The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3, sentence 8

The king had already put ninety-nine people to death, when a little swineherd came to him who had two dogs; one was called “Psst,” and the other “Hush”; and the boy told the king that he would watch over the ricks.

Who acts: little swineherd, nine people, boy, king · What happens: put, come, have, call, tell, watch · To what, where: king, two dogs, one, ricks · 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 (little swineherd, nine people, boy, 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

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 put	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 put	advmod
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 nine	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 ninety	punct
8	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 people	nummod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 death	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 people	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 came	punct
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 came	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 swineherd	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 swineherd	amod
16	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 people	acl:relcl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 came	obl
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 had	nsubj
21	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 people	acl:relcl
22	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 dogs	nummod
23	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 had	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 called	punct
25	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 called	nsubj:pass
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 called	aux:pass
27	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 put	conj
28	“	"	PUNCT	_	29 Psst	punct
29	Psst	Psst	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 called	xcomp
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Psst	punct
31	”	"	PUNCT	_	29 Psst	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 Hush	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Hush	det
34	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 Hush	amod
35	“	"	PUNCT	_	36 Hush	punct
36	Hush	hush	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 Psst	conj
37	”	"	PUNCT	_	29 Psst	punct
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 told	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 told	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 boy	det
41	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 told	nsubj
42	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 king	det
44	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 told	obj
45	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 watch	mark
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 watch	nsubj
47	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 watch	aux
48	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	42 told	xcomp
49	over	over	ADP	_	51 ricks	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 ricks	det
51	ricks	rick	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 watch	obl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 put	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	put	past · perfect · passive		the king			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset people=Goal
2	come	past	a little swineherd		king		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
3	have	past	nine people	two dogs			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient
4	call	past · passive		one			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
5	tell speech: assert	past	the boy		the king		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
6	watch not said to happen	would	king			the ricks	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over rick=Location

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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