The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35, sentence 64

When the king reached this place he dismounted, tied his horse to the tree, and standing in the middle of the open place said: “If it is true that you have helped my ancestors in their time of need, do not despise their descendant, but give me counsel, for that of men has failed me.”

Who acts: king, middle, you · What happens: reach, dismount, tie, stand, say, be · To what, where: place, horse, middle, ancestors, descendant, counsel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, middle, you), 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	SCONJ	_	4 reached	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	nsubj
4	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dismounted	advcl
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 place	det
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dismounted	nsubj
8	dismounted	dismount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tied	punct
10	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dismounted	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 horse	nmod:poss
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tied	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 tree	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tree	det
15	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tied	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 said	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 said	cc
18	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 said	ccomp
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 middle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 middle	det
21	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 standing	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 place	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 place	det
24	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 place	amod
25	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 middle	nmod
26	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dismounted	conj
27	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 true	punct
28	“	"	PUNCT	_	32 true	punct
29	If	if	SCONJ	_	32 true	mark
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 true	nsubj
31	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 true	cop
32	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 said	ccomp
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 helped	mark
34	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 helped	nsubj
35	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 helped	aux
36	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	47 despise	advcl
37	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 ancestors	nmod:poss
38	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 helped	obj
39	in	in	ADP	_	41 time	case
40	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 time	nmod:poss
41	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 helped	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 need	case
43	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 time	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 helped	punct
45	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	47 despise	aux
46	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	47 despise	advmod
47	despise	despise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 true	parataxis
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 descendant	nmod:poss
49	descendant	descendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 despise	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 give	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	52 give	cc
52	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	47 despise	conj
53	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 give	iobj
54	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 give	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 that	punct
56	for	for	ADP	_	57 that	case
57	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	61 failed	nsubj:pass
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 men	case
59	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 that	nmod
60	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 failed	aux
61	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 give	parataxis
62	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 failed	obj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 dismounted	punct
64	”	"	PUNCT	_	8 dismounted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	the king	this place					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	dismount	past	king						vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	tie	past	king not said here	king's horse				to the tree	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient to tree=Co-Patient
4	stand	gerund				the middle of the open place			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location
5	say speech: assert	past	king not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	middle					true property	tree rules
7	help in a quote	present · perfect	you	my ancestors			time		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ancestor=Beneficiary
8	not despise in a quote	infinitive · do-support		trees's descendant					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer descendant=Stimulus
9	give in a quote	infinitive		counsel	king				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient counsel=Theme
10	fail in a quote	present · perfect · passive		that					tree rules

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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