The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 29
But when he got home to the King’s palace one of his brothers was just going to be married, and the bride and all her kith and kin had come to the palace; so they all thronged round him, and questioned him about this and that, and wanted him to go in with them; but he behaved as if he did not see them, and went straight to the stable, and got out the horses and began to harness them.
Who acts: giant, one, bride, horses · What happens: get, go, marry, come, throng, question · To what, where: palace, giant, horses, stable
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (giant, one, bride, horses), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 thronged | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 got | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 thronged | advcl |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 palace | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 King | case |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 going | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 brothers | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 14 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 one | nmod |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 going | aux |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 going | advmod |
| 17 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 got | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 married | mark |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 married | aux:pass |
| 20 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 going | xcomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 come | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 come | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bride | det |
| 24 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 come | nsubj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 kith | cc |
| 26 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 kith | det:predet |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 kith | nmod:poss |
| 28 | kith | kith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bride | conj |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 kin | cc |
| 30 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bride | conj |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 come | aux |
| 32 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 got | parataxis |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 palace | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 palace | det |
| 35 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 come | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 thronged | punct |
| 37 | so | so | ADV | _ | 40 thronged | advmod |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 thronged | nsubj |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 they | det |
| 40 | thronged | throng | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 41 | round | round | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 thronged | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 questioned | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 questioned | cc |
| 45 | questioned | question | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 thronged | conj |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 questioned | obj |
| 47 | about | about | ADP | _ | 48 this | case |
| 48 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 questioned | obl |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 that | cc |
| 50 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 questioned | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 wanted | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 wanted | cc |
| 53 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 questioned | conj |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 wanted | obj |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 go | mark |
| 56 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 wanted | xcomp |
| 57 | in | in | ADV | _ | 56 go | advmod |
| 58 | with | with | ADP | _ | 59 them | case |
| 59 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 go | obl |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 behaved | punct |
| 61 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 63 behaved | cc |
| 62 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 behaved | nsubj |
| 63 | behaved | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 thronged | parataxis |
| 64 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 69 see | mark |
| 65 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 69 see | mark |
| 66 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 see | nsubj |
| 67 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 69 see | aux |
| 68 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 69 see | advmod |
| 69 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 63 behaved | advcl |
| 70 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 see | obj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 went | punct |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 went | cc |
| 73 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 thronged | parataxis |
| 74 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 77 stable | advmod |
| 75 | to | to | ADP | _ | 77 stable | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 stable | det |
| 77 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 went | obl |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 got | punct |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 got | cc |
| 80 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 went | conj |
| 81 | out | out | ADP | _ | 80 got | compound:prt |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 horses | det |
| 83 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 80 got | obj |
| 84 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 85 began | cc |
| 85 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 went | conj |
| 86 | to | to | PART | _ | 87 harness | mark |
| 87 | harness | harness | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 85 began | xcomp |
| 88 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 87 harness | obj |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 thronged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | giant | to the King's palace result; home property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | ||||
| 2 | go | past · progressive | one of giant's brothers | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | marry | to-infinitive · passive | one of giant's brothers not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 4 | come | past · perfect | the bride and bride's kith and kin | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | throng | past | horses = horse | round giant | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | question speech: other | past | horses = horse not said here | giant | about this | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about this=Topic | |||
| 7 | want | past | horses = horse not said here | giant | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | go in not said to happen | to-infinitive | giant not said here | with horses = horse | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | ||||
| 9 | behave | past | giant | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | not see | past · do-support | giant | horses = horse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 11 | go | past | the stable | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to stable=Initial_Location | |||||
| 12 | get out | past | the horses | tree rules | |||||
| 13 | begin | past | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 14 | harness | to-infinitive | horses = horse | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |
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.
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