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The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, sentence 60

One evening, when the couriers arrived (for the King sent most carefully for news--and they always brought the very best kinds), it was announced that the sister of the Princess Miranda was going to be married to a great Prince, and that nothing could be more splendid than all the preparations for the wedding.

Who acts: couriers, King, sister, nothing · What happens: arrive, send, bring, announce, go, marry · To what, where: best kinds, kind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, 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 (couriers, King, sister, nothing), 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

nummodobl:unmarkedpunctmarkdetnsubjpunctmarkdetnsubjconjadvmodadvmodcaseoblpunctccnsubjadvmodconjdetadvmodamodobjpunctpunctnsubj:passaux:passconjmarkdetnsubjcasedetcompoundnmodauxccompmarkaux:passxcompcasedetamodoblpunctccmarknsubjauxcopadvmodconjcasedet:predetdetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootOneNUMeveningNOUN,PUNCTwhenSCONJtheDETcouriersNOUNarrivedVERB(PUNCTforSCONJtheDETKingPROPNsentVERBmostADVcarefullyADVforADPnewsNOUN--PUNCTandCCONJtheyPRONalwaysADVbroughtVERBtheDETveryADVbestADJkindsNOUN)PUNCT,PUNCTitPRONwasAUXannouncedVERBthatSCONJtheDETsisterNOUNofADPtheDETPrincessPROPNMirandaPROPNwasAUXgoingVERBtoPARTbeAUXmarriedVERBtoADPaDETgreatADJPrincePROPN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJnothingPRONcouldAUXbeAUXmoreADVsplendidADJthanADPallDETtheDETpreparationsNOUNforADPtheDETweddingNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 eveningnummod
2eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing7 arrivedobl:unmarked
3,,PUNCT_7 arrivedpunct
4whenwhenSCONJ_7 arrivedmark
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 couriersdet
6courierscourierNOUNNumber=Plur7 arrivednsubj
7arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8((PUNCT_12 sentpunct
9forforSCONJ_12 sentmark
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Kingdet
11KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing12 sentnsubj
12sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 arrivedconj
13mostmostADVDegree=Sup14 carefullyadvmod
14carefullycarefullyADV_12 sentadvmod
15forforADP_16 newscase
16newsnewsNOUNNumber=Sing12 sentobl
17----PUNCT_21 broughtpunct
18andandCCONJ_21 broughtcc
19theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs21 broughtnsubj
20alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot21 broughtadvmod
21broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 arrivedconj
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 kindsdet
23veryveryADV_24 bestadvmod
24bestgoodADJDegree=Sup25 kindsamod
25kindskindNOUNNumber=Plur21 broughtobj
26))PUNCT_21 broughtpunct
27,,PUNCT_30 announcedpunct
28ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 announcednsubj:pass
29wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 announcedaux:pass
30announcedannounceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 arrivedconj
31thatthatSCONJ_39 goingmark
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 sisterdet
33sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing39 goingnsubj
34ofofADP_37 Mirandacase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 Mirandadet
36PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing37 Mirandacompound
37MirandaMirandaPROPNNumber=Sing33 sisternmod
38wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 goingaux
39goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part30 announcedccomp
40totoPART_42 marriedmark
41bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf42 marriedaux:pass
42marriedmarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass39 goingxcomp
43totoADP_46 Princecase
44aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 Princedet
45greatgreatADJDegree=Pos46 Princeamod
46PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing42 marriedobl
47,,PUNCT_54 splendidpunct
48andandCCONJ_54 splendidcc
49thatthatSCONJ_54 splendidmark
50nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg54 splendidnsubj
51couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin54 splendidaux
52bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf54 splendidcop
53moremoreADVDegree=Cmp54 splendidadvmod
54splendidsplendidADJDegree=Pos7 arrivedconj
55thanthanADP_58 preparationscase
56allallDETPronType=Tot58 preparationsdet:predet
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 preparationsdet
58preparationspreparationNOUNNumber=Plur54 splendidobl
59forforADP_61 weddingcase
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 weddingdet
61weddingweddingNOUNNumber=Sing58 preparationsnmod
62..PUNCT_7 arrivedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrivepastthe courierseveningvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2sendpastthe Kingfor news; carefully propertyvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3bringpastcouriers = courierthe best kindsalways propertyvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent kind=Theme
4announce speech: otherpast · passivekindtree rules
5gopast · progressivethe sister of the Princess Mirandavn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6marryto-infinitive · passivethe sister of the Princess Miranda not said hereto a great Princevn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to prince=Co-Patient
7iscouldnothingthan all preparations for the wedding; splendid propertytree 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.

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