The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2, sentence 34
To this the king agreed, and Wali Dâd sent the merchant to Nekabad, with a number of attendants, and with such handsome presents that the prince came at once, fell head over ears in love with the princess, and married her at Wali Dâd’s palace amidst a fresh outburst of rejoicings.
Who acts: king, Wali, prince · What happens: agree, send, come, fall, marry · To what, where: merchant, Nekabad, head, ears, palace
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Wali, prince), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 agreed | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 agreed | nsubj |
| 5 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sent | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sent | cc |
| 8 | Wali | Wali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | nsubj |
| 9 | Dâd | Dâd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Wali | flat |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 agreed | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 merchant | det |
| 12 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Nekabad | case |
| 14 | Nekabad | Nekabad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 number | punct |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 number | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 number | det |
| 18 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 attendants | case |
| 20 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 number | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 came | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 came | cc |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 presents | case |
| 24 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 presents | amod |
| 25 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 presents | amod |
| 26 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 came | obl |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 came | mark |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 prince | det |
| 29 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 came | nsubj |
| 30 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 agreed | parataxis |
| 31 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 once | case |
| 32 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 30 came | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 fell | punct |
| 34 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 came | conj |
| 35 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fell | obj |
| 36 | over | over | ADP | _ | 37 ears | case |
| 37 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 fell | obl |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 love | case |
| 39 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fell | obl |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 princess | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 princess | det |
| 42 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fell | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 married | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 married | cc |
| 45 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 agreed | conj |
| 46 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 married | obj |
| 47 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 palace | case |
| 48 | Wali | Wali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 palace | nmod:poss |
| 49 | Dâd | Dâd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Wali | flat |
| 50 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 48 Wali | case |
| 51 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 married | obl |
| 52 | amidst | amidst | ADP | _ | 55 outburst | case |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 outburst | det |
| 54 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 outburst | amod |
| 55 | outburst | outburst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 palace | nmod |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 rejoicings | case |
| 57 | rejoicings | rejoicing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 outburst | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 agreed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | the king | to this | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | send | past | Wali | the merchant | Nekabad | with a number of attendants | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme to nekabad=Destination | ||
| 3 | come | past | the prince | with such handsome presents | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | ||||
| 4 | fall | past | the prince not said here | head | ears | in love; with the princess | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient head=Result | ||
| 5 | marry | past | the king not said here | merchant | Wali's palace amidst a fresh outburst of rejoicings | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
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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