The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 78
But at bed-time the king caused the other young man to be given a poisoned drink, which killed him in a few minutes, for he thought to himself, “If his friend dies the other will forget his pilgrimage, and will stay here and marry my daughter.”
Who acts: king, poisoned drink, man, friend · What happens: cause, give, poison, kill, think, die · To what, where: other young man, poisoned drink, man, other, pilgrimage, daughter · Speech: someone speaks here
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, poisoned drink, man, friend), 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 | _ | 8 caused | cc |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 3 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 bed | punct |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 caused | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 caused | nsubj |
| 8 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 man | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 man | amod |
| 11 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 man | amod |
| 12 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 caused | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 given | mark |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 given | aux:pass |
| 15 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 man | acl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 drink | det |
| 17 | poisoned | poison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 drink | amod |
| 18 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 given | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 killed | punct |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 killed | nsubj |
| 21 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 drink | acl |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 killed | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 minutes | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 minutes | det |
| 25 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 minutes | amod |
| 26 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 killed | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 thought | punct |
| 28 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 thought | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 thought | nsubj |
| 30 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 killed | parataxis |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 himself | case |
| 32 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 30 thought | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 forget | punct |
| 34 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 forget | punct |
| 35 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 38 dies | mark |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 friend | nmod:poss |
| 37 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 dies | nsubj |
| 38 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 forget | advcl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 other | det |
| 40 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 dies | obj |
| 41 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 forget | aux |
| 42 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 thought | conj |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 pilgrimage | nmod:poss |
| 44 | pilgrimage | pilgrimage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 forget | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 stay | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 stay | cc |
| 47 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 stay | aux |
| 48 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 caused | conj |
| 49 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 48 stay | advmod |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 marry | cc |
| 51 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 stay | conj |
| 52 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 53 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 marry | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 caused | punct |
| 55 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | the king | the other young man | time | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition man=Patient | |||
| 2 | give | to-infinitive · passive | the king not said here | a poisoned drink | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: drink=Theme | ||||
| 3 | poison | participle | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | kill | past | a poisoned drink | man | minute | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 5 | think speech: other | past | man | man | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | die a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | man's friend | the other | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | forget in a quote | future | man not said here | man's pilgrimage | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | stay in a quote | future | the king not said here | here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | marry in a quote | infinitive | the king not said here | my daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |
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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