The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 80
The prince was beginning to lose heart, when a man who had overheard his question turned round and said that he had better go and ask the emperor, as he was in search of some one to see after his flocks.
Who acts: prince, man, Dragon · What happens: begin, lose, overhear, turn round, say, have · To what, where: heart, question, emperor · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, man, Dragon), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beginning | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 beginning | aux |
| 4 | beginning | begin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 lose | mark |
| 6 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 beginning | xcomp |
| 7 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lose | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turned | punct |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 turned | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 turned | nsubj |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 overheard | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 overheard | aux |
| 14 | overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 man | acl:relcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 question | nmod:poss |
| 16 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 overheard | obj |
| 17 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 beginning | conj |
| 18 | round | round | ADV | _ | 17 turned | advmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 said | cc |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 turned | conj |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 had | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 had | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 said | ccomp |
| 24 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 23 had | advmod |
| 25 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 had | xcomp |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 ask | cc |
| 27 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 go | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 emperor | det |
| 29 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 ask | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 search | punct |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 35 search | case |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 search | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 search | cop |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 search | case |
| 35 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 ask | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 one | case |
| 37 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 38 one | det |
| 38 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 search | nmod |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 see | mark |
| 40 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 search | acl |
| 41 | after | after | ADP | _ | 43 flocks | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 flocks | nmod:poss |
| 43 | flocks | flock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 see | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 beginning | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past · progressive | the prince | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | lose | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | heart | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | overhear | past · perfect | a man | Dragon's question | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | turn round | past | a man | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | a man not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | have | past | Dragon | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | go | infinitive | Dragon not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | Dragon not said here | the emperor | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient | ||||
| 9 | is | past | Dragon | as search; of some one | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | see | to-infinitive | Dragon not said here | after Dragon's flocks | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 11 | question | Dragon | nom question «communication transitive»: 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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