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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 100

But although the boy had accomplished much, something very difficult yet remained, and that was how to carry the Bird of Truth to the king without her being seized by the wicked courtiers, who would be ruined by the discovery of their plot.

Who acts: something, that, wicked courtiers, discovery, birds · What happens: accomplish, remain, be, seize, ruin, discover · To what, where: boy, wicked courtiers, plot

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (something, that, wicked courtiers, discovery), 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

ccmarkdetnsubj:passauxadvmodpunctobl:agentadvmodamodadvmodadvclpunctccnsubjcopadvmodmarkadvcldetobjcasenmodcasedetoblmarknmod:possaux:passadvclcasedetamodoblpunctnsubj:passauxaux:passconjcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootButCCONJalthoughSCONJtheDETboyNOUNhadAUXaccomplishedVERBmuchADV,PUNCTsomethingPRONveryADVdifficultADJyetADVremainedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJthatPRONwasAUXhowADVtoPARTcarryVERBtheDETBirdNOUNofADPTruthPROPNtoADPtheDETkingNOUNwithoutSCONJherPRONbeingAUXseizedVERBbyADPtheDETwickedADJcourtiersNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwouldAUXbeAUXruinedVERBbyADPtheDETdiscoveryNOUNofADPtheirPRONplotNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_6 accomplishedcc
2althoughalthoughSCONJ_6 accomplishedmark
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 boydet
4boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing6 accomplishednsubj:pass
5hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 accomplishedaux
6accomplishedaccomplishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7muchmuchADV_6 accomplishedadvmod
8,,PUNCT_9 somethingpunct
9somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind6 accomplishedobl:agent
10veryveryADV_11 difficultadvmod
11difficultdifficultADJDegree=Pos9 somethingamod
12yetyetADV_13 remainedadvmod
13remainedremainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 difficultadvcl
14,,PUNCT_20 carrypunct
15andandCCONJ_20 carrycc
16thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem20 carrynsubj
17wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 carrycop
18howhowADVPronType=Int20 carryadvmod
19totoPART_20 carrymark
20carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf6 accomplishedadvcl
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 Birddet
22BirdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing20 carryobj
23ofofADP_24 Truthcase
24TruthTruthPROPNNumber=Sing22 Birdnmod
25totoADP_27 kingcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 kingdet
27kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing20 carryobl
28withoutwithoutSCONJ_31 seizedmark
29herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 seizednmod:poss
30beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part31 seizedaux:pass
31seizedseizeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 carryadvcl
32bybyADP_35 courtierscase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 courtiersdet
34wickedwickedADJDegree=Pos35 courtiersamod
35courtierscourtierNOUNNumber=Plur31 seizedobl
36,,PUNCT_40 ruinedpunct
37whowhoPRONPronType=Rel40 ruinednsubj:pass
38wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin40 ruinedaux
39bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf40 ruinedaux:pass
40ruinedruinVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass35 courtiersconj
41bybyADP_43 discoverycase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 discoverydet
43discoverydiscoveryNOUNNumber=Sing40 ruinedobl
44ofofADP_46 plotcase
45theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 plotnmod:poss
46plotplotNOUNNumber=Sing43 discoverynmod
47..PUNCT_6 accomplishedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1accomplishpast · perfect · passivesomethingthe boyvn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2remainparticiplesomething not said hereyetvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3ispastthatto the king; carry propertytree rules
4seizegerund · passivethe wicked courtiersvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5ruinwould · passivethe discovery of birds's plotthe wicked courtiersvn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
6discoverbirds's plotnom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient
7plotbirds = birdnom plot «cognition 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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