The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 75
But the die was cast, and his vanity whispered that he was as fine looking a young man as the proudest king might wish his son to be, and that, moreover, what had happened had happened.
Who acts: vanity, Tailor, proudest king · What happens: cast, whisper, look, wish, happen · To what, where: die, that, young man, son
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 (vanity, Tailor, proudest 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 cast | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 die | det |
| 3 | die | die | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cast | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cast | aux:pass |
| 5 | cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 whispered | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 whispered | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 vanity | nmod:poss |
| 9 | vanity | vanity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 whispered | nsubj |
| 10 | whispered | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cast | conj |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 looking | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 looking | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 looking | aux |
| 14 | as | as | ADV | _ | 15 fine | advmod |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 looking | amod |
| 16 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 whispered | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 man | det |
| 18 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 man | amod |
| 19 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 looking | obj |
| 20 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 wish | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 king | det |
| 22 | proudest | proud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 23 king | amod |
| 23 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wish | nsubj |
| 24 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 wish | aux |
| 25 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 looking | advcl |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 son | nmod:poss |
| 27 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wish | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 be | mark |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 wish | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 that | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 that | cc |
| 32 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 whispered | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 happened | punct |
| 34 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 38 happened | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 happened | punct |
| 36 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 38 happened | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 happened | aux |
| 38 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 whispered | parataxis |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 happened | aux |
| 40 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 happened | conj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cast | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cast | past · passive | the die | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 2 | whisper speech: assert | past | Tailor's vanity | that | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | look | past · progressive | Tailor | a young man | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | wish | might | the proudest king | Tailor's son | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot son=Theme | ||||
| 5 | happen | past · perfect | moreover property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | happen | past · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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