The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 22
When she was well out of sight Sigurd crept from under the table, and his stepmother declared that it was most important that he should not stay at home next day; but he said he did not see what harm could come of it, and he did not mean to go out hunting, and the next morning, when the king prepared to start, Ingiborg implored Sigurd to accompany his father.
Who acts: meal, Sigurd, stepmother, it, king · What happens: be, creep, declare, not stay, say, not see · To what, where: sight, table, home, hunting, king, Sigurd · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (meal, Sigurd, stepmother, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 sight | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sight | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sight | cop |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 sight | advmod |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crept | obl |
| 8 | Sigurd | Sigurd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 crept | nsubj |
| 9 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 table | case |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 13 table | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 table | det |
| 13 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crept | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 declared | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 declared | cc |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 stepmother | nmod:poss |
| 17 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 declared | nsubj |
| 18 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 crept | conj |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 important | mark |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 important | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 important | cop |
| 22 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 23 important | advmod |
| 23 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 declared | ccomp |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 stay | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 stay | nsubj |
| 26 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 stay | aux |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 stay | advmod |
| 28 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 important | ccomp |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 home | case |
| 30 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stay | obl |
| 31 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 day | amod |
| 32 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stay | obl:unmarked |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 said | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 said | cc |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 said | nsubj |
| 36 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 crept | conj |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 see | nsubj |
| 38 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 see | aux |
| 39 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 see | advmod |
| 40 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 said | ccomp |
| 41 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 44 come | nsubj |
| 42 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 come | nsubj |
| 43 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 come | aux |
| 44 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 see | ccomp |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 it | case |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 come | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 mean | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 mean | cc |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 mean | nsubj |
| 50 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 mean | aux |
| 51 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 52 mean | advmod |
| 52 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 see | conj |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 go | mark |
| 54 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 mean | xcomp |
| 55 | out | out | ADP | _ | 54 go | compound:prt |
| 56 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 go | obl:unmarked |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 morning | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 morning | cc |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 morning | det |
| 60 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 morning | amod |
| 61 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crept | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 implored | punct |
| 63 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 71 implored | advmod |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 king | det |
| 65 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 implored | nsubj |
| 66 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 65 king | acl |
| 67 | to | to | PART | _ | 68 start | mark |
| 68 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 prepared | xcomp |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 implored | punct |
| 70 | Ingiborg | Ingiborg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 implored | nsubj |
| 71 | implored | implore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 crept | conj |
| 72 | Sigurd | Sigurd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 implored | obj |
| 73 | to | to | PART | _ | 74 accompany | mark |
| 74 | accompany | accompany | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 71 implored | xcomp |
| 75 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 father | nmod:poss |
| 76 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 accompany | obj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 crept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | meal | sight | well property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | creep | past | Sigurd | the table | morning | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from table=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | declare speech: other | past | Sigurd's stepmother | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | past | it | important property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not stay | should | Sigurd | home | day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Sigurd | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | not see | past · do-support | Sigurd | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | come | could | of table | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of it=Initial_Location | |||||
| 9 | not mean | past · do-support | Sigurd | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 10 | go out not said to happen | to-infinitive | Sigurd not said here | hunting | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | prepare | participle | the king not said here | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 12 | start not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 13 | implore | past | the king | Sigurd | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sigurd=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 14 | accompany | to-infinitive | the king not said here | Ingiborg's father | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme |
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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