The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 73

Then spake number two: “I know more than that: even if the horse is slain, the young King will still not keep his bride: when they enter the palace together they will find a ready-made wedding shirt in a cupboard, which looks as though it were woven of gold and silver, but is really made of nothing but sulphur and tar: when the King puts it on it will burn him to his marrow and bones.”

Who acts: escape, horse, young King, knees, made wedding shirt, King · What happens: know, be, not keep, enter, find, make · To what, where: more, slain, bride, palace, made wedding shirt, cupboard

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Trusty John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (escape, horse, young King, knees), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 number	advmod
2	spake	speak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 number	amod
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 number	nummod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
6	“	"	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 number	parataxis
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 know	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 more	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 slain	punct
13	even	even	ADV	_	18 slain	advmod
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 slain	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 horse	det
16	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 slain	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 slain	cop
18	slain	slain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 number	appos
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 keep	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 King	det
21	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 King	amod
22	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 keep	nsubj
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 keep	aux
24	still	still	ADV	_	26 keep	advmod
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 keep	advmod
26	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 slain	conj
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 bride	nmod:poss
28	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 keep	obj
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 enter	punct
30	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	32 enter	advmod
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 enter	nsubj
32	enter	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 keep	advcl
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 palace	det
34	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 enter	obj
35	together	together	ADV	_	32 enter	advmod
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 find	nsubj
37	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 find	aux
38	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 enter	parataxis
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 shirt	det
40	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 made	compound
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 ready	punct
42	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 shirt	amod
43	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 shirt	compound
44	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 find	obj
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 cupboard	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 cupboard	det
47	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 shirt	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 looks	punct
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 looks	nsubj
50	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 shirt	conj
51	as	as	ADV	_	55 woven	advmod
52	though	though	SCONJ	_	55 woven	mark
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 woven	nsubj:pass
54	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 woven	aux:pass
55	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 looks	advcl
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 gold	case
57	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 woven	obl
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 silver	cc
59	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 gold	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 made	punct
61	but	but	CCONJ	_	64 made	cc
62	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 made	aux:pass
63	really	really	ADV	_	64 made	advmod
64	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 woven	parataxis
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 nothing	case
66	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	64 made	obl
67	but	but	CCONJ	_	68 sulphur	cc
68	sulphur	sulphur	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 nothing	conj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 tar	cc
70	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 nothing	conj
71	:	:	PUNCT	_	75 puts	punct
72	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	75 puts	advmod
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 King	det
74	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 puts	nsubj
75	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 woven	conj
76	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 puts	obj
77	on	on	SCONJ	_	80 burn	mark
78	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 burn	nsubj
79	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 burn	aux
80	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 puts	advcl
81	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 burn	obj
82	to	to	ADP	_	84 marrow	case
83	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 marrow	nmod:poss
84	marrow	marrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 burn	obl
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 bones	cc
86	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 marrow	conj
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 slain	punct
88	”	"	PUNCT	_	18 slain	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	no escape = escape	more				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus
2	is a in a quote	present	the horse	slain				tree rules
3	not keep in a quote	future	the young King	king's bride		still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme
4	enter in a quote	present	knees = knee	the palace			together property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination
5	find in a quote	future	knees = knee	a made wedding shirt	a cupboard			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Topic
6	make in a quote	participle						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
7	look in a quote	present	a made wedding shirt					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
8	weave in a quote	past · passive		horse			of gold and silver	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
9	make in a quote	present · passive					of nothing	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»
10	put in a quote	present	the King	horse				vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
11	burn in a quote	future	horse	king			to king's marrow and bones	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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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