Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Leaf From Heaven, sentence 38

Then they applied for advice to one of the wise men of the world, and he sent them a message to say that there was one remedy which would relieve and cure him, and that it was a plant of heavenly origin which grew in the forest in the king's own dominions.

Who acts: plants, king, one remedy, remedy, heavenly origin · What happens: apply, send, say, be, relieve, cure · To what, where: one, plants, king, plant, forest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Leaf From Heaven. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (plants, king, one remedy, remedy), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 applied	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 applied	nsubj
3	applied	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 advice	case
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applied	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 one	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 applied	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 men	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 men	det
10	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 men	amod
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 one	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 world	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 world	det
14	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 men	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sent	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sent	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sent	nsubj
18	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 applied	conj
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sent	obj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 message	det
21	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sent	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 say	mark
23	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 sent	advcl
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 was	mark
25	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	26 was	expl
26	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 say	ccomp
27	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 remedy	nummod
28	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 was	nsubj
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 relieve	nsubj
30	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 relieve	aux
31	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 remedy	acl:relcl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 cure	cc
33	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 relieve	conj
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 cure	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 plant	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 plant	cc
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 plant	mark
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 plant	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 plant	cop
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 plant	det
41	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applied	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 origin	case
43	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 origin	amod
44	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 plant	nmod
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 grew	nsubj
46	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 origin	acl:relcl
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 forest	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 forest	det
49	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 grew	obl
50	in	in	ADP	_	55 dominions	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 king	det
52	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 dominions	nmod:poss
53	's	's	PART	_	52 king	case
54	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 dominions	amod
55	dominions	dominion	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 grew	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 applied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	past	plants = plant		one of the wise men of the world		then	for advice	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for advice=Eventuality
2	send	past	king	plants = plant					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination message=Theme
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	king not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	be	past	one remedy			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	relieve	would	one remedy						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	cure	infinitive	one remedy not said here	king					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source
7	is a	past	remedy	a plant				of heavenly origin	tree rules
8	grow	past	heavenly origin			the forest		in the king's own dominions	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location

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: «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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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