The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter II, sentence 11

He told me also that by the laws of the nation I must be searched by two of his officers, and that as this could not be done without my help, he trusted them in my hands, and whatever they took from me should be returned when I left the country.

Who acts: six, officers, I, my · What happens: tell, search, not do, trust, take, return · To what, where: me, I, that, officers, hands, whatever · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter II. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (six, officers, I, my), 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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	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 told	iobj
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 that	advmod
5	that	that	ADV	_	2 told	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 laws	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 laws	det
8	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 told	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 nation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nation	det
11	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 laws	nmod
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 searched	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 searched	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 searched	aux:pass
15	searched	search	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 nation	acl:relcl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 two	case
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 searched	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 officers	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 officers	nmod:poss
20	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 two	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 done	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 done	cc
23	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	29 done	nsubj
24	as	as	ADP	_	25 this	case
25	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 that	nmod
26	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 done	aux
27	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	29 done	advmod
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 done	aux:pass
29	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	conj
30	without	without	ADP	_	32 help	case
31	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 help	nmod:poss
32	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 done	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 trusted	punct
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 trusted	nsubj
35	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	parataxis
36	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 trusted	obj
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 hands	case
38	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 hands	nmod:poss
39	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 trusted	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 whatever	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 whatever	cc
42	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 returned	obl
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 took	nsubj
44	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 whatever	acl:relcl
45	from	from	ADP	_	46 me	case
46	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 took	obl
47	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 returned	aux
48	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	49 returned	aux:pass
49	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 trusted	conj
50	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	52 left	advmod
51	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 left	nsubj
52	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 returned	ccomp
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 country	det
54	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 left	obj
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	six		me		by the laws of the nation; that property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	search	must · passive		I			by two of six's officers	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location
3	not do	could · passive		that			without my help	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	trust	past	six	officers = officer		my hands		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	take	past	officers = officer				from me	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from i=Initial_Location
6	return	should · passive	six not said here	whatever				tree rules
7	leave	past	I	the country				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme
8	help		my					nom help «act 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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