The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2, sentence 35
They reached the other side without harm, and bought a new carriage in the town, which was quite near, and set off once more on their travels; but they had not gone far when they met a messenger from the king who said to the prince: “His Majesty has sent your Royal Highness this beautiful carriage so that you may make a fitting entry into your own country and amongst your own people.”
Who acts: prince, town, king · What happens: reach, buy, be, set off, travel, not go · To what, where: other side, new carriage, town, messenger, prince, Majesty · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, town, king), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 reached | nsubj |
| 2 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 side | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 side | amod |
| 5 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reached | obj |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 harm | case |
| 7 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reached | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bought | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 bought | cc |
| 10 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 reached | parataxis |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 carriage | det |
| 12 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 carriage | amod |
| 13 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bought | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 town | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 town | det |
| 16 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bought | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 near | punct |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 near | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 near | cop |
| 20 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 21 near | advmod |
| 21 | near | near | ADV | _ | 16 town | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 set | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 set | cc |
| 24 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 bought | conj |
| 25 | off | off | ADP | _ | 24 set | compound:prt |
| 26 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 27 more | advmod |
| 27 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 24 set | advmod |
| 28 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 30 travels | mark |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 travels | nmod:poss |
| 30 | travels | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 set | advcl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 gone | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 gone | cc |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 gone | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 gone | aux |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 gone | advmod |
| 36 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 reached | conj |
| 37 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 gone | advmod |
| 38 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 40 met | advmod |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 met | nsubj |
| 40 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 gone | advcl |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 messenger | det |
| 42 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 met | obj |
| 43 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 king | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 king | det |
| 45 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 messenger | nmod |
| 46 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 said | nsubj |
| 47 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 king | acl:relcl |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 prince | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 prince | det |
| 50 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 said | obl |
| 51 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 56 sent | punct |
| 52 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 sent | punct |
| 53 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 54 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 sent | aux |
| 56 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 reached | conj |
| 57 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 Royal | nmod:poss |
| 58 | Royal | Royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 sent | obj |
| 59 | Highness | Highness | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Royal | flat |
| 60 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 62 carriage | det |
| 61 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 carriage | amod |
| 62 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 sent | obj |
| 63 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 67 make | mark |
| 64 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 63 so | fixed |
| 65 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 67 make | nsubj |
| 66 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 make | aux |
| 67 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 sent | advcl |
| 68 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 70 entry | det |
| 69 | fitting | fitting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 entry | amod |
| 70 | entry | entry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 make | obj |
| 71 | into | into | ADP | _ | 74 country | case |
| 72 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 74 country | nmod:poss |
| 73 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 country | amod |
| 74 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 make | obl |
| 75 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 79 people | cc |
| 76 | amongst | amongst | ADP | _ | 79 people | case |
| 77 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 people | nmod:poss |
| 78 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 people | amod |
| 79 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 country | conj |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reached | punct |
| 81 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 reached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | prince | the other side | without harm | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent side=Theme | |||
| 2 | buy | past | a new carriage | the town | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the town | near property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | set off | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | travel | present | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | not go | past · perfect | prince | far property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | meet | past | prince | a messenger | from the king | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Co-Agent | |||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | the king | the prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | ||||
| 9 | send in a quote | present · perfect · passive | king's Majesty | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | make in a quote | may | the prince = prince | a fitting entry | your own country and your own people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent entry=Material into country=Product |
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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