The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 77
Now the poor man had been very sad since he got home the evening before, for though his daughters had promised that nothing should happen while he was away, he had found the two elder ones married without asking his leave.
Who acts: poor man, man, nothing, king · What happens: be, get, promise, happen, find, marry · To what, where: daughters, two elder ones, leave
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor man, man, nothing, 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 sad | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sad | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sad | aux |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 sad | cop |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 sad | advmod |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 11 got | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sad | advcl |
| 12 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 got | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 evening | det |
| 14 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | before | before | ADV | _ | 11 got | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 promised | punct |
| 17 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 promised | mark |
| 18 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 22 promised | mark |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 20 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 promised | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 promised | aux |
| 22 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 got | parataxis |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 happen | mark |
| 24 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 26 happen | nsubj |
| 25 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 happen | aux |
| 26 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 promised | xcomp |
| 27 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 30 away | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 away | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 away | cop |
| 30 | away | away | ADV | _ | 26 happen | advcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 found | punct |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 found | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 found | aux |
| 34 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 sad | parataxis |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 ones | det |
| 36 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 ones | nummod |
| 37 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 ones | amod |
| 38 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 found | obj |
| 39 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 ones | acl |
| 40 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 41 asking | mark |
| 41 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 married | advcl |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 leave | nmod:poss |
| 43 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 asking | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sad | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past · perfect | the poor man | now | sad property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get | past | man | evening | before, home property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | past · perfect · passive | king's daughters | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | happen not said to happen | should | nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is | past | king | away property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | find | past · perfect | king | the two elder ones | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | ||||
| 7 | marry | participle | the two elder ones not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 8 | ask speech: ask | gerund | king's leave | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient |
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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