The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 6
“Perhaps after all you may do it for less,” said the king, who saw that there was no chance of making away with the shepherd; and he ordered the state coach to be got ready, then he made the shepherd get in with him and sit beside him, and ordered the coachman to drive to the silver wood.
Who acts: you, king, chance, coachman · What happens: do, say, see, be, make away, order · To what, where: answer, state coach, shepherd, coachman, silver wood · 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 (you, king, chance, coachman), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| 2 | Perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 7 do | advmod |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 Perhaps | obl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 less | case |
| 10 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 do | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 less | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 saw | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 saw | nsubj |
| 18 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 king | acl:relcl |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 was | mark |
| 20 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 21 was | expl |
| 21 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 saw | ccomp |
| 22 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 23 chance | det |
| 23 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 was | nsubj |
| 24 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 25 making | mark |
| 25 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 chance | acl |
| 26 | away | away | ADV | _ | 25 making | advmod |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 shepherd | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 shepherd | det |
| 29 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 making | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 ordered | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 ordered | cc |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 ordered | nsubj |
| 33 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | parataxis |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 coach | det |
| 35 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 coach | compound |
| 36 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 ordered | obj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 got | mark |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 39 got | aux:pass |
| 39 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 ordered | ccomp |
| 40 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 got | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 made | punct |
| 42 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 made | advmod |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 made | nsubj |
| 44 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 get | advcl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 shepherd | det |
| 46 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 made | obj |
| 47 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | ccomp |
| 48 | in | in | ADV | _ | 47 get | advmod |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 him | case |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 get | obl |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 sit | cc |
| 52 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 get | conj |
| 53 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 54 him | case |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 sit | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 ordered | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 ordered | cc |
| 57 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | parataxis |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 coachman | det |
| 59 | coachman | coachman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 ordered | obj |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 drive | mark |
| 61 | drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 ordered | xcomp |
| 62 | to | to | ADP | _ | 65 wood | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 wood | det |
| 64 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 wood | compound |
| 65 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 drive | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | may | you | answer | perhaps property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | see | past | the king | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | be | past | no chance | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | make away | gerund | no chance not said here | with the shepherd; away property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 6 | order | past | chance | the state coach | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | chance not said here | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING» | ||||
| 8 | make | past | chance | the shepherd | then | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Product | |||
| 9 | get in | present | with shepherd | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | sit | infinitive | beside shepherd | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location | |||||
| 11 | order | past | the coachman | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent coachman=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 12 | drive not said to happen | to-infinitive | the coachman not said here | the silver wood | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to wood=Trajectory |
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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