The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 51

At last the eldest of them said: “I have heard that across many seas, in the Island of Busan, there is a mighty king, whose daughter, the Princess Helena, is so lovely that she can certainly not be plainer than your Majesty, and so clever that the wisest greybeard cannot guess her riddles.”

Who acts: I, mighty king, Busan, wisest greybeard, greybeard · What happens: say, hear, be, not be, not guess, riddle · To what, where: last eldest, many seas, riddles · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (I, mighty king, Busan, wisest greybeard), 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	At	at	ADP	_	4 eldest	case
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eldest	amod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eldest	det
4	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 said	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eldest	nmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 heard	punct
9	“	"	PUNCT	_	12 heard	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 heard	nsubj
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 heard	aux
12	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 said	parataxis
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 heard	obl
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 seas	case
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 seas	amod
16	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 heard	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Island	punct
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 Island	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Island	det
20	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 heard	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 Busan	case
22	Busan	Busan	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Island	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 is	punct
24	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	25 is	expl
25	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 heard	conj
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 king	det
27	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 king	amod
28	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 is	nsubj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 daughter	punct
30	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	31 daughter	nmod:poss
31	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 king	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Helena	punct
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Helena	det
34	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Helena	compound
35	Helena	Helena	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 king	appos
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Helena	punct
37	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 lovely	cop
38	so	so	ADV	_	39 lovely	advmod
39	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 said	ccomp
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 plainer	mark
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 plainer	nsubj
42	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 plainer	aux
43	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	46 plainer	advmod
44	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	46 plainer	advmod
45	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	46 plainer	cop
46	plainer	plain	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	39 lovely	advcl
47	than	than	ADP	_	49 Majesty	case
48	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 Majesty	nmod:poss
49	Majesty	majesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 plainer	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 clever	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 clever	cc
52	so	so	ADV	_	53 clever	advmod
53	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 said	ccomp
54	that	that	SCONJ	_	60 guess	mark
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 greybeard	det
56	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	57 greybeard	amod
57	greybeard	greybeard	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 guess	nsubj
58	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 guess	aux
59	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	60 guess	advmod
60	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 clever	csubj
61	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 riddles	nmod:poss
62	riddles	riddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 guess	obj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	53 clever	punct
64	”	"	PUNCT	_	53 clever	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past			the last eldest of merchants		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear in a quote	present · perfect	I		many seas	in the Island of Busan	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	does in a quote	present	a mighty king and a mighty king and a mighty king's daughter's daughter		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is in a quote	present				lovely property	tree rules
5	not is in a quote	can	Busan			than your Majesty; certainly, plain property	tree rules
6	not guess in a quote	can	the wisest greybeard	greybeard's riddles			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Theme
7	riddle in a quote		greybeard				nom riddle «communication intransitive»: 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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