The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 3, sentence 21
So the King had to go himself, and the Master-maid went with him immediately, and, as the King believed that she was more than she appeared to be, he seated her in the place of honor by the youngest bridegroom.
Who acts: King, Master maid, maiden · What happens: have, go, believe, be, appear, seat · To what, where: King, maiden, place
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Master maid, maiden), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 had | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 had | xcomp |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 go | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 went | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 went | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 maid | det |
| 11 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 maid | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 Master | punct |
| 13 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 went | nsubj |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 went | obl |
| 17 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 14 went | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 believed | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 believed | cc |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 believed | punct |
| 21 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 believed | mark |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 King | det |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 believed | nsubj |
| 24 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | conj |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 more | mark |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 more | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 more | cop |
| 28 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 24 believed | obj |
| 29 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 31 appeared | mark |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 appeared | nsubj |
| 31 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 more | advcl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 be | mark |
| 33 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 appeared | xcomp |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 seated | punct |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 seated | nsubj |
| 36 | seated | seat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | conj |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 seated | obj |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 place | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 place | det |
| 40 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 seated | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 honor | case |
| 42 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 place | nmod |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 46 bridegroom | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 bridegroom | det |
| 45 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 46 bridegroom | amod |
| 46 | bridegroom | bridegroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 seated | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the King | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | the King not said here | King | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | past | the Master maid | with King; immediately property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | believe | past | the King | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is | past | maiden | more property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | appear | past | maiden | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | be | to-infinitive | maiden not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | seat | past | King | maiden | the place of honor | by the youngest bridegroom | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in place=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 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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