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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 88

Now the bear chief of course knew that the boys’ father would seek for his sons when they did not return home, so he sent another of his servants to the hiding-place at the fork of the trail to see what would happen.

Who acts: bear chief, father, chief · What happens: know, seek, not return, send, see, happen · To what, where: another, hiding place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bear chief, father, chief), 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

advmoddetcompoundnsubjcasenmodmarkdetnmod:posscasensubjauxccompcasenmod:possoblmarknsubjauxadvmodadvcladvmodpunctadvmodnsubjconjobjcasenmod:possnmodcasedetcompoundpunctoblcasedetnmodcasedetnmodmarkadvclnsubjauxccomppunctrootNowADVtheDETbearNOUNchiefNOUNofADPcourseNOUNknewVERBthatSCONJtheDETboysNOUN’PARTfatherNOUNwouldAUXseekVERBforADPhisPRONsonsNOUNwhenSCONJtheyPRONdidAUXnotPARTreturnVERBhomeADV,PUNCTsoADVhePRONsentVERBanotherDETofADPhisPRONservantsNOUNtoADPtheDEThidingNOUN-PUNCTplaceNOUNatADPtheDETforkNOUNofADPtheDETtrailNOUNtoPARTseeVERBwhatPRONwouldAUXhappenVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem7 knewadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 chiefdet
3bearbearNOUNNumber=Sing4 chiefcompound
4chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing7 knewnsubj
5ofofADP_6 coursecase
6coursecourseNOUNNumber=Sing4 chiefnmod
7knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thatthatSCONJ_14 seekmark
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 boysdet
10boysboyNOUNNumber=Plur12 fathernmod:poss
11’'sPART_10 boyscase
12fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing14 seeknsubj
13wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin14 seekaux
14seekseekVERBVerbForm=Inf7 knewccomp
15forforADP_17 sonscase
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 sonsnmod:poss
17sonssonNOUNNumber=Plur14 seekobl
18whenwhenSCONJ_22 returnmark
19theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs22 returnnsubj
20diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 returnaux
21notnotPARTPolarity=Neg22 returnadvmod
22returnreturnVERBVerbForm=Inf14 seekadvcl
23homehomeADV_22 returnadvmod
24,,PUNCT_27 sentpunct
25sosoADV_27 sentadvmod
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 sentnsubj
27sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 knewconj
28anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind27 sentobj
29ofofADP_31 servantscase
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 servantsnmod:poss
31servantsservantNOUNNumber=Plur28 anothernmod
32totoADP_36 placecase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 placedet
34hidinghidingNOUNNumber=Sing36 placecompound
35--PUNCT_34 hidingpunct
36placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing27 sentobl
37atatADP_39 forkcase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 forkdet
39forkforkNOUNNumber=Sing36 placenmod
40ofofADP_42 trailcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 traildet
42trailtrailNOUNNumber=Sing39 forknmod
43totoPART_44 seemark
44seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf27 sentadvcl
45whatwhatPRONPronType=Int47 happennsubj
46wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin47 happenaux
47happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Inf44 seeccomp
48..PUNCT_7 knewpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowpastthe bear chief of coursenowvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2seekwouldthe boys's fatherfor chief's sonsvn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for son=Theme
3not returnpast · do-supportfatherhome propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4sendpastchiefanotherthe hiding place at the fork of the trailvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent another=Theme to place=Destination
5seeto-infinitivechief not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6happenwouldvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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