The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 84

When they got to the edge of the lake what did they find but the beautifullest boat you ever saw in your life; and says the eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the second eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the youngest, ‘I won’t take a sail in that fine boat, for I am afraid it’s an enchanted one.’

Who acts: king, beautifullest boat, I · What happens: get, find, see, say, take, not take · To what, where: lake, life, eldest, sail, fine boat, youngest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, beautifullest boat, I), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 got	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 edge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 lake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 find	obj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 find	aux
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 find	nsubj
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 lake	acl:relcl
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 saw	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 boat	det
16	beautifullest	beautifull	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 boat	amod
17	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 saw	nsubj
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 saw	nsubj
19	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	20 saw	advmod
20	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 life	case
22	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 life	nmod:poss
23	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 saw	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 says	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 says	cc
26	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	parataxis
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 eldest	det
28	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	26 says	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 take	punct
30	‘	'	PUNCT	_	33 take	punct
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 take	nsubj
32	’ll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 take	aux
33	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 says	ccomp
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 sail	det
35	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 take	obj
36	in	in	ADP	_	39 boat	case
37	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 boat	det
38	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 boat	amod
39	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 take	obl
40	’	'	PUNCT	_	33 take	punct
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 says	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 says	cc
43	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 says	conj
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 second	det
45	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	46 eldest	nsubj
46	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	43 says	ccomp
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 take	punct
48	‘	'	PUNCT	_	51 take	punct
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 take	nsubj
50	’ll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 take	aux
51	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 says	ccomp
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 sail	det
53	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 take	obj
54	in	in	ADP	_	57 boat	case
55	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	57 boat	det
56	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 boat	amod
57	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 take	obl
58	’	'	PUNCT	_	51 take	punct
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 says	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 says	cc
61	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 says	conj
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 youngest	det
63	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	61 says	obj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 take	punct
65	‘	'	PUNCT	_	69 take	punct
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 take	nsubj
67	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	69 take	aux
68	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	69 take	advmod
69	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 says	ccomp
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 sail	det
71	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 take	obj
72	in	in	ADP	_	75 boat	case
73	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	75 boat	det
74	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 boat	amod
75	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 take	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 afraid	punct
77	for	for	SCONJ	_	80 afraid	mark
78	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	80 afraid	nsubj
79	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 afraid	cop
80	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 take	advcl
81	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 ’s	nsubj
82	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 afraid	ccomp
83	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 one	det
84	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	85 one	amod
85	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 ’s	obj
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
87	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	king				to the edge of the lake result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to edge=Result
2	find	past · do-support	king	the lake				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	see	past	the beautifullest boat		your life	ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	say speech: assert	present		the eldest				tree rules
5	take	future	I	a sail	this fine boat			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sail=Value in boat=Location
6	say speech: assert	present						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	take	future	I	a sail	this fine boat			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sail=Value in boat=Location
8	say speech: assert	present		the youngest				tree rules
9	not take	future	I	a sail	that fine boat			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sail=Value in boat=Location
10	is	present	I				afraid property	tree rules
11	enchant	participle						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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