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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

ccmarkdetnsubj:passpunctcasefixedappospunctcasedetamodnmod:posscaseoblcasedetamodoblccconjobjcasedetoblmarkfixednsubjauxadvclobjccconjobjdetobjpunctdetamodnsubjcopadvmodacl:relclmarkdetnsubjadvclmarkxcompmarkdet:predetnmod:possadvclpunctrootAndCCONJwhenSCONJtheDETgroomsmanNOUN,PUNCTaccordingVERBtoADPcustomNOUN,PUNCTbroughtVERBinADPtheDETgreatADJboarNOUN’sPARTheadNOUNonADPaDETbigADJdishNOUNandCCONJplacedVERBitPRONbeforeADPtheDETkingNOUNsoSCONJthatSCONJhePRONmightAUXcarveVERBitPRONandCCONJgiveVERBeveryonePRONaDETshareNOUN,PUNCTtheDETsavouryADJsmellNOUNwasAUXsoADVstrongADJthatSCONJtheDETkingNOUNbeganVERBtoPARTsneezeVERBwithSCONJallDEThisPRONmightAUX.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_10 broughtcc
2whenwhenSCONJ_10 broughtmark
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 groomsmandet
4groomsmangroomsmanNOUNNumber=Sing10 broughtnsubj:pass
5,,PUNCT_8 custompunct
6accordingaccordVERBExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 customcase
7totoADP_6 accordingfixed
8customcustomNOUNNumber=Sing4 groomsmanappos
9,,PUNCT_10 broughtpunct
10broughtbringVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
11ininADP_16 headcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 boardet
13greatgreatADJDegree=Pos14 boaramod
14boarboarNOUNNumber=Sing16 headnmod:poss
15’s'sPART_14 boarcase
16headheadNOUNNumber=Sing10 broughtobl
17ononADP_20 dishcase
18aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 dishdet
19bigbigADJDegree=Pos20 dishamod
20dishdishNOUNNumber=Sing10 broughtobl
21andandCCONJ_22 placedcc
22placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 broughtconj
23ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 placedobj
24beforebeforeADP_26 kingcase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 kingdet
26kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing22 placedobl
27sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ31 carvemark
28thatthatSCONJ_27 sofixed
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 carvensubj
30mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin31 carveaux
31carvecarveVERBVerbForm=Inf22 placedadvcl
32ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 carveobj
33andandCCONJ_34 givecc
34givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf31 carveconj
35everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot34 giveobj
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 sharedet
37shareshareNOUNNumber=Sing34 giveobj
38,,PUNCT_44 strongpunct
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 smelldet
40savourysavouryADJDegree=Pos41 smellamod
41smellsmellNOUNNumber=Sing44 strongnsubj
42wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 strongcop
43sosoADV_44 strongadvmod
44strongstrongADJDegree=Pos37 shareacl:relcl
45thatthatSCONJ_48 beganmark
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 kingdet
47kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing48 begannsubj
48beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 strongadvcl
49totoPART_50 sneezemark
50sneezesneezeVERBVerbForm=Inf48 beganxcomp
51withwithSCONJ_54 mightmark
52allallDETPronType=Tot54 mightdet:predet
53hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs54 mightnmod:poss
54mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin50 sneezeadvcl
55..PUNCT_10 broughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1accordgerundvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2bringparticiple · passivethe groomsmanthe great boar's headon a big dishvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on dish=Destination
3placepastgroomsmanbefore the kingvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before king=Destination
4carvemightkinggroomsmanvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5giveinfinitiveking not said herea shareeveryonevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient share=Theme
6ispastthe savoury smella share not said herestrong propertytree rules
7beginpastthe kingvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8sneezeto-infinitivethe king not said herevn 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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