The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 61

On the way they met the princess, who began to talk to one of the masons, and when the rest were out of hearing she asked if he could manage to make a hole in the tower, which nobody could see, large enough for a bottle of wine and some food to pass through.

Who acts: commands, princess, rest, man, nobody · What happens: meet, begin, talk, be, ask, manage · To what, where: princess, way, one, hearing, hole, tower

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (commands, princess, rest, man), 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	obl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 met	nsubj
5	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 began	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 began	nsubj
10	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 princess	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 talk	mark
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 began	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 one	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 talk	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 masons	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 masons	det
17	masons	mason	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 one	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 asked	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 asked	cc
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 were	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 rest	det
22	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 were	nsubj
23	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 asked	parataxis
24	out	out	ADP	_	26 hearing	case
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 hearing	case
26	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 were	obl
27	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 asked	nsubj
28	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 met	conj
29	if	if	SCONJ	_	32 manage	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 manage	nsubj
31	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 manage	aux
32	manage	manage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 asked	xcomp
33	to	to	PART	_	34 make	mark
34	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 manage	xcomp
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 hole	det
36	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 make	obj
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 tower	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 tower	det
39	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 hole	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 see	punct
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 see	obj
42	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	44 see	nsubj
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 see	aux
44	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 tower	acl:relcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 large	punct
46	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 hole	amod
47	enough	enough	ADV	_	46 large	advmod
48	for	for	ADP	_	50 bottle	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 bottle	det
50	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 large	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 wine	case
52	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 bottle	nmod
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 food	cc
54	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	55 food	det
55	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 bottle	conj
56	to	to	PART	_	57 pass	mark
57	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 food	acl
58	through	through	ADV	_	57 pass	advmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 met	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	meet	past	commands = command	the princess		the way		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Co-Agent
2	begin	past	the princess					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	talk	to-infinitive	the princess not said here		one of the masons			vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to one=Co-Agent
4	be	past	the rest			hearing		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hearing=Location
5	ask speech: ask	past	rest					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	manage a condition, not said to happen	could	man					vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
7	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	man not said here	a hole		the tower		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product
8	see	could	nobody	the tower				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus
9	pass through	to-infinitive	man not said here				through property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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