The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 55

It seems that, when I was discovered sleeping on the ground after my landing, the Emperor had early notice of it, and determined that I should be tied in the manner I have related (which was done in the night, while I slept), that plenty of meat and drink should be sent me, and a machine prepared to carry me to the capital city.

Who acts: It, Emperor, I · What happens: seem, discover, sleep, have, determine, tie · To what, where: I, ground, early notice, manner, plenty, machine

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 (It, Emperor, I), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seems	nsubj
2	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 discovered	mark
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 discovered	punct
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 discovered	advmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 discovered	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 discovered	aux:pass
8	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 seems	ccomp
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 discovered	xcomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 ground	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ground	det
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleeping	obl
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 landing	case
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 landing	nmod:poss
15	landing	landing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleeping	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Emperor	det
18	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seems	parataxis
20	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 notice	amod
21	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 had	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 notice	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 determined	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 determined	cc
26	determined	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 had	conj
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 tied	mark
28	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 tied	nsubj:pass
29	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 tied	aux
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	31 tied	aux:pass
31	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 have	advcl
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 manner	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 manner	det
34	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 tied	obl
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 have	nsubj
36	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 determined	ccomp
37	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 have	xcomp
38	(	(	PUNCT	_	41 done	punct
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 done	nsubj
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 done	aux:pass
41	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 related	conj
42	in	in	ADP	_	44 night	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 night	det
44	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 done	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 slept	punct
46	while	while	SCONJ	_	48 slept	mark
47	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 slept	nsubj
48	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 done	parataxis
49	)	)	PUNCT	_	48 slept	punct
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 sent	punct
51	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	52 plenty	det
52	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 sent	nsubj:pass
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 meat	case
54	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 plenty	nmod
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 drink	cc
56	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 meat	conj
57	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 sent	aux
58	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	59 sent	aux:pass
59	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 slept	parataxis
60	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 sent	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 prepared	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 prepared	cc
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 machine	det
64	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 prepared	nsubj:pass
65	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 seems	parataxis
66	to	to	PART	_	67 carry	mark
67	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 prepared	xcomp
68	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 carry	obj
69	to	to	ADP	_	72 city	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 city	det
71	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 city	compound
72	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 carry	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seems	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	It					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	discover	past · passive		I				tree rules
3	sleep	gerund			the ground	after my landing		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	the Emperor	early notice of notice				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Patient
5	determine	past	the Emperor not said here					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	tie	should · passive		I	the manner			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	have	present	I				related property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	do	past · passive				night		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
9	sleep	past	I					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	send	should · passive		that plenty of meat and drink				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination i=Theme
11	prepare	participle · passive		a machine				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
12	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive		me	the capital city			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to city=Destination
13	notice			notice				nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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