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The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 42

“First, that you, having brought the imperial fleet of Blefuscu into the royal port, were commanded by his Majesty to seize all the other ships, and put to death all the Bigendian exiles, and also all the people of the empire who would not immediately consent to break their eggs at the smaller end.

Who acts: Majesty, empire · What happens: bring, command, seize, put, not consent, break · To what, where: imperial fleet, royal port, you, other ships, Bigendian exiles, eggs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Majesty, empire), 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

punctadvmodpunctcasensubj:passpunctauxconjdetamodobjcasenmodcasedetamodoblpunctaux:passcasenmod:possoblmarkadvcldet:predetdetamodobjpunctccparataxiscaseobldet:predetdetamodobl:unmarkedpunctccadvmoddet:predetdetoblcasedetnmodnsubjauxadvmodadvmodacl:relclmarkxcompnmod:possobjcasedetamodoblpunctroot“PUNCTFirstADV,PUNCTthatADPyouPRON,PUNCThavingAUXbroughtVERBtheDETimperialADJfleetNOUNofADPBlefuscuPROPNintoADPtheDETroyalADJportNOUN,PUNCTwereAUXcommandedVERBbyADPhisPRONMajestyNOUNtoPARTseizeVERBallDETtheDETotherADJshipsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJputVERBtoADPdeathNOUNallDETtheDETBigendianADJexilesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJalsoADVallDETtheDETpeopleNOUNofADPtheDETempireNOUNwhoPRONwouldAUXnotPARTimmediatelyADVconsentVERBtoPARTbreakVERBtheirPRONeggsNOUNatADPtheDETsmallerADJendNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 youpunct
2FirstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord5 youadvmod
3,,PUNCT_5 youpunct
4thatthatADP_5 youcase
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs20 commandednsubj:pass
6,,PUNCT_8 broughtpunct
7havinghaveAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 broughtaux
8broughtbringVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part5 youconj
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 fleetdet
10imperialimperialADJDegree=Pos11 fleetamod
11fleetfleetNOUNNumber=Sing8 broughtobj
12ofofADP_13 Blefuscucase
13BlefuscuBlefuscuPROPNNumber=Sing11 fleetnmod
14intointoADP_17 portcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 portdet
16royalroyalADJDegree=Pos17 portamod
17portportNOUNNumber=Sing8 broughtobl
18,,PUNCT_17 portpunct
19werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 commandedaux:pass
20commandedcommandVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
21bybyADP_23 Majestycase
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 Majestynmod:poss
23MajestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing20 commandedobl
24totoPART_25 seizemark
25seizeseizeVERBVerbForm=Inf20 commandedadvcl
26allallDETPronType=Tot29 shipsdet:predet
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 shipsdet
28otherotherADJDegree=Pos29 shipsamod
29shipsshipNOUNNumber=Plur25 seizeobj
30,,PUNCT_32 putpunct
31andandCCONJ_32 putcc
32putputVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 commandedparataxis
33totoADP_34 deathcase
34deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing32 putobl
35allallDETPronType=Tot38 exilesdet:predet
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 exilesdet
37BigendianbigendianADJDegree=Pos38 exilesamod
38exilesexileNOUNNumber=Plur32 putobl:unmarked
39,,PUNCT_44 peoplepunct
40andandCCONJ_44 peoplecc
41alsoalsoADV_42 alladvmod
42allallDETPronType=Tot44 peopledet:predet
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 peopledet
44peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur20 commandedobl
45ofofADP_47 empirecase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 empiredet
47empireempireNOUNNumber=Sing44 peoplenmod
48whowhoPRONPronType=Rel52 consentnsubj
49wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin52 consentaux
50notnotPARTPolarity=Neg52 consentadvmod
51immediatelyimmediatelyADV_52 consentadvmod
52consentconsentVERBVerbForm=Inf47 empireacl:relcl
53totoPART_54 breakmark
54breakbreakVERBVerbForm=Inf52 consentxcomp
55theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs56 eggsnmod:poss
56eggseggNOUNNumber=Plur54 breakobj
57atatADP_60 endcase
58thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art60 enddet
59smallersmallADJDegree=Cmp60 endamod
60endendNOUNNumber=Sing54 breakobl
61..PUNCT_20 commandedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bring in a quotegerund · perfectBlefuscu's Majesty not said herethe imperial fleet of Blefuscuthe royal portvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fleet=Theme into port=Destination
2command in a quotepast · passiveBlefuscu's Majestyyouall people of the empire oblvn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3seize in a quoteto-infinitiveBlefuscu's Majesty not said hereall other shipsvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme
4put in a quoteparticipleall Bigendian exilesto deathvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5not consent in a quotewouldthe empireimmediately propertyvn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6break in a quoteto-infinitivethe empire not said herepeople's eggsat the smaller endvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=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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