The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35, sentence 92
Then the king rose from his throne, and in solemn silence all present rose too, whilst he said: “Open the boxes, and may Allah show us the truth.”
Who acts: king, Allah · What happens: rise, say, open, show · To what, where: throne, boxes, truth, us · 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, Allah), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 rose | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rose | nsubj |
| 4 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 throne | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 throne | nmod:poss |
| 7 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rose | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 rose | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 rose | cc |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 silence | case |
| 11 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 silence | amod |
| 12 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rose | obl |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 rose | det |
| 14 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 rose | amod |
| 15 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rose | conj |
| 16 | too | too | ADV | _ | 15 rose | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 18 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 20 said | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 said | nsubj |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rose | conj |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 Open | punct |
| 22 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Open | punct |
| 23 | Open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 said | ccomp |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 boxes | det |
| 25 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 Open | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 show | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 show | cc |
| 28 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 show | aux |
| 29 | Allah | Allah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 show | nsubj |
| 30 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 Open | conj |
| 31 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 show | iobj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 truth | det |
| 33 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 show | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 Open | punct |
| 35 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Open | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | the king | king's throne | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from throne=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | open in a quote | infinitive | the boxes | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme | |||||
| 4 | show in a quote | may | Allah | the truth | us | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient truth=Topic |
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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