The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 125

‘Fairer they may be, but it is she whom I wish for my wife, and none other,’ and the Gruagach saw that the king’s mind was set upon her, so he entered his house, and bade all the maidens in it come out one by one, and pass before the king.

Who acts: Gruagach, I, none, Fairer, King, maidens · What happens: be, wish, see, set, enter, come out · To what, where: mind, house, bade

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gruagach, I, none, Fairer), 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	_	2 Fairer	punct
2	Fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	26 saw	nsubj
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 be	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 be	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 Fairer	cop
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 whom	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 whom	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 whom	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 whom	cop
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 whom	nsubj
11	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 Fairer	obl
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 wish	nsubj
13	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 whom	acl:relcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 wife	case
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wish	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 other	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 other	cc
19	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	20 other	nsubj
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Fairer	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fairer	punct
22	’	'	PUNCT	_	2 Fairer	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 saw	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Gruagach	det
25	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 saw	nsubj
26	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 set	mark
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 king	det
29	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 mind	nmod:poss
30	’s	's	PART	_	29 king	case
31	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 set	nsubj:pass
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 set	aux:pass
33	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 saw	ccomp
34	upon	upon	ADP	_	35 her	case
35	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 set	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 entered	punct
37	so	so	ADV	_	39 entered	advmod
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 entered	nsubj
39	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 saw	conj
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 house	nmod:poss
41	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 entered	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 bade	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 bade	cc
44	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 come	obl
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 maidens	det:predet
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 maidens	det
47	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 come	nsubj
48	in	in	ADP	_	49 it	case
49	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 maidens	nmod
50	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 saw	parataxis
51	out	out	ADV	_	50 come	advmod
52	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	50 come	obl
53	by	by	ADP	_	54 one	case
54	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	52 one	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 pass	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 pass	cc
57	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 come	conj
58	before	before	ADP	_	60 king	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 king	det
60	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 pass	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive				fair property	tree rules
2	is a	present	Gruagach				tree rules
3	wish	present	I			for my wife	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for wife=Theme
4	be		none				tree rules
5	see	past	Fairer				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	set	past · passive		the king's mind		upon girl	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon she=Destination
7	enter	past	King	King's house			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination
8	come out	present	all maidens in Gruagach	bade		one by one obl; out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
9	pass	infinitive	all maidens in Gruagach not said here		before the king		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before king=Location
10	mind		the king				nom mind «cognition 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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