The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 30, sentence 42

Like Ardan, Ruais chose the large, unblessed cake, and set forth on his way, doing always, though he knew it not, that which Ardan had done; so, needless is it to tell what befell him till he too stood, a pillar of stone, on the hill behind the cottage, so that all men might see the fate that awaited those who broke their faith.

Who acts: Ruais, that, Ardan, men, fate · What happens: choose, unbless, set, do, not know, be · To what, where: large unblessed cake, way, cake, Ruais, pillar, hill · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ruais, that, Ardan, men), 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	Like	like	ADP	_	2 Ardan	case
2	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chose	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ardan	punct
4	Ruais	Ruais	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chose	nsubj
5	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cake	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cake	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 large	punct
9	unblessed	unbless	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 cake	amod
10	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chose	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 set	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 set	cc
13	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chose	advcl
14	forth	forth	ADV	_	13 set	advmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 way	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 way	nmod:poss
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 doing	punct
19	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 set	conj
20	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	19 doing	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 knew	punct
22	though	though	SCONJ	_	24 knew	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 knew	nsubj
24	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chose	parataxis
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 knew	obj
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 knew	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 done	punct
28	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 done	nsubj
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 done	obj
30	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 done	nsubj
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 done	aux
32	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 knew	conj
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 needless	punct
34	so	so	ADV	_	36 needless	advmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 needless	punct
36	needless	needless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chose	conj
37	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 it	cop
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 needless	obl
39	to	to	PART	_	40 tell	mark
40	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 needless	csubj
41	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	42 befell	nsubj
42	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 tell	ccomp
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 befell	obj
44	till	till	SCONJ	_	47 stood	mark
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 stood	nsubj
46	too	too	ADV	_	47 stood	advmod
47	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 befell	advcl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 pillar	punct
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 pillar	det
50	pillar	pillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 stood	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 stone	case
52	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 pillar	nmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 hill	punct
54	on	on	ADP	_	56 hill	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 hill	det
56	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 stood	obl
57	behind	behind	ADP	_	59 cottage	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 cottage	det
59	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 hill	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 see	punct
61	so	so	SCONJ	_	66 see	mark
62	that	that	SCONJ	_	66 see	mark
63	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	64 men	det
64	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 see	nsubj
65	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	66 see	aux
66	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 tell	advcl
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 fate	det
68	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 see	obj
69	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	70 awaited	nsubj
70	awaited	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 fate	acl:relcl
71	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	70 awaited	obj
72	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	73 broke	nsubj
73	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 those	acl:relcl
74	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 faith	nmod:poss
75	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 broke	obj
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 chose	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	choose	past	Ruais	the large unblessed cake		like Ardan	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme
2	unbless	participle					tree rules
3	set	infinitive	Ruais not said here		Ruais's way	forth property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on way=Destination
4	do	gerund	Ruais not said here			always property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	not know	past	Ruais	cake			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
6	do	past · perfect	that				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality
7	is a	present		cake			tree rules
8	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	befall	past		Ruais			tree rules
10	stand	past	Ardan	a pillar of stone	the hill behind the cottage		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location
11	see	might	all men	the fate			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus
12	await	past	the fate	the fate			tree rules
13	break	past		consent's faith			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer faith=Patient

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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