The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3, sentence 48

But he declined, and remained on horseback, as he did not know at what moment the battle might begin; and whilst they were all talking together the youngest princess, who was also the loveliest, took off her ring, and her sister tore her handkerchief in two pieces, and they gave these gifts to the prince.

Who acts: king, moment, princesses, youngest princess, sister · What happens: decline, not remain, not know, begin, talk, be · To what, where: horseback, youngest princess, ring, handkerchief, two pieces, gifts

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 (king, moment, princesses, youngest princess), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 declined	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 declined	nsubj
3	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 remained	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 remained	cc
6	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 declined	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 horseback	case
8	horseback	horseback	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remained	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 know	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 know	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 know	advmod
14	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 remained	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 what	case
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 know	obl
17	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 begin	nsubj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 battle	det
19	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 begin	nsubj
20	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 begin	aux
21	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 what	acl:relcl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 took	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 took	cc
24	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	28 talking	mark
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 talking	nsubj
26	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 talking	aux
27	all	all	ADV	_	28 talking	advmod
28	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 took	advcl
29	together	together	ADV	_	28 talking	advmod
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 princess	det
31	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	32 princess	amod
32	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 talking	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 loveliest	punct
34	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 loveliest	nsubj
35	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 loveliest	cop
36	also	also	ADV	_	38 loveliest	advmod
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 loveliest	det
38	loveliest	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Sup	32 princess	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 talking	punct
40	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 declined	conj
41	off	off	ADP	_	40 took	compound:prt
42	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 ring	nmod:poss
43	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 took	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 tore	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 tore	cc
46	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 sister	nmod:poss
47	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 tore	nsubj
48	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 declined	conj
49	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 handkerchief	nmod:poss
50	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 tore	obj
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 pieces	case
52	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	53 pieces	nummod
53	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 tore	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 gave	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 gave	cc
56	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 gave	nsubj
57	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 declined	conj
58	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	59 gifts	det
59	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 gave	obj
60	to	to	ADP	_	62 prince	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 prince	det
62	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 gave	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 declined	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	decline	past	king					vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not remain	participle	king not said here			horseback		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horseback=Location
3	not know	past · do-support	king					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	begin	might	moment					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	talk	past · progressive	princesses = princess	the youngest princess			all, together property	vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent princess=Patient
6	is	past	the youngest princess				lovely property	tree rules
7	take off	past	king not said here	battle's ring				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme
8	tore	past	battle's sister	battle's handkerchief		two pieces		tree rules
9	give	past	princesses = princess	this gifts	the prince			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to prince=Recipient

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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