The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 42

For as to what we have heard you say, that there are other kingdoms in the world, inhabited by human creatures as large as yourself, our philosophers are very doubtful, and rather conjecture that you dropped from the moon, or one of the stars, because a hundred mortals of your size would soon destroy all the fruit and cattle of his Majesty’s dominions.

Who acts: we, you, philosophers, hundred mortals · What happens: hear, say, be, inhabit, drop, destroy · To what, where: other kingdoms, world, conjecture, moon, fruit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, you, philosophers, hundred mortals), 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	For	for	ADP	_	4 what	case
2	as	as	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 what	case
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 heard	nsubj
6	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	aux
7	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 what	acl:relcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 kingdoms	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 are	mark
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 are	expl
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 kingdoms	cop
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 kingdoms	amod
15	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 say	ccomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 world	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kingdoms	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 inhabited	punct
20	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 kingdoms	acl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 creatures	case
22	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 creatures	amod
23	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 inhabited	obl
24	as	as	ADV	_	25 large	advmod
25	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 creatures	amod
26	as	as	ADP	_	27 yourself	case
27	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	25 large	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 doubtful	punct
29	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 philosophers	nmod:poss
30	philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 doubtful	nsubj
31	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 doubtful	cop
32	very	very	ADV	_	33 doubtful	advmod
33	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 creatures	amod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 conjecture	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 conjecture	cc
36	rather	rather	ADV	_	37 conjecture	advmod
37	conjecture	conjecture	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 doubtful	obl
38	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 dropped	obj
39	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	40 dropped	nsubj
40	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 conjecture	acl:relcl
41	from	from	ADP	_	43 moon	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 moon	det
43	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 dropped	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 one	punct
45	or	or	CCONJ	_	46 one	cc
46	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 conjecture	conj
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 stars	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 stars	det
49	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 one	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 destroy	punct
51	because	because	SCONJ	_	60 destroy	mark
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 hundred	det
53	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	54 mortals	nummod
54	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 destroy	nsubj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 size	case
56	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 size	nmod:poss
57	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 mortals	nmod
58	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 destroy	aux
59	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	60 destroy	advmod
60	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 say	advcl
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 fruit	det:predet
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 fruit	det
63	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 destroy	obj
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 cattle	cc
65	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 fruit	conj
66	of	of	ADP	_	70 dominions	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 Majesty	nmod:poss
68	Majesty	Majesty	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 dominions	nmod:poss
69	’s	's	PART	_	68 Majesty	case
70	dominions	dominion	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 cattle	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 what	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	present · perfect	we				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	present	you				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		other kingdoms	the world		tree rules
4	inhabit	participle		other kingdoms not said here		by human creatures	tree rules
5	is	present	our philosophers			conjecture obl; doubtful property	tree rules
6	drop	past	you	conjecture	the moon		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme from moon=Destination
7	destroy	would	hundred mortals of your size	all fruit and cattle of Reldresal's Majesty's dominions		soon property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=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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