The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 106
The more difficulties that were put in his way the stronger grew his desire, and in the end the king published a proclamation that whoever found the Bird of Truth should bring her to him without delay.
Who acts: stronger, king, whoever, Bird · What happens: put, grow, publish, find, bring, desire · To what, where: more difficulties, way, desire, proclamation, end, news · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (stronger, king, whoever, Bird), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 difficulties | det |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 difficulties | amod |
| 3 | difficulties | difficulty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 put | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 put | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 put | aux:pass |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 way | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 way | nmod:poss |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 stronger | det |
| 11 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 grew | nsubj |
| 12 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 way | acl:relcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 desire | nmod:poss |
| 14 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grew | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 published | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 published | cc |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 end | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 end | det |
| 19 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 published | obl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 king | det |
| 21 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 published | nsubj |
| 22 | published | publish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 put | conj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 proclamation | det |
| 24 | proclamation | proclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 published | obj |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 found | obj |
| 26 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 found | nsubj |
| 27 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 proclamation | acl:relcl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Bird | det |
| 29 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 bring | nsubj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Truth | case |
| 31 | Truth | Truth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Bird | nmod |
| 32 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 bring | aux |
| 33 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 found | ccomp |
| 34 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 bring | obj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 him | case |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 bring | obl |
| 37 | without | without | ADP | _ | 38 delay | case |
| 38 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bring | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past · passive | the more difficulties | king's way | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in way=Destination | ||||
| 2 | grow | past | the stronger | king's desire | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location desire=Theme | ||||
| 3 | publish | past | the king | a proclamation | in the end | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Result | |||
| 4 | find | past | whoever | a proclamation | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 5 | bring | should | the Bird of Truth | news | king | without delay | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Destination | ||
| 6 | desire | king | nom desire «feeling 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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