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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 43

One day, as he was ambling along upon Murva (that was the horse’s name), a horseman overtook him and asked leave to join him, so that they might both beguile the journey with pleasant talk.

Who acts: Prince, that, horseman, leave, reasons · What happens: amble, be, overtake, ask, join, beguile · To what, where: One day, name, Prince, leave, journey

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, that, horseman, leave), 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

nummodpunctmarknsubjauxacladvmodcaseoblpunctnsubjcopdetnmod:posscaseappospunctpunctdetnsubjacl:relclobjccconjobjmarkxcompobjpunctmarkfixednsubjauxadvmodconjdetobjcaseamodoblpunctrootOneNUMdayNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONwasAUXamblingVERBalongADVuponADPMurvaPROPN(PUNCTthatPRONwasAUXtheDEThorseNOUN’sPARTnameNOUN)PUNCT,PUNCTaDEThorsemanNOUNovertookVERBhimPRONandCCONJaskedVERBleaveNOUNtoPARTjoinVERBhimPRON,PUNCTsoSCONJthatSCONJtheyPRONmightAUXbothADVbeguileVERBtheDETjourneyNOUNwithADPpleasantADJtalkNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 daynummod
2daydayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3,,PUNCT_7 amblingpunct
4asasSCONJ_7 amblingmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 amblingnsubj
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 amblingaux
7amblingambleVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 dayacl
8alongalongADV_7 amblingadvmod
9uponuponADP_10 Murvacase
10MurvaMurvaPROPNNumber=Sing7 amblingobl
11((PUNCT_17 namepunct
12thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem17 namensubj
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 namecop
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 horsedet
15horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing17 namenmod:poss
16’s'sPART_15 horsecase
17namenameNOUNNumber=Sing10 Murvaappos
18))PUNCT_17 namepunct
19,,PUNCT_22 overtookpunct
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 horsemandet
21horsemanhorsemanNOUNNumber=Sing22 overtooknsubj
22overtookovertakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 Murvaacl:relcl
23himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 overtookobj
24andandCCONJ_25 askedcc
25askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 overtookconj
26leaveleaveNOUNNumber=Sing25 askedobj
27totoPART_28 joinmark
28joinjoinVERBVerbForm=Inf25 askedxcomp
29himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 joinobj
30,,PUNCT_36 beguilepunct
31sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ36 beguilemark
32thatthatSCONJ_31 sofixed
33theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs36 beguilensubj
34mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin36 beguileaux
35bothbothADV_36 beguileadvmod
36beguilebeguileVERBVerbForm=Inf28 joinconj
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 journeydet
38journeyjourneyNOUNNumber=Sing36 beguileobj
39withwithADP_41 talkcase
40pleasantpleasantADJDegree=Pos41 talkamod
41talktalkNOUNNumber=Sing36 beguileobl
42..PUNCT_2 daypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1amblepast · progressivePrinceOne day not said hereupon Murva; along propertyvn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location day=Theme
2is apastthatthe horse's nametree rules
3overtakepasta horsemanPrincetree rules
4ask speech: askpasta horseman not said hereleavevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient clause=Topic
5join not said to happento-infinitiveleave not said herePrincevn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
6beguilemightreasons = reasonthe journeywith pleasant talk; both propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus journey=Experiencer

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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