The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 20, sentence 96
In the centre of his own palace was a treasure chamber, and in this chamber the table, the cornet, and the bag were kept as the most prized of all his possessions, and not a week passed without a visit from king John to make sure they were safe.
Who acts: centre, chamber, bag, table, Jack · What happens: be, keep, prize, pass, make, possess · To what, where: treasure chamber, bag
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (centre, chamber, bag, table), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 centre | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 centre | det |
| 3 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chamber | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 palace | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 palace | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 palace | amod |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 centre | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 chamber | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 chamber | det |
| 10 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chamber | compound |
| 11 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 chamber | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 chamber | cc |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 chamber | case |
| 15 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 chamber | det |
| 16 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chamber | appos |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 table | det |
| 18 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 chamber | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 cornet | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 cornet | det |
| 21 | cornet | cornet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 table | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 kept | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 kept | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 bag | det |
| 25 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 kept | aux:pass |
| 27 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 chamber | acl:relcl |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 prized | mark |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 prized | det |
| 30 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 31 prized | advmod |
| 31 | prized | prize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 kept | xcomp |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 possessions | case |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 possessions | det:predet |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 possessions | nmod:poss |
| 35 | possessions | possession | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 prized | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 passed | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 passed | cc |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 week | advmod |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 week | det |
| 40 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 passed | obl:unmarked |
| 41 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 prized | conj |
| 42 | without | without | ADP | _ | 44 visit | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 visit | det |
| 44 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 passed | obl |
| 45 | from | from | ADP | _ | 46 king | case |
| 46 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 visit | nmod |
| 47 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 king | appos |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 make | mark |
| 49 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 passed | advcl |
| 50 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 make | xcomp |
| 51 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 safe | nsubj |
| 52 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 safe | cop |
| 53 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 sure | ccomp |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 chamber | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the centre of Jack's own palace | a treasure chamber | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | past · passive | this chamber and the table and the cornet not said here | the bag | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | prize | participle | the bag not said here | of Jack's possessions | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | pass | participle | the bag not said here | week | without a visit from king | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | make | to-infinitive | the bag not said here | sure property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 6 | is | past | table | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | possess | Jack | nom possession «act 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 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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