The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 75

The King, his father, who was a good man, believed him; but his mother could not be persuaded it was true; and seeing that he went almost every day a-hunting, and that he always had some excuse ready for so doing, though he had lain out three or four nights together, she began to suspect that he was married, for he lived with the Princess above two whole years, and had by her two children, the eldest of which, who was a daughter, was named Morning, and the youngest, who was a son, they called Day, because he was a great deal handsomer and more beautiful than his sister.

Who acts: father, King, burner, Prince, Princess, two children · What happens: be, believe, not persuade, see, go, have · To what, where: good man, Prince, mother, hunting, excuse, two children · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, King, burner, Prince), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 believed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 father	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 King	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 man	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 man	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 man	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 father	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 King	punct
13	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 believed	obj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 persuaded	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 persuaded	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mother	nmod:poss
18	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 persuaded	nsubj:pass
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 persuaded	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 persuaded	advmod
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 persuaded	aux:pass
22	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 believed	ccomp
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 true	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 true	cop
25	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 persuaded	parataxis
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 went	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 went	cc
28	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 went	advcl
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 went	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 went	nsubj
31	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 believed	conj
32	almost	almost	ADV	_	34 day	advmod
33	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	34 day	det
34	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 went	obl
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 hunting	det
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 a	punct
37	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 went	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 had	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 had	cc
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 had	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 had	nsubj
42	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	43 had	advmod
43	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 believed	parataxis
44	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	45 excuse	det
45	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 had	obj
46	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 excuse	amod
47	for	for	SCONJ	_	49 doing	mark
48	so	so	ADV	_	49 doing	advmod
49	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 ready	advcl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 lain	punct
51	though	though	SCONJ	_	54 lain	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 lain	nsubj
53	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 lain	aux
54	lain	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 had	conj
55	out	out	ADP	_	54 lain	compound:prt
56	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	59 nights	nummod
57	or	or	CCONJ	_	58 four	cc
58	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	56 three	conj
59	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 lain	obl:unmarked
60	together	together	ADV	_	54 lain	advmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 began	punct
62	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 began	nsubj
63	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 believed	parataxis
64	to	to	PART	_	65 suspect	mark
65	suspect	suspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 began	xcomp
66	that	that	SCONJ	_	69 married	mark
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 married	nsubj:pass
68	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 married	aux:pass
69	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 suspect	ccomp
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 lived	punct
71	for	for	SCONJ	_	73 lived	mark
72	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 lived	nsubj
73	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 began	conj
74	with	with	ADP	_	76 Princess	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 Princess	det
76	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 lived	obl
77	above	above	ADP	_	80 years	case
78	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	80 years	nummod
79	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 years	amod
80	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 lived	obl
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 had	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 had	cc
83	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 believed	parataxis
84	by	by	ADP	_	85 her	case
85	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 had	obl
86	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	87 children	nummod
87	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 had	obj
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 eldest	punct
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 eldest	det
90	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	87 children	appos
91	of	of	ADP	_	92 which	case
92	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	90 eldest	nmod
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 daughter	punct
94	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	97 daughter	nsubj
95	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	97 daughter	cop
96	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	97 daughter	det
97	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 children	conj
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 named	punct
99	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	100 named	aux:pass
100	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	83 had	conj
101	Morning	Morning	PROPN	Number=Sing	100 named	xcomp
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 youngest	punct
103	and	and	CCONJ	_	105 youngest	cc
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 youngest	det
105	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	100 named	xcomp
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	110 son	punct
107	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	110 son	nsubj
108	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	110 son	cop
109	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	110 son	det
110	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 youngest	appos
111	,	,	PUNCT	_	113 called	punct
112	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 called	nsubj
113	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	110 son	acl:relcl
114	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	113 called	obj
115	,	,	PUNCT	_	122 handsomer	punct
116	because	because	SCONJ	_	122 handsomer	mark
117	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	122 handsomer	nsubj
118	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	122 handsomer	cop
119	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	121 deal	det
120	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	121 deal	amod
121	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	122 handsomer	obl:unmarked
122	handsomer	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	113 called	parataxis
123	and	and	CCONJ	_	125 beautiful	cc
124	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	125 beautiful	advmod
125	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	122 handsomer	conj
126	than	than	ADP	_	128 sister	case
127	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	128 sister	nmod:poss
128	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	125 beautiful	obl
129	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 believed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Prince's father and a good man	a good man				tree rules
2	believe	past	the King	Prince				tree rules
3	not persuade	could · passive		Prince's mother				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	is	past	burner				true property	tree rules
5	see	gerund	Prince not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	go	past	Prince	a hunting		day		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	have	past	Prince	some excuse			always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Patient
8	do	gerund	Prince not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	lie out	past · perfect	Prince			night	together property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	begin	past	Princess					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
11	suspect	to-infinitive	Princess not said here					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
12	marry	past · passive		Prince				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
13	live	past	Prince			year	with the Princess	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with princess=Location
14	have	past		two children and a daughter			by Princess	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
15	is a	past	two children and a daughter	a daughter				tree rules
16	name	past · passive					young property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»
17	is a	past		a son				tree rules
18	call speech: assert	past	mothers = mother	a son not said here	Day			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent day=Recipient
19	is	past	Prince				a great deal obl:unmarked; handsome property	tree rules
20	be		Prince not said here				than Prince's sister	tree rules

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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/75/