccomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 fell | punct |
| 37 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 found | conj |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 knees | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 knees | nmod:poss |
| 40 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 fell | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 begged | cc |
| 42 | begged | beg | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 fell | conj |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 mercy | case |
| 44 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 begged | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | the prince | the robber | man's return to the castle | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Topic | |||
| 2 | wait | gerund | the robber not said here | for man; on the steps | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on step=Location | ||||
| 3 | wave | gerund | the robber not said here | the sword | man's head | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | |||
| 4 | know | gerund | the robber not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is | past | some horrible fate | store | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | fall | past | the prince not said here | man's knees | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | ||||
| 7 | beg speech: request | participle | the prince not said here | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | ||||
| 8 | return | man | to the castle | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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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