The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 24, sentence 37

Next morning he carried them into the royal kitchen, and when the king entered, as was his custom, to see what he was going to have for dinner, the bridegroom flung them in his face, saying: “Here is a gift for you in return for the services you asked of me.”

Who acts: head, king, bridegroom, gift, you · What happens: carry, enter, be, see, go, have · To what, where: chips, royal kitchen, face, return, services · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head, king, bridegroom, gift), 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	Next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 morning	amod
2	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl:unmarked
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kitchen	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kitchen	amod
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 entered	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 entered	cc
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 entered	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 entered	nsubj
15	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 custom	punct
17	as	as	ADP	_	20 custom	case
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 custom	cop
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 custom	nmod:poss
20	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 entered	advcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 see	punct
22	to	to	PART	_	23 see	mark
23	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 carried	conj
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 going	nsubj
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 going	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 going	aux
27	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 see	ccomp
28	to	to	PART	_	29 have	mark
29	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 going	xcomp
30	for	for	ADP	_	31 dinner	case
31	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 have	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 flung	punct
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 bridegroom	det
34	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 flung	nsubj
35	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	conj
36	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 flung	obj
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 face	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 face	nmod:poss
39	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 flung	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 saying	punct
41	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 flung	advcl
42	:	:	PUNCT	_	44 Here	punct
43	“	"	PUNCT	_	44 Here	punct
44	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 saying	advmod
45	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 Here	cop
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 gift	det
47	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 Here	nsubj
48	for	for	ADP	_	49 you	case
49	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	41 saying	obl
50	in	in	ADP	_	51 return	case
51	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 saying	obl
52	for	for	ADP	_	54 services	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 services	det
54	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 saying	obl
55	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 asked	nsubj
56	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 services	acl:relcl
57	of	of	ADP	_	58 me	case
58	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 asked	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 carried	punct
60	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 carried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	head	chips = chip	the royal kitchen	morning		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	enter	past	the king					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	the king not said here				as head's custom	tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive	head not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	go	past · progressive						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	have	to-infinitive					for dinner	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	fling	past	the bridegroom	chips = chip	head's face			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in face=Destination
8	say speech: assert	gerund	the bridegroom not said here		return		for you; for the services	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in return=Manner
9	is in a quote	present	a gift				here property	tree rules
10	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	you	the services not said here			of the bridegroom = bridegroom	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Recipient

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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