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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 98

The prince, however, replied that he was there for one thing only; that his first duty was to beat the drums and announce himself as a suitor, when he would be taken, as such, to the king, who would then give him proper lodgment.

Who acts: prince, first duty, king · What happens: reply, be, announce, take, give · To what, where: Prince, proper lodgment

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, first duty, king), 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

detnsubjpunctadvmodpunctmarknsubjcopadvclcasenummodobladvmodpunctmarknmod:possamodnsubjcopmarkadvcldetobjccconjobjcasedetoblpunctmarknsubjauxaux:passacl:relclpunctcaseconjpunctcasedetparataxispunctnsubjauxadvmodparataxisiobjamodobjpunctrootTheDETprinceNOUN,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTrepliedVERBthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXthereADVforADPoneNUMthingNOUNonlyADV;PUNCTthatSCONJhisPRONfirstADJdutyNOUNwasAUXtoPARTbeatVERBtheDETdrumsNOUNandCCONJannounceVERBhimselfPRONasADPaDETsuitorNOUN,PUNCTwhenSCONJhePRONwouldAUXbeAUXtakenVERB,PUNCTasADPsuchADJ,PUNCTtoADPtheDETkingNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwouldAUXthenADVgiveVERBhimPRONproperADJlodgmentNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 princedet
2princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing6 repliednsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 princepunct
4howeverhoweverADV_6 repliedadvmod
5,,PUNCT_4 howeverpunct
6repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thatthatSCONJ_10 theremark
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 therensubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 therecop
10therethereADVPronType=Dem6 repliedadvcl
11forforADP_13 thingcase
12oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 thingnummod
13thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing10 thereobl
14onlyonlyADV_13 thingadvmod
15;;PUNCT_22 beatpunct
16thatthatSCONJ_22 beatmark
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 dutynmod:poss
18firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord19 dutyamod
19dutydutyNOUNNumber=Sing22 beatnsubj
20wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 beatcop
21totoPART_22 beatmark
22beatbeatVERBVerbForm=Inf6 repliedadvcl
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 drumsdet
24drumsdrumNOUNNumber=Plur22 beatobj
25andandCCONJ_26 announcecc
26announceannounceVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 repliedconj
27himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes26 announceobj
28asasADP_30 suitorcase
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 suitordet
30suitorsuitorNOUNNumber=Sing26 announceobl
31,,PUNCT_36 takenpunct
32whenwhenSCONJ_36 takenmark
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 takennsubj
34wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin36 takenaux
35bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf36 takenaux:pass
36takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass30 suitoracl:relcl
37,,PUNCT_39 suchpunct
38asasADP_39 suchcase
39suchsuchADJDegree=Pos ExtPos=ADP36 takenconj
40,,PUNCT_43 kingpunct
41totoADP_43 kingcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 kingdet
43kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing26 announceparataxis
44,,PUNCT_48 givepunct
45whowhoPRONPronType=Rel48 givensubj
46wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin48 giveaux
47thenthenADVPronType=Dem48 giveadvmod
48givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf43 kingparataxis
49himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 giveiobj
50properproperADJDegree=Pos51 lodgmentamod
51lodgmentlodgmentNOUNNumber=Sing48 giveobj
52..PUNCT_6 repliedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reply speech: assertpastthe princehowever propertyvn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ispastPrincefor one thing; there propertytree rules
3ispastPrince's first dutybeat propertytree rules
4announce speech: otherpresentthe prince not said herePrinceas a suitorvn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
5takewould · passivePrincevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination
6givewouldthe kingproper lodgmentPrincethenvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lodgment=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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