The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 93

So when Becasigue, surround by his train, made a formal request that the princess Desiree might be given in marriage to his master's son, the king replied that he was much honoured, and would gladly give his consent; but that no one could even see the princess till her fifteenth birthday, as the spell laid upon her in her cradle by a spiteful fairy, would not cease to work till that was past.

Who acts: Becasigue, king, one, spell, that, marriage · What happens: make, give, reply, honour, see, lay · To what, where: formal request, princess, son, marriage, consent, cradle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Becasigue, king, one, spell), 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	So	so	ADV	_	10 made	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 made	mark
3	Becasigue	Becasigue	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 surround	punct
5	surround	surround	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Becasigue	appos
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 train	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 train	nmod:poss
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surround	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Becasigue	punct
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 request	det
12	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 request	amod
13	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 given	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 princess	det
16	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 given	nsubj:pass
17	Desiree	Desiree	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 princess	appos
18	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 given	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 given	aux:pass
20	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 made	advcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 marriage	case
22	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 given	obl
23	to	to	ADP	_	27 son	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 master	nmod:poss
25	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 son	nmod:poss
26	's	's	PART	_	25 master	case
27	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 given	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 replied	punct
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 king	det
30	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 replied	nsubj
31	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 made	parataxis
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 honoured	mark
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 honoured	nsubj:pass
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 honoured	aux:pass
35	much	much	ADV	_	36 honoured	advmod
36	honoured	honour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 replied	ccomp
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 give	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 give	cc
39	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 give	aux
40	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	41 give	advmod
41	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 honoured	conj
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 consent	nmod:poss
43	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 give	obj
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 see	punct
45	but	but	CCONJ	_	51 see	cc
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 see	mark
47	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	48 one	det
48	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 see	nsubj
49	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 see	aux
50	even	even	ADV	_	51 see	advmod
51	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	parataxis
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 princess	det
53	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 see	obj
54	till	till	ADP	_	57 birthday	case
55	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 birthday	nmod:poss
56	fifteenth	fifteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 birthday	amod
57	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 see	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 laid	punct
59	as	as	SCONJ	_	62 laid	mark
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 spell	det
61	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 laid	nsubj
62	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 see	conj
63	upon	upon	ADP	_	64 her	case
64	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 laid	obl
65	in	in	ADP	_	67 cradle	case
66	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 cradle	nmod:poss
67	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 laid	obl
68	by	by	ADP	_	71 fairy	case
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 fairy	det
70	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 fairy	amod
71	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 laid	obl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 cease	punct
73	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	75 cease	aux
74	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	75 cease	advmod
75	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 see	conj
76	to	to	PART	_	77 work	mark
77	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 cease	xcomp
78	till	till	SCONJ	_	81 past	mark
79	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	81 past	nsubj
80	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 past	cop
81	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 work	ccomp
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Becasigue	a formal request					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product
2	give	might · passive		the princess	marriage's master's son	marriage			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to son=Recipient
3	reply speech: assert	past	the king						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	honour	past · passive		marriage					tree rules
5	give	would		marriage's consent				gladly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme
6	see	could	no one	the princess			till princess's fifteenth birthday		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus
7	lay	past	the spell			princess's cradle		upon princess; by a spiteful fairy	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon she=Destination
8	not cease	would	no one not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
9	work	to-infinitive	no one not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	is	past	that					past property	tree rules
11	consent		marriage						nom consent «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 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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