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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 27

At her words the chief men of the city withdrew into one corner and took counsel together, and after a while the leader came forward and said that they had decided that it was best, for the peace and safety of all, that she should choose a husband for herself.

Who acts: chief men, leader, lands, countess · What happens: withdraw, take, come forward, say, decide, be · To what, where: words, counsel, husband · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief men, leader, lands, countess), 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

casenmod:possobldetamodnsubjcasedetnmodcasenummodoblccconjobjadvmodpunctcccasedetobldetnsubjparataxisadvmodccconjmarknsubjauxccompmarkexplcopobl:agentpunctcasedetparataxisccconjcasenmodpunctmarknsubjauxconjdetobjcaseoblpunctrootAtADPherPRONwordsNOUNtheDETchiefADJmenNOUNofADPtheDETcityNOUNwithdrewVERBintoADPoneNUMcornerNOUNandCCONJtookVERBcounselNOUNtogetherADV,PUNCTandCCONJafterADPaDETwhileNOUNtheDETleaderNOUNcameVERBforwardADVandCCONJsaidVERBthatSCONJtheyPRONhadAUXdecidedVERBthatSCONJitPRONwasAUXbestADJ,PUNCTforADPtheDETpeaceNOUNandCCONJsafetyNOUNofADPallDET,PUNCTthatSCONJshePRONshouldAUXchooseVERBaDEThusbandNOUNforADPherselfPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 wordscase
2herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 wordsnmod:poss
3wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur10 withdrewobl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 mendet
5chiefchiefADJDegree=Pos6 menamod
6menmanNOUNNumber=Plur10 withdrewnsubj
7ofofADP_9 citycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 citydet
9citycityNOUNNumber=Sing6 mennmod
10withdrewwithdrawVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11intointoADP_13 cornercase
12oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 cornernummod
13cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing10 withdrewobl
14andandCCONJ_15 tookcc
15tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 withdrewconj
16counselcounselNOUNNumber=Sing15 tookobj
17togethertogetherADV_15 tookadvmod
18,,PUNCT_25 camepunct
19andandCCONJ_25 camecc
20afterafterADP_22 whilecase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 whiledet
22whilewhileNOUNNumber=Sing25 cameobl
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 leaderdet
24leaderleaderNOUNNumber=Sing25 camensubj
25camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 withdrewparataxis
26forwardforwardADV_25 cameadvmod
27andandCCONJ_28 saidcc
28saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 cameconj
29thatthatSCONJ_32 decidedmark
30theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs32 decidednsubj
31hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 decidedaux
32decideddecideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part28 saidccomp
33thatthatSCONJ_36 bestmark
34ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 bestexpl
35wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 bestcop
36bestgoodADJDegree=Sup32 decidedobl:agent
37,,PUNCT_40 peacepunct
38forforADP_40 peacecase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 peacedet
40peacepeaceNOUNNumber=Sing36 bestparataxis
41andandCCONJ_42 safetycc
42safetysafetyNOUNNumber=Sing40 peaceconj
43ofofADP_44 allcase
44allallDETPronType=Tot42 safetynmod
45,,PUNCT_49 choosepunct
46thatthatSCONJ_49 choosemark
47sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 choosensubj
48shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin49 chooseaux
49choosechooseVERBVerbForm=Inf32 decidedconj
50aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art51 husbanddet
51husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing49 chooseobj
52forforADP_53 herselfcase
53herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes49 chooseobl
54..PUNCT_10 withdrewpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1withdrawpastthe chief men of the citycountess's wordsinto one cornervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into corner=Initial_Location
2takepastthe chief men of the city not said herecounseltogether propertyvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme
3come forwardpastthe leaderwhileforward propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4say speech: assertpastthe leader not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5decidepast · perfectlands = landvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6ispastgood propertytree rules
7chooseshouldcountessa husbandfor countessvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent husband=Theme for herself=Beneficiary
8wordcountessnom word «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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