The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3, sentence 100
As soon as the king was dressed the shepherd was again brought before him; but he was more angry than ever to think the wild boars had not torn the man to bits, and he said: “Well, you have learned what it feels to be near ten deaths, now say ‘To my good health!’”
Who acts: shepherd, you, it · What happens: dress, bring, be, think, not tear, say · To what, where: king, shepherd, wild boars, ten deaths · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shepherd, you, it), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 dressed | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 dressed | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dressed | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dressed | aux:pass |
| 7 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shepherd | det |
| 9 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 brought | aux:pass |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 brought | advmod |
| 12 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 dressed | conj |
| 13 | before | before | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 brought | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 angry | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 angry | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 angry | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 angry | cop |
| 19 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 20 angry | advmod |
| 20 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dressed | conj |
| 21 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 24 think | mark |
| 22 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 24 think | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 think | mark |
| 24 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 angry | advcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 boars | det |
| 26 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 boars | amod |
| 27 | boars | boar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 torn | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 torn | aux |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 torn | advmod |
| 30 | torn | tear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 think | ccomp |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 man | det |
| 32 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 torn | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 bits | case |
| 34 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 man | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 said | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 said | cc |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 said | nsubj |
| 38 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dressed | conj |
| 39 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 learned | punct |
| 40 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 learned | punct |
| 41 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 45 learned | discourse |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Well | punct |
| 43 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 45 learned | nsubj |
| 44 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 learned | aux |
| 45 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 said | ccomp |
| 46 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 48 feels | obj |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 feels | nsubj |
| 48 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 learned | ccomp |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 deaths | mark |
| 50 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 53 deaths | cop |
| 51 | near | near | ADP | _ | 53 deaths | case |
| 52 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 deaths | nummod |
| 53 | deaths | death | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 feels | advcl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 say | punct |
| 55 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 56 say | advmod |
| 56 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 learned | conj |
| 57 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 61 health | punct |
| 58 | To | to | ADP | _ | 61 health | case |
| 59 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 health | nmod:poss |
| 60 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 health | amod |
| 61 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 say | ccomp |
| 62 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 61 health | punct |
| 63 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 61 health | punct |
| 64 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 61 health | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | past · passive | the king | soon property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bring | past · passive | the shepherd | before king; again | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before he=Destination | ||||
| 3 | is | past | shepherd | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | shepherd not said here | ever | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not tear | past · perfect · passive | the wild boars | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient man=Result | |||||
| 6 | say speech: express | past | shepherd | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | learn in a quote | present · perfect | you | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | feel in a quote | present | it | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | |||||
| 9 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | ten deaths | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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