The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 15, sentence 73
And calling to her chamberlain she ordered him to lead the prince to the four brown boundaries of the world, and to leave him there with a wise man, who would care for him, and let no harm befall him.
Who acts: wife, wise man, harm · What happens: call, order, lead, leave, care, let · To what, where: chamberlain, Iarlaid, prince, four brown boundaries, harm · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, wise man, harm), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ordered | cc |
| 2 | calling | call | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 ordered | csubj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 chamberlain | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 chamberlain | nmod:poss |
| 5 | chamberlain | chamberlain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 calling | obl |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ordered | nsubj |
| 7 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ordered | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 lead | mark |
| 10 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ordered | xcomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prince | det |
| 12 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lead | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 boundaries | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 boundaries | det |
| 15 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 boundaries | nummod |
| 16 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 boundaries | amod |
| 17 | boundaries | boundary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lead | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 world | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 world | det |
| 20 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 boundaries | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 leave | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 leave | cc |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 leave | mark |
| 24 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 lead | parataxis |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 leave | obj |
| 26 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 leave | advmod |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 man | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 man | det |
| 29 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 man | amod |
| 30 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 leave | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 care | punct |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 care | nsubj |
| 33 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 care | aux |
| 34 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 man | acl:relcl |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 him | case |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 care | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 let | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 let | cc |
| 39 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 lead | parataxis |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 harm | det |
| 41 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 let | obj |
| 42 | befall | befall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 let | xcomp |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 befall | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 ordered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | wife's chamberlain | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to chamberlain=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | order | past | wife | Iarlaid | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | lead not said to happen | to-infinitive | wife not said here | the prince | the four brown boundaries of the world | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to boundary=Destination | |||
| 4 | leave | to-infinitive | Iarlaid | there | with a wise man | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with man=Theme | |||
| 5 | care | would | a wise man | for Iarlaid | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | ||||
| 6 | let | infinitive | no harm | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | befall | infinitive | no harm not said here | Iarlaid | tree rules |
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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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