The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 38

He understood me very well, and, descending from the stage, commanded that several ladders should be set against my sides, on which more than a hundred of the inhabitants mounted, and walked toward my mouth with baskets full of food, which had been sent by the King’s orders when he first received tidings of me.

Who acts: person, inhabitants, orders, King · What happens: understand, descend, command, set, mount, walk · To what, where: me, stage, several ladders, sides, mouth, food · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (person, inhabitants, orders, King), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 understood	nsubj
2	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 understood	obj
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 well	advmod
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 understood	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 commanded	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 commanded	cc
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 descending	punct
9	descending	descend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 commanded	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 stage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stage	det
12	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 descending	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 commanded	punct
14	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 understood	conj
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 set	mark
16	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ladders	amod
17	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 set	nsubj:pass
18	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 set	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 set	aux:pass
20	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 commanded	advcl
21	against	against	ADP	_	23 sides	case
22	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 sides	nmod:poss
23	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 set	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 hundred	punct
25	on	on	ADP	_	26 which	case
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 hundred	obl
27	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	30 hundred	advmod
28	than	than	ADP	_	27 more	fixed
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 hundred	det
30	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 set	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 inhabitants	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 inhabitants	det
33	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 mounted	nsubj
34	mounted	mount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 hundred	acl:relcl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 walked	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 walked	cc
37	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 understood	parataxis
38	toward	toward	ADP	_	40 mouth	case
39	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 mouth	nmod:poss
40	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 walked	obl
41	with	with	ADP	_	42 baskets	case
42	baskets	basket	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 walked	obl
43	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 baskets	amod
44	of	of	ADP	_	45 food	case
45	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 full	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 sent	punct
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 sent	nsubj:pass
48	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 sent	aux
49	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	50 sent	aux:pass
50	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 food	acl:relcl
51	by	by	ADP	_	55 orders	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 King	det
53	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 orders	nmod:poss
54	’s	's	PART	_	53 King	case
55	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 sent	obl
56	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	59 received	advmod
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 received	nsubj
58	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	59 received	advmod
59	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 sent	advcl
60	tidings	tiding	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 received	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 me	case
62	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 tidings	nmod
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 understood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	understand	past	person	me		well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
2	descend	gerund			the stage		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from stage=Location
3	command	past	person not said here				vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent
4	set	should · passive		several ladders	my sides	a hundred obl	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme against side=Destination
5	mount	past	the inhabitants				vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
6	walk	past			my mouth	with baskets	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward mouth=Trajectory
7	send	past · perfect · passive	the King's orders	food			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
8	receive	past	person	tidings of me		first property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=Theme
9	order		the King				nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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