The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 3, sentence 65
At last the king turned to the old man, and said: 'Old man, such a king as this whose signet thou hast, reigned seven hundred years ago; but he is said to have disappeared, none know whither; where got you the ring?'
Who acts: last king, thou, none · What happens: turn, say, have, reign, disappear, know · To what, where: signet, King, ring, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last king, thou, none), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 king | amod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 man | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | conj |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 man | punct |
| 14 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 man | punct |
| 15 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 man | amod |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 king | punct |
| 18 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 king | det:predet |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 king | det |
| 20 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 man | appos |
| 21 | as | as | ADP | _ | 24 signet | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 signet | det |
| 23 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 24 signet | nmod:poss |
| 24 | signet | signet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | obl |
| 25 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 26 hast | nsubj |
| 26 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 signet | acl:relcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 reigned | punct |
| 28 | reigned | reign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 signet | acl:relcl |
| 29 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 hundred | compound |
| 30 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 years | nummod |
| 31 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 reigned | obl:unmarked |
| 32 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 31 years | advmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 said | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 said | cc |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 said | nsubj |
| 36 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 said | aux:pass |
| 37 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 turned | conj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 disappeared | mark |
| 39 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 disappeared | aux |
| 40 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 said | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 know | punct |
| 42 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 43 know | nsubj |
| 43 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 said | conj |
| 44 | whither | whither | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 know | advmod |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 got | punct |
| 46 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 47 got | advmod |
| 47 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | parataxis |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 got | obj |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 ring | det |
| 50 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 got | obj |
| 51 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 47 got | punct |
| 52 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the last king | to the old man result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to man=Result | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the last king not said here | as this signet | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | have | present | thou | this signet not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signet=Patient | ||||
| 4 | reign | participle | this signet not said here | year | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | present · passive | King | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | disappear | to-infinitive · perfect | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | know | present | none | whither property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | get | past | the ring | you | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary ring=Theme |
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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