The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 86

“I have had another letter from the Sultan,” replied the king, “and he says that if I cannot tell him which of three foals was born in the morning, which at noon, and which in the evening, he will declare war at once.”

Who acts: king · What happens: have, reply, say, not tell, bear, declare · To what, where: letter, Sultan, king, three foals, war · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (king), 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	_	4 had	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 had	aux
4	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 replied	ccomp
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 letter	det
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 Sultan	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sultan	det
9	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 letter	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
11	”	"	PUNCT	_	12 replied	punct
12	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 replied	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct
16	“	"	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 says	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 says	nsubj
19	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 king	acl:relcl
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 tell	mark
21	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 tell	mark
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 tell	nsubj
23	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 tell	aux
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 tell	advmod
25	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 says	ccomp
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 tell	iobj
27	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 born	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 foals	case
29	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 foals	nummod
30	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 born	nsubj:pass
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 born	aux:pass
32	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 tell	ccomp
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 morning	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 morning	det
35	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 born	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 noon	punct
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 noon	nsubj
38	at	at	ADP	_	39 noon	case
39	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 morning	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 declare	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 declare	cc
42	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 declare	nsubj
43	in	in	ADP	_	45 evening	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 evening	det
45	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 which	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 which	punct
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 declare	nsubj
48	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 declare	aux
49	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 born	conj
50	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 declare	obj
51	at	at	ADP	_	52 once	case
52	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	49 declare	obl
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 replied	punct
54	”	"	PUNCT	_	12 replied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	have in a quote	present · perfect	the king = king	another letter		the Sultan		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient
2	reply speech: assert	past	the king					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	king	the king not said here				tree rules
4	not tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	can	the king = king		king			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	bear in a quote	past · passive		three foals			morning	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Patient
6	declare speech: other in a quote	future		war				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute

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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