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The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 48

His Excellency, having mounted my right leg, advanced to my face, with about a dozen of his retinue, and spoke about ten minutes, often pointing forward, which, as I afterward found, was toward the capital city, about half a mile distant, whither it was commanded by his Majesty that I should be conveyed.

Who acts: I, Majesty · What happens: mount, speak, point, find, be, command · To what, where: Excellency, I · 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 (I, Majesty), 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

nmod:possnsubj:passpunctauxnmod:possamodobjpunctamodcasenmod:possoblpunctcaseadvmoddetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctccparataxisadvmodnummodobjpunctadvmodconjadvmodpunctadvcl:relclpunctmarknsubjadvmodparataxispunctcopcasedetcompoundccomppunctadvmoddet:predetdetparataxisamodpunctadvmodnsubj:passaux:passconjcasenmod:possoblobjnsubjauxaux:passacl:relclpunctrootHisPRONExcellencyNOUN,PUNCThavingAUXmountedVERBmyPRONrightADJlegNOUN,PUNCTadvancedADJtoADPmyPRONfaceNOUN,PUNCTwithADPaboutADVaDETdozenNUMofADPhisPRONretinueNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJspokeVERBaboutADVtenNUMminutesNOUN,PUNCToftenADVpointingVERBforwardADV,PUNCTwhichPRON,PUNCTasSCONJIPRONafterwardADVfoundVERB,PUNCTwasAUXtowardADPtheDETcapitalNOUNcityNOUN,PUNCTaboutADVhalfDETaDETmileNOUNdistantADJ,PUNCTwhitherADVitPRONwasAUXcommandedVERBbyADPhisPRONMajestyNOUNthatPRONIPRONshouldAUXbeAUXconveyedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 Excellencynmod:poss
2ExcellencyexcellencyNOUNNumber=Sing5 mountednsubj:pass
3,,PUNCT_2 Excellencypunct
4havinghaveAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 mountedaux
5mountedmountVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 legnmod:poss
7rightrightADJDegree=Pos8 legamod
8leglegNOUNNumber=Sing5 mountedobj
9,,PUNCT_10 advancedpunct
10advancedadvancedADJDegree=Pos8 legamod
11totoADP_13 facecase
12mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 facenmod:poss
13facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing10 advancedobl
14,,PUNCT_18 dozenpunct
15withwithADP_18 dozencase
16aboutaboutADV_18 dozenadvmod
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 dozendet
18dozendozenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 mountedobl
19ofofADP_21 retinuecase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 retinuenmod:poss
21retinueretinueNOUNNumber=Sing18 dozennmod
22,,PUNCT_24 spokepunct
23andandCCONJ_24 spokecc
24spokespeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 mountedparataxis
25aboutaboutADV_26 tenadvmod
26tentenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card27 minutesnummod
27minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur24 spokeobj
28,,PUNCT_30 pointingpunct
29oftenoftenADV_30 pointingadvmod
30pointingpointVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 mountedconj
31forwardforwardADV_30 pointingadvmod
32,,PUNCT_33 whichpunct
33whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel30 pointingadvcl:relcl
34,,PUNCT_38 foundpunct
35asasSCONJ_38 foundmark
36IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 foundnsubj
37afterwardafterwardADV_38 foundadvmod
38foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 mountedparataxis
39,,PUNCT_44 citypunct
40wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 citycop
41towardtowardADP_44 citycase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 citydet
43capitalcapitalNOUNNumber=Sing44 citycompound
44citycityNOUNNumber=Sing38 foundccomp
45,,PUNCT_49 milepunct
46aboutaboutADV_47 halfadvmod
47halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind49 miledet:predet
48aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art49 miledet
49milemileNOUNNumber=Sing44 cityparataxis
50distantdistantADJDegree=Pos49 mileamod
51,,PUNCT_55 commandedpunct
52whitherwhitherADVPronType=Int55 commandedadvmod
53ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs55 commandednsubj:pass
54wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin55 commandedaux:pass
55commandedcommandVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass49 mileconj
56bybyADP_58 Majestycase
57hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs58 Majestynmod:poss
58MajestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing55 commandedobl
59thatthatPRONPronType=Rel63 conveyedobj
60IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs63 conveyednsubj
61shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin63 conveyedaux
62bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf63 conveyedaux:pass
63conveyedconveyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass58 Majestyacl:relcl
64..PUNCT_5 mountedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1mountgerund · perfect · passiveperson's Excellencywith a dozen of person's retinuevn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme leg=Destination
2speak speech: otherpastminutevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3pointgerundforward, often propertyvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4findpastIafterward propertyvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5ispasttoward the capital citytree rules
6commandpast · passiveperson's MajestyExcellencywhither propertyvn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
7conveyshould · passiveItree 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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