The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1, sentence 72

The princess agreed with all that her father said, and orders were issued for vast numbers of elephants and camels, and gorgeous tents and flags, and litters for the ladies, and horses for the men, to be prepared without delay, as the king and princess were going to pay a visit to the great and munificent prince Wali Dâd.

Who acts: princess, king · What happens: agree, say, issue, prepare, go, pay · To what, where: princess, orders, visit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, king), 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 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 princess	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	3 agreed	obl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 said	det:predet
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 issued	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 issued	cc
12	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 issued	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 issued	aux:pass
14	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 said	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 numbers	case
16	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 numbers	amod
17	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 issued	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 elephants	case
19	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 numbers	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 camels	cc
21	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 numbers	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 tents	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 tents	cc
24	gorgeous	gorgeous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 tents	amod
25	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 issued	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 flags	cc
27	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 tents	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 litters	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 litters	cc
30	litters	litter	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 tents	conj
31	for	for	ADP	_	33 ladies	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 ladies	det
33	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 litters	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 horses	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 horses	cc
36	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 tents	conj
37	for	for	ADP	_	39 men	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 men	det
39	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 horses	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 prepared	punct
41	to	to	PART	_	43 prepared	mark
42	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	43 prepared	aux:pass
43	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 horses	appos
44	without	without	ADP	_	45 delay	case
45	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 prepared	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 going	punct
47	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 going	mark
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 king	det
49	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 going	nsubj
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 princess	cc
51	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 king	conj
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 going	aux
53	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 prepared	conj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 pay	mark
55	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 going	xcomp
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 visit	det
57	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 pay	obj
58	to	to	ADP	_	63 prince	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 prince	det
60	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 prince	amod
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 munificent	cc
62	munificent	munificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 great	conj
63	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 pay	obl
64	Wali	Wali	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 prince	appos
65	Dâd	Dâd	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 Wali	flat
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	participle		the princess not said here		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	the princess			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	issue	past · passive		orders	for vast numbers of elephants and camels; gorgeous tents and flags and litters for the ladies and horses for the men obl	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for number=Recipient
4	prepare	to-infinitive · passive			without delay	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»
5	go	past · progressive	the king and princess			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	pay	to-infinitive	the king and princess not said here	a visit	to the great prince	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset

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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