The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 33
And when the groomsman, according to custom, brought in the great boar’s head on a big dish and placed it before the king so that he might carve it and give everyone a share, the savoury smell was so strong that the king began to sneeze with all his might.
Who acts: king, savoury smell · What happens: accord, bring, place, carve, give, be · To what, where: groomsman, head, share, everyone
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, savoury smell), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 brought | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 brought | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 groomsman | det |
| 4 | groomsman | groomsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 custom | punct |
| 6 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 custom | case |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 according | fixed |
| 8 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 groomsman | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 brought | punct |
| 10 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 head | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 boar | det |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 boar | amod |
| 14 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 head | nmod:poss |
| 15 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 14 boar | case |
| 16 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brought | obl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 dish | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 dish | det |
| 19 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 dish | amod |
| 20 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brought | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 placed | cc |
| 22 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 brought | conj |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 placed | obj |
| 24 | before | before | ADP | _ | 26 king | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 king | det |
| 26 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 placed | obl |
| 27 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 31 carve | mark |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 so | fixed |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 carve | nsubj |
| 30 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 carve | aux |
| 31 | carve | carve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 placed | advcl |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 carve | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 give | cc |
| 34 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 carve | conj |
| 35 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 34 give | obj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 share | det |
| 37 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 give | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 strong | punct |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 smell | det |
| 40 | savoury | savoury | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 smell | amod |
| 41 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 strong | nsubj |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 strong | cop |
| 43 | so | so | ADV | _ | 44 strong | advmod |
| 44 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 share | acl:relcl |
| 45 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 48 began | mark |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 king | det |
| 47 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 began | nsubj |
| 48 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 strong | advcl |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 sneeze | mark |
| 50 | sneeze | sneeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 began | xcomp |
| 51 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 54 might | mark |
| 52 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 might | det:predet |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 might | nmod:poss |
| 54 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 sneeze | advcl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | bring | participle · passive | the groomsman | the great boar's head | on a big dish | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on dish=Destination | |||
| 3 | place | past | groomsman | before the king | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before king=Destination | ||||
| 4 | carve | might | king | groomsman | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 5 | give | infinitive | king not said here | a share | everyone | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient share=Theme | |||
| 6 | is | past | the savoury smell | a share not said here | strong property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | begin | past | the king | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | sneeze | to-infinitive | the king not said here | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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