The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 77
In order to set about his plan the king asked both the young men to dinner, and when they arrived at the castle he received them with the utmost kindness, and sent for his daughter, who was more lovely than both the sun and moon put together.
Who acts: king, son, daughter · What happens: set, ask, arrive, receive, send, be · To what, where: plan, castle, king, sun
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, son, daughter), 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 | In | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 4 set | mark |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 In | fixed |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 set | mark |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 plan | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 plan | nmod:poss |
| 7 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 asked | nsubj |
| 10 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 plan | acl:relcl |
| 11 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 14 men | cc:preconj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 men | det |
| 13 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 men | amod |
| 14 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 plan | nmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 dinner | case |
| 16 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 men | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 received | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 received | cc |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 arrived | advmod |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 arrived | nsubj |
| 21 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 received | advcl |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 castle | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 castle | det |
| 24 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 arrived | obl |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 received | nsubj |
| 26 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | parataxis |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 received | obj |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 kindness | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 kindness | det |
| 30 | utmost | utmost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 kindness | amod |
| 31 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 received | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 sent | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 sent | cc |
| 34 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 received | conj |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 daughter | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 37 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 sent | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 lovely | punct |
| 39 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 lovely | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 lovely | cop |
| 41 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 42 lovely | advmod |
| 42 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 daughter | parataxis |
| 43 | than | than | ADP | _ | 46 sun | case |
| 44 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 46 sun | cc:preconj |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 sun | det |
| 46 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 lovely | obl |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 moon | cc |
| 48 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 sun | conj |
| 49 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 sun | acl |
| 50 | together | together | ADV | _ | 49 put | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | to-infinitive | about son's plan the young men to dinner | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent about plan=Destination | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | the king | son's plan the young men to dinner not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent plan=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | arrive | past | king | the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | receive | past | son | king | with the utmost kindness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 5 | send | past | son not said here | for son's daughter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is | past | son's daughter | than the sun and moon; lovely property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | put together | participle | the sun and moon not said here | together property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | plan | son | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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