The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 27
The king did not believe him, and turning him into an empty room, bade his servants carry in the huge sack filled with wheat and barley, and scatter them in a heap on the floor.
Who acts: king, servants · What happens: not believe, turn, carry, fill, scatter · To what, where: prince, empty room, bade, huge sack, servants, heap
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 (king, servants), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 believe | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 believe | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 believe | advmod |
| 5 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 believe | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 turning | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 turning | cc |
| 9 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 believe | advcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 turning | obj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 room | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 room | det |
| 13 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 room | amod |
| 14 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turning | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bade | punct |
| 16 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 room | appos |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 servants | nmod:poss |
| 18 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 carry | nsubj |
| 19 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 bade | acl:relcl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 sack | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sack | det |
| 22 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 sack | amod |
| 23 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 carry | obl |
| 24 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 sack | acl |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 wheat | case |
| 26 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 filled | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 barley | cc |
| 28 | barley | barley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wheat | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 scatter | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 scatter | cc |
| 31 | scatter | scatter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 believe | parataxis |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 scatter | obj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 heap | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 heap | det |
| 35 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 scatter | obl |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 floor | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 floor | det |
| 38 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 scatter | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | past · do-support | the king | prince | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | turn | gerund | the king not said here | prince | a empty room | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into room=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | carry | present | prince's servants | bade not said here | the huge sack | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bade=Value in sack=Location | |||
| 4 | fill | participle | the huge sack not said here | with wheat and barley | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with wheat=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | scatter | infinitive | servants = servant | a heap | on the floor | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in heap=Destination |
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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