The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 31, sentence 113
'Order Jose to appear before me instantly,' he shouted to the servant who ran to obey his orders, so great was the noise his majesty had made; and when Jose entered the hall, wondering what in the world could be the matter, the king was nearly dumb from rage and excitement.
Who acts: Order, servant, great noise, Jose, king · What happens: appear, shout, run, obey, be, make · To what, where: servant, orders, great noise, majesty, hall, matter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Order, servant, great noise, Jose), 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 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 Order | punct |
| 2 | Order | Order | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 appear | nsubj |
| 3 | Jose | Jose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Order | flat |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 appear | mark |
| 5 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 me | case |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 appear | obl |
| 8 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 5 appear | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 shouted | punct |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 shouted | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 shouted | nsubj |
| 12 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 appear | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 servant | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 servant | det |
| 15 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shouted | obl |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 ran | nsubj |
| 17 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 servant | acl:relcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 obey | mark |
| 19 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 ran | xcomp |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 orders | nmod:poss |
| 21 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 obey | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 great | punct |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 great | advmod |
| 24 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 noise | amod |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 noise | cop |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 noise | det |
| 27 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shouted | advcl |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 majesty | nmod:poss |
| 29 | majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 made | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 made | aux |
| 31 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 noise | acl:relcl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 entered | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 entered | cc |
| 34 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 entered | advmod |
| 35 | Jose | Jose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 entered | nsubj |
| 36 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 appear | conj |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 hall | det |
| 38 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 entered | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 wondering | punct |
| 40 | wondering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 36 entered | advcl |
| 41 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 48 matter | nsubj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 world | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 world | det |
| 44 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 what | obl |
| 45 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 matter | aux |
| 46 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 48 matter | cop |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 matter | det |
| 48 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 wondering | ccomp |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 dumb | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 king | det |
| 51 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 dumb | nsubj |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 dumb | cop |
| 53 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 54 dumb | advmod |
| 54 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 matter | conj |
| 55 | from | from | ADP | _ | 56 rage | case |
| 56 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 dumb | obl |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 excitement | cc |
| 58 | excitement | excitement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 rage | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 appear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | to-infinitive | Order | before me | instantly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location | |||
| 2 | shout speech: express | past | Order | the servant | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to servant=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | run | past | the servant | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | obey | to-infinitive | the servant not said here | Order's orders | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | Order not said here | the great noise | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | make | past · perfect · passive | the great noise not said here | Order's majesty | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 7 | enter | past | Jose | the hall | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination | ||||
| 8 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | Jose not said here | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 9 | is a | could | the matter | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | is | past | the king | rage and excitement | dumb, nearly property | tree rules | |||
| 11 | order | Order | nom order «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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