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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 97

When the next day came, however, the bridegroom’s father informed the princess that, by the law of the land, the marriage must take place in the presence of the king; but he hoped his majesty would not long delay his arrival.

Who acts: next day, father, marriage, majesty · What happens: come, inform, take, hope, not delay, arrive · To what, where: princess, presence, arrival · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next day, father, marriage, majesty), 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

markdetamodnsubjadvclpunctadvmodpunctdetnmod:posscasensubjdetobjobjpunctcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctdetnsubjauxacl:relclobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccnsubjconjnmod:possnsubjauxadvmodadvmodccompnmod:possobjpunctrootWhenSCONJtheDETnextADJdayNOUNcameVERB,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTtheDETbridegroomNOUN’sPARTfatherNOUNinformedVERBtheDETprincessNOUNthatPRON,PUNCTbyADPtheDETlawNOUNofADPtheDETlandNOUN,PUNCTtheDETmarriageNOUNmustAUXtakeVERBplaceNOUNinADPtheDETpresenceNOUNofADPtheDETkingNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONhopedVERBhisPRONmajestyNOUNwouldAUXnotPARTlongADVdelayVERBhisPRONarrivalNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_5 camemark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 daydet
3nextnextADJDegree=Pos4 dayamod
4daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 camensubj
5camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 informedadvcl
6,,PUNCT_7 howeverpunct
7howeverhoweverADV_5 cameadvmod
8,,PUNCT_5 camepunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 bridegroomdet
10bridegroombridegroomNOUNNumber=Sing12 fathernmod:poss
11’s'sPART_10 bridegroomcase
12fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing13 informednsubj
13informedinformVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 princessdet
15princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing13 informedobj
16thatthatPRONPronType=Rel28 takeobj
17,,PUNCT_16 thatpunct
18bybyADP_20 lawcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 lawdet
20lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing28 takeobl
21ofofADP_23 landcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 landdet
23landlandNOUNNumber=Sing20 lawnmod
24,,PUNCT_20 lawpunct
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 marriagedet
26marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing28 takensubj
27mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin28 takeaux
28taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf15 princessacl:relcl
29placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing28 takeobj
30ininADP_32 presencecase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 presencedet
32presencepresenceNOUNNumber=Sing28 takeobl
33ofofADP_35 kingcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 kingdet
35kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing32 presencenmod
36;;PUNCT_39 hopedpunct
37butbutCCONJ_39 hopedcc
38hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 hopednsubj
39hopedhopeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 informedconj
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 majestynmod:poss
41majestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing45 delaynsubj
42wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin45 delayaux
43notnotPARTPolarity=Neg45 delayadvmod
44longlongADVDegree=Pos45 delayadvmod
45delaydelayVERBVerbForm=Inf39 hopedccomp
46hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 arrivalnmod:poss
47arrivalarrivalNOUNNumber=Sing45 delayobj
48..PUNCT_13 informedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe next dayhowever propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2inform speech: otherpastthe bridegroom's fatherthe princessvn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient
3takemustthe marriagethe princessthe presence of the kingby the law of the landvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument that=Theme place=Destination
4hopepastmarriagevn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5not delaywouldmarriage's majestymarriage's arrivallong propertyvn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent arrival=Source
6arrivemarriagenom arrival «act intransitive»: 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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