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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 23

Now, if your Majesty would give orders that a sack of wheat should be mixed with one of barley, and would send for the youth, and command him to separate the grains one from another, in two hours’ time, you would soon see what his talk was worth.”

Who acts: Majesty, you, talk, king · What happens: give, mix, send, command, separate, see · To what, where: orders, sack, king, grains · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Majesty, you, talk, 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

advmodpunctmarknmod:possnsubjauxobjmarkdetnsubj:passcasenmodauxaux:passadvclcaseoblcasenmodpunctccauxconjcasedetoblpunctccparataxisobjmarkadvcldetobjflatcasenmodpunctcasenummodnmod:posscaseoblpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjobjnmod:possnsubjcopccomppunctpunctrootNowADV,PUNCTifSCONJyourPRONMajestyNOUNwouldAUXgiveVERBordersNOUNthatSCONJaDETsackNOUNofADPwheatNOUNshouldAUXbeAUXmixedVERBwithADPoneNUMofADPbarleyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwouldAUXsendVERBforADPtheDETyouthNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcommandVERBhimPRONtoPARTseparateVERBtheDETgrainsNOUNoneNUMfromADPanotherDET,PUNCTinADPtwoNUMhoursNOUN’PARTtimeNOUN,PUNCTyouPRONwouldAUXsoonADVseeVERBwhatPRONhisPRONtalkNOUNwasAUXworthADJ.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem7 giveadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Nowpunct
3ififSCONJ_7 givemark
4youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 Majestynmod:poss
5MajestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing7 givensubj
6wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 giveaux
7givegiveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
8ordersorderNOUNNumber=Plur7 giveobj
9thatthatSCONJ_16 mixedmark
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 sackdet
11sacksackNOUNNumber=Sing16 mixednsubj:pass
12ofofADP_13 wheatcase
13wheatwheatNOUNNumber=Sing11 sacknmod
14shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin16 mixedaux
15bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf16 mixedaux:pass
16mixedmixVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 giveadvcl
17withwithADP_18 onecase
18oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card16 mixedobl
19ofofADP_20 barleycase
20barleybarleyNOUNNumber=Sing18 onenmod
21,,PUNCT_24 sendpunct
22andandCCONJ_24 sendcc
23wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin24 sendaux
24sendsendVERBVerbForm=Inf7 giveconj
25forforADP_27 youthcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 youthdet
27youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing24 sendobl
28,,PUNCT_30 commandpunct
29andandCCONJ_30 commandcc
30commandcommandVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin7 giveparataxis
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 commandobj
32totoPART_33 separatemark
33separateseparateVERBVerbForm=Inf30 commandadvcl
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 grainsdet
35grainsgrainNOUNNumber=Plur33 separateobj
36oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card35 grainsflat
37fromfromADP_38 anothercase
38anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind36 onenmod
39,,PUNCT_44 timepunct
40ininADP_44 timecase
41twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card42 hoursnummod
42hourshourNOUNNumber=Plur44 timenmod:poss
43’'sPART_42 hourscase
44timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing33 separateobl
45,,PUNCT_49 seepunct
46youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs49 seensubj
47wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin49 seeaux
48soonsoonADVDegree=Pos49 seeadvmod
49seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf30 commandconj
50whatwhatPRONPronType=Int54 worthobj
51hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 talknmod:poss
52talktalkNOUNNumber=Sing54 worthnsubj
53wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin54 worthcop
54worthworthADJDegree=Pos49 seeccomp
55..PUNCT_7 givepunct
56”"PUNCT_7 givepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givewouldyour Majestyordersnowvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
2mixshould · passivea sack of wheatwith one of barleyvn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with one=Co-Patient
3sendwouldyour Majesty not said herefor the youthvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4commandinfinitivekingvn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5separateto-infinitivethe grainstimevn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient
6seewouldyousoon propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7ispastking's talkworth propertytree rules
8talkkingnom talk «communication intransitive»: 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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