The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 10
“See what else he has about him,” said the princess to the steward, and Niels had to submit to be searched: out of one pocket came a gold-embroidered slipper, and out of another the half of a gold-hemmed handkerchief.
Who acts: Niels, princess, embroidered slipper · What happens: see, have, say, submit, search, come · To what, where: one pocket · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Niels, princess, embroidered slipper), 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 | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 2 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 See | obj |
| 4 | else | else | ADV | _ | 3 what | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 has | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 princess | det |
| 13 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 steward | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 steward | det |
| 16 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 princess | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 had | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 had | cc |
| 19 | Niels | Niels | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 had | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 submit | mark |
| 22 | submit | submit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 had | xcomp |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 searched | mark |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 searched | aux:pass |
| 25 | searched | search | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 submit | advcl |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 came | punct |
| 27 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 pocket | case |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 pocket | case |
| 29 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 pocket | nummod |
| 30 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 came | obl | ||
| 31 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | parataxis |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 slipper | det |
| 33 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 embroidered | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 gold | punct |
| 35 | embroidered | embroider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 slipper | amod |
| 36 | slipper | slipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 came | nsubj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 half | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 half | cc |
| 39 | out | out | ADP | _ | 43 half | case |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 half | case |
| 41 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 half | det |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 half | det |
| 43 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 31 came | conj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 handkerchief | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 handkerchief | det |
| 46 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 hemmed | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 gold | punct |
| 48 | hemmed | hem | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 handkerchief | amod |
| 49 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 half | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | Niels | about farmer | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | have | past | Niels | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | submit | to-infinitive | Niels not said here | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | search | to-infinitive · passive | Niels not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location» | |||||
| 7 | come | past | a embroidered slipper | one pocket | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out pocket=Initial_Location | ||||
| 8 | embroider | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | hem | participle | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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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