The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 33

‘Well, this is my judgment,’ replied the judge, when they had all spoken: ‘Let the accused sit under the wall, and let the sons of the dead man jump from the top and fall on him and kill him, and if they will not to this, then they are condemned to pay eight hundred pounds for their false accusation.’

Who acts: this, judgment, sons · What happens: be, reply, speak, let, accuse, jump · To what, where: judgment, judge, sons, accused sit, wall, top · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, judgment, sons), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	7 judgment	punct
2	Well	well	INTJ	_	7 judgment	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Well	punct
4	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 judgment	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 judgment	cop
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 judgment	nmod:poss
7	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 replied	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 judgment	punct
9	’	'	PUNCT	_	7 judgment	punct
10	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 judge	det
12	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 replied	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 spoken	punct
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 spoken	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 spoken	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 spoken	aux
17	all	all	ADV	_	18 spoken	advmod
18	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 judge	acl:relcl
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	21 Let	punct
20	‘	'	PUNCT	_	21 Let	punct
21	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 replied	parataxis
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sit	det
23	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 sit	amod
24	sit	sit	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 Let	obj
25	under	under	ADP	_	27 wall	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 wall	det
27	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sit	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 let	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 let	cc
30	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	21 Let	conj
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 sons	det
32	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 let	obj
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 man	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 man	det
35	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 man	amod
36	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sons	nmod
37	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 let	xcomp
38	from	from	ADP	_	40 top	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 top	det
40	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 jump	obl
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 fall	cc
42	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 jump	conj
43	on	on	ADP	_	44 him	case
44	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 fall	obl
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 kill	cc
46	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 fall	conj
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 kill	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 will	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 will	cc
50	if	if	SCONJ	_	52 will	mark
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 will	nsubj
52	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 replied	advcl
53	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	55 this	advmod
54	to	to	ADP	_	55 this	case
55	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	52 will	nsubj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 condemned	punct
57	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	60 condemned	advmod
58	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 condemned	nsubj
59	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 condemned	aux:pass
60	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 replied	parataxis
61	to	to	PART	_	62 pay	mark
62	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 condemned	xcomp
63	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	64 hundred	compound
64	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	65 pounds	nummod
65	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 pay	obj
66	for	for	ADP	_	69 accusation	case
67	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 accusation	nmod:poss
68	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 accusation	amod
69	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 pay	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	60 condemned	punct
71	’	'	PUNCT	_	10 replied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	my judgment				tree rules
2	reply speech: assert	past	my judgment	the judge				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent judge=Topic
3	speak speech: other	past · perfect · passive		sons = son			all property	tree rules
4	let	infinitive		the accused sit	the wall			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sit=Theme
5	accuse	participle						vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
6	let	infinitive		the sons of the dead man				tree rules
7	jump	infinitive	the sons of the dead man not said here		the top			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from top=Trajectory
8	fall	infinitive	the sons of the dead man not said here				on man	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location
9	kill	infinitive	the sons of the dead man not said here	man				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	condemn	present · passive		sons = son		then		tree rules
11	pay	to-infinitive		hundred pounds			for sons's false accusation	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pound=Asset for accusation=Theme
12	accuse		sons = son					nom accusation «communication transitive»: poss=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 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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