The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2, sentence 39
At last they reached the frontier; there another messenger was waiting for them, who said that the king had sent two splendid robes for the prince and his bride, and begged that they would wear them for their state entry.
Who acts: last, messenger, king, prince · What happens: reach, wait, say, send, beg, wear · To what, where: frontier, two splendid robes, objections · 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 (last, messenger, king, prince), 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 | At | at | SCONJ | _ | 4 reached | mark |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reached | nsubj |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reached | nsubj |
| 4 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 begged | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 frontier | det |
| 6 | frontier | frontier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reached | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 reached | punct |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 reached | expl |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 messenger | det |
| 10 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 waiting | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 waiting | aux |
| 12 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 reached | ccomp |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 waiting | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 said | nsubj |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 waiting | conj |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 sent | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 king | det |
| 20 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sent | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 sent | aux |
| 22 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 said | ccomp |
| 23 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 robes | nummod |
| 24 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 robes | amod |
| 25 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 sent | obj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 prince | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 prince | det |
| 28 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sent | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 bride | cc |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 bride | nmod:poss |
| 31 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 prince | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 begged | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 begged | cc |
| 34 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 wear | mark |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 wear | nsubj |
| 37 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 wear | aux |
| 38 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 begged | ccomp |
| 39 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 wear | obj |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 entry | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 entry | nmod:poss |
| 42 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 entry | compound |
| 43 | entry | entry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 wear | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 begged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | last | the frontier | there | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wait | past · progressive | another messenger | for prince | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | send | past · perfect | the king | two splendid robes | for the prince and king's bride | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | |||
| 5 | beg speech: request | past | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 6 | wear | would | prince | objections = objection | for prince's state entry | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | |||
| 7 | enter | prince | nom entry «communication 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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