The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 83

In the last year of his mayoralty he entertained King Henry V and his Queen, after his conquest of France, upon which occasion the King, in consideration of Whittington’s merit, said: “Never had prince such a subject”; which being told to Whittington at the table, he replied: “Never had subject such a king.”

Who acts: Whittington · What happens: entertain, say, not have, tell, reply, consider · To what, where: Henry, prince, Whittington, table, subject, merit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Whittington), 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 year	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 year	det
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 year	amod
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 entertained	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 mayoralty	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mayoralty	nmod:poss
7	mayoralty	mayoralty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 year	nmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 entertained	nsubj
9	entertained	entertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Henry	nmod:desc
11	Henry	Henry	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 entertained	obj
12	V	V	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Henry	flat
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Queen	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 Queen	nmod:poss
15	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Henry	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 conquest	punct
17	after	after	ADP	_	19 conquest	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 conquest	nmod:poss
19	conquest	conquest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 entertained	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 France	case
21	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 conquest	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 occasion	punct
23	upon	upon	ADP	_	25 occasion	case
24	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	25 occasion	det
25	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 conquest	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 King	det
27	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 occasion	appos
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 consideration	punct
29	in	in	ADP	_	30 consideration	case
30	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 King	appos
31	of	of	ADP	_	34 merit	case
32	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 merit	nmod:poss
33	’s	's	PART	_	32 Whittington	case
34	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 consideration	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 said	punct
36	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 entertained	parataxis
37	:	:	PUNCT	_	40 had	punct
38	“	"	PUNCT	_	40 had	punct
39	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	40 had	advmod
40	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 said	ccomp
41	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 had	obj
42	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	44 subject	det:predet
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 subject	det
44	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 had	obj
45	”	"	PUNCT	_	40 had	punct
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 told	punct
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 told	nsubj:pass
48	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 told	aux:pass
49	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 said	conj
50	to	to	ADP	_	51 Whittington	case
51	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 told	obl
52	at	at	ADP	_	54 table	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 table	det
54	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 told	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 replied	punct
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 replied	nsubj
57	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 entertained	parataxis
58	:	:	PUNCT	_	61 had	punct
59	“	"	PUNCT	_	61 had	punct
60	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	61 had	advmod
61	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 replied	ccomp
62	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 had	obj
63	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	65 king	det:predet
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 king	det
65	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 subject	appos
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 entertained	punct
67	”	"	PUNCT	_	9 entertained	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	entertain	past	Whittington	Henry King and Whittington's Queen			after Whittington's conquest of France and which occasion; year	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus henry=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not have in a quote	past		prince				tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	gerund · passive			Whittington	the table		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to whittington=Recipient
5	reply speech: assert	past	Whittington					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not have in a quote	past		subject				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
7	consider			Whittington's merit				nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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