The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 4
“I am in the same state as your master,” replied the lady; “I was married to a mighty king who ruled over this land, till Vikings [sea-robbers] came and slew him and put all the people to death.
Who acts: lady, mighty king, Vikings · What happens: be, reply, marry, rule, come, slay · To what, where: same state, lady, land, king, people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, mighty king, Vikings), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 state | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 state | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 state | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 state | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 state | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 state | amod |
| 7 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 replied | ccomp |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 master | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 master | nmod:poss |
| 10 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 state | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 state | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 state | punct |
| 13 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 lady | det |
| 15 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 replied | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 married | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 married | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 married | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 married | aux:pass |
| 20 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 replied | ccomp |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 king | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 king | det |
| 23 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 king | amod |
| 24 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 married | obl |
| 25 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 ruled | nsubj |
| 26 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 king | acl:relcl |
| 27 | over | over | ADP | _ | 29 land | case |
| 28 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 land | det |
| 29 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 ruled | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 came | punct |
| 31 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 38 came | mark |
| 32 | Vikings | Viking | PROPN | Number=Plur | 38 came | nsubj |
| 33 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 36 robbers | punct |
| 34 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 robbers | compound |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 sea | punct |
| 36 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 Vikings | appos |
| 37 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 36 robbers | punct |
| 38 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 married | parataxis |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 slew | cc |
| 40 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 came | conj |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 slew | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 put | cc |
| 43 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 slew | conj |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 people | det:predet |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 people | det |
| 46 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 put | obj |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 death | case |
| 48 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 put | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the lady = lady | the same state | as your master | tree rules | |||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | the lady | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | marry in a quote | past · passive | the lady = lady | to a mighty king | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to king=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | rule in a quote | past | a mighty king | this land | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | past | Vikings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | slay in a quote | past | Vikings not said here | king | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 7 | put in a quote | infinitive | Vikings not said here | all people | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent people=Goal |
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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