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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 91

He hoped that some day he might have children in his home, and the thought that he must yield up the heir to his crown was very bitter to him; but just then a huge wave broke with great force on the ship’s side, and his men fell on their knees and entreated him to save them.

Who acts: king, thought, huge wave, men · What happens: hope, have, yield up, be, break, fall · To what, where: children, home, heir, crown, king, side · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, thought, huge wave, men), 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

nsubjmarkdetobl:unmarkednsubjauxccompobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccdetnsubjmarknsubjauxaclcompound:prtdetobjcasenmod:possoblcopadvmodconjcaseoblpunctccadvmodadvmoddetamodnsubjconjcaseamodoblcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctccnmod:possnsubjparataxiscasenmod:possoblccconjobjmarkadvclobjpunctrootHePRONhopedVERBthatSCONJsomeDETdayNOUNhePRONmightAUXhaveVERBchildrenNOUNinADPhisPRONhomeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETthoughtNOUNthatSCONJhePRONmustAUXyieldVERBupADPtheDETheirNOUNtoADPhisPRONcrownNOUNwasAUXveryADVbitterADJtoADPhimPRON;PUNCTbutCCONJjustADVthenADVaDEThugeADJwaveNOUNbrokeVERBwithADPgreatADJforceNOUNonADPtheDETshipNOUN’sPARTsideNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONmenNOUNfellVERBonADPtheirPRONkneesNOUNandCCONJentreatedVERBhimPRONtoPARTsaveVERBthemPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hopednsubj
2hopedhopeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatSCONJ_8 havemark
4somesomeDETPronType=Ind5 daydet
5daydayNOUNNumber=Sing8 haveobl:unmarked
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 havensubj
7mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin8 haveaux
8havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf2 hopedccomp
9childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur8 haveobj
10ininADP_12 homecase
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 homenmod:poss
12homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing8 haveobl
13,,PUNCT_29 bitterpunct
14andandCCONJ_29 bittercc
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 thoughtdet
16thoughtthoughtNOUNNumber=Sing29 bitternsubj
17thatthatSCONJ_20 yieldmark
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 yieldnsubj
19mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin20 yieldaux
20yieldyieldVERBVerbForm=Inf16 thoughtacl
21upupADP_20 yieldcompound:prt
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 heirdet
23heirheirNOUNNumber=Sing20 yieldobj
24totoADP_26 crowncase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 crownnmod:poss
26crowncrownNOUNNumber=Sing20 yieldobl
27wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 bittercop
28veryveryADV_29 bitteradvmod
29bitterbitterADJDegree=Pos2 hopedconj
30totoADP_31 himcase
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 bitterobl
32;;PUNCT_39 brokepunct
33butbutCCONJ_39 brokecc
34justjustADV_35 thenadvmod
35thenthenADVPronType=Dem39 brokeadvmod
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 wavedet
37hugehugeADJDegree=Pos38 waveamod
38wavewaveNOUNNumber=Sing39 brokensubj
39brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 hopedconj
40withwithADP_42 forcecase
41greatgreatADJDegree=Pos42 forceamod
42forceforceNOUNNumber=Sing39 brokeobl
43ononADP_47 sidecase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 shipdet
45shipshipNOUNNumber=Sing47 sidenmod:poss
46’s'sPART_45 shipcase
47sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing39 brokeobl
48,,PUNCT_52 fellpunct
49andandCCONJ_52 fellcc
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 mennmod:poss
51menmanNOUNNumber=Plur52 fellnsubj
52fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 hopedparataxis
53ononADP_55 kneescase
54theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs55 kneesnmod:poss
55kneeskneeNOUNNumber=Plur52 fellobl
56andandCCONJ_57 entreatedcc
57entreatedentreatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 fellconj
58himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs57 entreatedobj
59totoPART_60 savemark
60savesaveVERBVerbForm=Inf57 entreatedadvcl
61themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs60 saveobj
62..PUNCT_2 hopedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hopepastkingvn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2havemightkingchildrenking's homedayvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
3yield upmustkingthe heirto king's crown goalvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent heir=Theme to crown=Goal
4ispastthe thoughtkingbitter propertytree rules
5breakpasta huge wavethe ship's sidethenwith great forcevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location
6fallpastking's menwaves's kneesvn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location
7entreatpastking's men not said herekingvn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
8saveto-infinitiveking's men not said herewaves = wavevn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
9crownkingnom crown «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 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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