The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 3, sentence 21

In the meantime the King, who had not the least idea of the sad thing that was happening outside the gate of his palace, proposed to Miranda that she should be driven in her chariot all round the town, which was to be illuminated with thousands and thousands of torches, placed in windows and balconies, and in all the grand squares.

Who acts: King, sad thing · What happens: have, happen, propose, drive, illuminate, place · To what, where: least idea, grand squares, gate, Miranda, sister, chariot

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, 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, sad thing), 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	_	3 meantime	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meantime	det
3	meantime	meantime	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 meantime	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 King	acl:relcl
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 idea	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 idea	det
11	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 idea	amod
12	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 thing	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 thing	det
15	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 thing	amod
16	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 idea	nmod
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 happening	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 happening	aux
19	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 thing	acl:relcl
20	outside	outside	ADP	_	22 gate	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 gate	det
22	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 happening	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 palace	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 palace	nmod:poss
25	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gate	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 proposed	punct
27	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 happening	conj
28	to	to	ADP	_	29 Miranda	case
29	Miranda	Miranda	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 proposed	obl
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 driven	mark
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 driven	nsubj
32	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 driven	aux
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 driven	aux:pass
34	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 proposed	advcl
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 chariot	case
36	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 chariot	nmod:poss
37	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 driven	obl
38	all	all	ADV	_	41 town	advmod
39	round	round	ADP	_	41 town	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 town	det
41	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 driven	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 illuminated	punct
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 illuminated	nsubj:pass
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 illuminated	aux
45	to	to	PART	_	47 illuminated	mark
46	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 illuminated	aux:pass
47	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 town	acl:relcl
48	with	with	ADP	_	49 thousands	case
49	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 illuminated	obl
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 thousands	cc
51	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 thousands	conj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 torches	case
53	torches	torch	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 thousands	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 placed	punct
55	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 thousands	acl
56	in	in	ADP	_	57 windows	case
57	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 placed	obl
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 balconies	cc
59	balconies	balcony	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 windows	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 squares	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 squares	cc
62	in	in	ADP	_	66 squares	case
63	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	66 squares	det:predet
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 squares	det
65	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 squares	amod
66	squares	square	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 had	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 meantime	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	the King	the least idea of the sad thing		all grand squares		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	happen	past · progressive	the sad thing			the gate of face's palace		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location
3	propose	participle	the sad thing not said here		Miranda			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to miranda=Recipient
4	drive	should · passive		sister		sister's chariot	round the town	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme in chariot=Destination round town=Initial_Location
5	illuminate	past · passive		the town			with thousands and thousands of torches	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with thousand=Theme
6	place	participle		thousands and thousands of torches not said here		windows and balconies		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in window=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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