The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 27
He sits on his throne and declares that no prince or king on earth is good enough for his lovely daughter, that he will give her to none, and that if any king asks for her hand he will declare war against him and destroy his kingdom.”
Who acts: king, prince · What happens: sit, declare, be, give, ask, destroy · To what, where: throne, bird, war, kingdom · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, prince), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sits | nsubj |
| 2 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 throne | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 throne | nmod:poss |
| 5 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sits | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 declares | cc |
| 7 | declares | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sits | conj |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 good | mark |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 good | nsubj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 king | cc |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 prince | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 earth | case |
| 14 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 prince | nmod |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 good | cop |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 declares | ccomp |
| 17 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 16 good | advmod |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 daughter | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 20 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 daughter | amod |
| 21 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 declares | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 give | punct |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 give | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 give | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 give | aux |
| 26 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 declares | conj |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 give | iobj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 none | case |
| 29 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 26 give | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 declare | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 declare | cc |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 asks | mark |
| 33 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 36 asks | mark |
| 34 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 35 king | det |
| 35 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 asks | nsubj |
| 36 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 declare | advcl |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 hand | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 hand | nmod:poss |
| 39 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 asks | obl |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 declare | nsubj |
| 41 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 declare | aux |
| 42 | declare | declare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sits | parataxis |
| 43 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 declare | obj |
| 44 | against | against | ADP | _ | 45 him | case |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 war | nmod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 destroy | cc |
| 47 | destroy | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 declare | conj |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 49 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 destroy | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sits | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 sits | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | king | king's throne | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location | ||||
| 2 | declare speech: other | present | king not said here | for king's lovely daughter | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | present | no prince on earth or king | enough, good property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | give | future | king | bird | to none | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to none=Recipient | |||
| 5 | ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen | present | any king | for bird's hand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | declare speech: other | future | king | war | against Busan | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute | |||
| 7 | destroy | infinitive | king not said here | king's kingdom | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient |
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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