The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 27

The king was so much perplexed that he threatened the princess’s playfellows with all sorts of punishments if they would not confess something about her disappearance; but as they only repeated the same story he presently put down the whole affair to the work of some sprite or goblin, and tried to console himself for his loss by ordering a grand hunt; for kings cannot bear to be troubled about anything long.

Who acts: king, playfellows, princess, sprite · What happens: be, threaten, not confess, repeat, put down, try · To what, where: playfellows, something, same story, whole affair, console, grand hunt

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, playfellows, princess, sprite), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perplexed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perplexed	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 perplexed	advmod
6	perplexed	perplex	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 threatened	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 threatened	nsubj
9	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perplexed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 playfellows	nmod:poss
12	’s	's	PART	_	11 princess	case
13	playfellows	playfellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 threatened	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 sorts	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 sorts	det
16	sorts	sort	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 playfellows	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 punishments	case
18	punishments	punishment	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sorts	nmod
19	if	if	SCONJ	_	23 confess	mark
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 confess	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 confess	aux
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 confess	advmod
23	confess	confess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 punishments	acl
24	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	23 confess	obj
25	about	about	ADP	_	27 disappearance	case
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 disappearance	nmod:poss
27	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 something	nmod
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 put	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	39 put	cc
30	as	as	SCONJ	_	33 repeated	mark
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 repeated	nsubj
32	only	only	ADV	_	33 repeated	advmod
33	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 put	advcl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 story	det
35	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 story	amod
36	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 repeated	obj
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 put	nsubj
38	presently	presently	ADV	_	39 put	advmod
39	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perplexed	conj
40	down	down	ADP	_	39 put	compound:prt
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 affair	det
42	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 affair	amod
43	affair	affair	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 put	obj
44	to	to	ADP	_	46 work	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 work	det
46	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 put	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 sprite	case
48	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	49 sprite	det
49	sprite	sprite	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 work	nmod
50	or	or	CCONJ	_	51 goblin	cc
51	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 sprite	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 tried	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 tried	cc
54	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perplexed	conj
55	to	to	PART	_	56 console	mark
56	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 tried	obj
57	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	56 console	nmod:unmarked
58	for	for	ADP	_	60 loss	case
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 loss	nmod:poss
60	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 tried	obl
61	by	by	SCONJ	_	62 ordering	mark
62	ordering	order	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 tried	advcl
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 hunt	det
64	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 hunt	amod
65	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 ordering	obj
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	71 bear	punct
67	for	for	ADP	_	68 kings	case
68	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 bear	obl
69	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 bear	aux
70	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	71 bear	advmod
71	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 perplexed	advcl
72	to	to	PART	_	74 troubled	mark
73	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 troubled	cop
74	troubled	troubled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 bear	ccomp
75	about	about	ADP	_	76 anything	case
76	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	74 troubled	obl
77	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 anything	amod
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 perplexed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king		perplex property	tree rules
2	threaten	past	king	the princess's playfellows	with all sorts of punishments	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus playfellow=Experiencer
3	not confess a condition, not said to happen	would	playfellows = playfellow	something	about princess's disappearance	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
4	repeat	past	playfellows = playfellow	the same story		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality
5	put down	past	king	the whole affair	to the work of some sprite or goblin; presently property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent affair=Goal
6	try	past	the king not said here	console king	for king's loss	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent console=Theme for loss=Attribute
7	order	gerund	the king not said here	a grand hunt		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunt=Theme
8	not bear	can	the king not said here		for kings	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for king=Attribute
9	is	to-infinitive	the king not said here		about anything; troubled property	tree rules
10	sort			punishments		nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient
11	disappear		princess			nom disappearance «act intransitive»: poss=agent
12	work		some sprite or goblin			nom work «act intransitive»: of=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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