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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 59

Now the prince never talked about his feelings—for the matter of that he scarcely talked at all; and the father knew that if he was to come to the bottom of the prince’s dismal face, he would have to begin.

Who acts: prince, father, that · What happens: not talk, talk, know, come, have, begin · To what, where: all, bottom

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, father, that), 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

advmoddetnsubjadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctcasedetapposcasenmodnsubjadvmodparataxiscaseoblpunctccdetnsubjconjmarkmarknsubjauxmarkccompcasedetoblcasedetnmod:posscaseamodnmodpunctnsubjauxparataxismarkxcomppunctrootNowADVtheDETprinceNOUNneverADVtalkedVERBaboutADPhisPRONfeelingsNOUN—PUNCTforADPtheDETmatterNOUNofADPthatPRONhePRONscarcelyADVtalkedVERBatADPallDET;PUNCTandCCONJtheDETfatherNOUNknewVERBthatSCONJifSCONJhePRONwasAUXtoPARTcomeVERBtoADPtheDETbottomNOUNofADPtheDETprinceNOUN’sPARTdismalADJfaceNOUN,PUNCThePRONwouldAUXhaveVERBtoPARTbeginVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem5 talkedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 princedet
3princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing5 talkednsubj
4neverneverADVPronType=Neg5 talkedadvmod
5talkedtalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6aboutaboutADP_8 feelingscase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 feelingsnmod:poss
8feelingsfeelingNOUNNumber=Plur5 talkedobl
9—-PUNCT_12 matterpunct
10forforADP_12 mattercase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 matterdet
12mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing8 feelingsappos
13ofofADP_14 thatcase
14thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem12 matternmod
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 talkednsubj
16scarcelyscarcelyADV_17 talkedadvmod
17talkedtalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 matterparataxis
18atatADP_19 allcase
19allallDETPronType=Tot17 talkedobl
20;;PUNCT_24 knewpunct
21andandCCONJ_24 knewcc
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 fatherdet
23fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing24 knewnsubj
24knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 talkedconj
25thatthatSCONJ_30 comemark
26ififSCONJ_30 comemark
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 comensubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 comeaux
29totoPART_30 comemark
30comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf24 knewccomp
31totoADP_33 bottomcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 bottomdet
33bottombottomNOUNNumber=Sing30 comeobl
34ofofADP_39 facecase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 princedet
36princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing39 facenmod:poss
37’s'sPART_36 princecase
38dismaldismalADJDegree=Pos39 faceamod
39facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing33 bottomnmod
40,,PUNCT_43 havepunct
41hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 havensubj
42wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin43 haveaux
43havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf5 talkedparataxis
44totoPART_45 beginmark
45beginbeginVERBVerbForm=Inf43 havexcomp
46..PUNCT_5 talkedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not talkpastthe princenowabout Prince's feelingsvn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about feeling=Topic
2talkpastPrinceallscarcely propertyvn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3knowpastthe fathervn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4come a condition, not said to happenpastPrincethe bottom of the prince's dismal facevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Initial_Location
5havewouldPrincetree rules
6beginto-infinitivePrince not said herevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7matterthatnom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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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