The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 39

Then he asked if the hermit could shelter him and his beasts for the night, and the hermit said “Yes”; so, very soon the king had watered and tethered his horse, and, after a supper of bread and parched peas, lay down in the cave, with the hound at his feet, and tried to go to sleep.

Who acts: king, hermit · What happens: ask, shelter, say, water, tether, parch · To what, where: king, horse, peas, cave, sleep · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, hermit), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 asked	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 shelter	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hermit	det
6	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shelter	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 shelter	aux
8	shelter	shelter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shelter	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 beasts	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 beasts	nmod:poss
12	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 him	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 night	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shelter	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 said	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 said	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hermit	det
19	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 said	nsubj
20	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	parataxis
21	“	"	PUNCT	_	22 Yes	punct
22	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	20 said	obj
23	”	"	PUNCT	_	22 Yes	punct
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 watered	punct
25	so	so	ADV	_	32 watered	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 watered	punct
27	very	very	ADV	_	28 soon	advmod
28	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 watered	advmod
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 king	det
30	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 watered	nsubj
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 watered	aux
32	watered	water	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 asked	conj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 tethered	cc
34	tethered	tether	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	conj
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 horse	nmod:poss
36	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 tethered	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 supper	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 supper	cc
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 and	punct
40	after	after	ADP	_	42 supper	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 supper	det
42	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	parataxis
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 bread	case
44	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 supper	nmod
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 parched	cc
46	parched	parch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	conj
47	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 parched	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 lay	punct
49	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	parataxis
50	down	down	ADV	_	49 lay	advmod
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 cave	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 cave	det
53	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lay	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 hound	punct
55	with	with	ADP	_	57 hound	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 hound	det
57	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lay	obl
58	at	at	ADP	_	60 feet	case
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 feet	nmod:poss
60	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 hound	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 tried	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 tried	cc
63	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	parataxis
64	to	to	PART	_	65 go	mark
65	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 tried	xcomp
66	to	to	ADP	_	67 sleep	case
67	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 go	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	king			then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shelter a condition, not said to happen	could	the hermit	king		night		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	say speech: assert	past	the hermit					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
4	water	past · perfect	the king				soon property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
5	tether	past	king not said here	king's horse				vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
6	parch	past	king not said here	peas				vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pea=Patient
7	lay down	present			the cave		with the hound at king's feet; down property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cave=Destination
8	try	past						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	go not said to happen	to-infinitive			sleep			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_Location

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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