The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 9
Now the gloom of the castle was turned into rejoicing, and the earl begged Owen to stay with him till he could make him a feast, but the knight said he had other work to do, and rode back to the place where he had left Luned, and the lion followed at his heels.
Who acts: earl, gloom, knight, lion · What happens: turn, beg, stay, make, say, have · To what, where: gloom, rejoicing, Owen, feast, other work, place · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (earl, gloom, knight, lion), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 gloom | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gloom | det |
| 3 | gloom | gloom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 castle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 castle | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gloom | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 turned | aux:pass |
| 8 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 rejoicing | case |
| 10 | rejoicing | rejoicing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 begged | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 begged | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 earl | det |
| 14 | earl | earl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 begged | nsubj |
| 15 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 turned | conj |
| 16 | Owen | Owen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 begged | obj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 stay | mark |
| 18 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 begged | xcomp |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 stay | obl |
| 21 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 24 make | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 make | nsubj |
| 23 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 make | aux |
| 24 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 stay | advcl |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 make | obj |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 feast | det |
| 27 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 said | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 said | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 knight | det |
| 31 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 said | nsubj |
| 32 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 begged | conj |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 had | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 said | ccomp |
| 35 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 work | amod |
| 36 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 had | obj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 do | mark |
| 38 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 work | acl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 rode | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 rode | cc |
| 41 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 said | conj |
| 42 | back | back | ADV | _ | 41 rode | advmod |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 place | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 place | det |
| 45 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 rode | obl |
| 46 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 left | advmod |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 left | nsubj |
| 48 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 left | aux |
| 49 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 place | acl:relcl |
| 50 | Luned | Luned | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 left | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 followed | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 followed | cc |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 lion | det |
| 54 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 followed | nsubj |
| 55 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 rode | conj |
| 56 | at | at | ADP | _ | 58 heels | case |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 heels | nmod:poss |
| 58 | heels | heel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 followed | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past · passive | the gloom of the castle | rejoicing | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into rejoicing=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | the earl | Owen | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent owen=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | the earl not said here | with Owen | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | ||||
| 4 | make | could | gloom | a feast | Owen | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary feast=Product | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the knight | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | have | past | knight | other work | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient | ||||
| 7 | do | to-infinitive | knight not said here | other work not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | ride back | past | the knight not said here | the place | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to place=Trajectory | ||||
| 9 | leave | past · perfect | knight | Luned | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luned=Theme | ||||
| 10 | follow | past | the lion | lion's heels | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at heel=Location |
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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