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The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 43

And that, like a false traitor to his Most Serene Majesty, you excused yourself from the service on pretence of unwillingness to force the consciences and destroy the liberties and lives of an innocent people.

Who acts: you · What happens: excuse, force, destroy · To what, where: that, service, consciences, liberties

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 (you), 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

ccoblpunctcasedetamodapposcasenmod:possamodcompoundnmodpunctnsubjobjcasedetoblcasenmodcasenmodmarkadvcldetobjccconjdetobjccconjcasedetamodnmodpunctrootAndCCONJthatPRON,PUNCTlikeADPaDETfalseADJtraitorNOUNtoADPhisPRONMostADJSerenePROPNMajestyPROPN,PUNCTyouPRONexcusedVERByourselfPRONfromADPtheDETserviceNOUNonADPpretenceNOUNofADPunwillingnessNOUNtoPARTforceVERBtheDETconsciencesNOUNandCCONJdestroyVERBtheDETlibertiesNOUNandCCONJlivesNOUNofADPanDETinnocentADJpeopleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_15 excusedcc
2thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem15 excusedobl
3,,PUNCT_7 traitorpunct
4likelikeADP_7 traitorcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 traitordet
6falsefalseADJDegree=Pos7 traitoramod
7traitortraitorNOUNNumber=Sing2 thatappos
8totoADP_12 Majestycase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 Majestynmod:poss
10MostmostADJDegree=Sup12 Majestyamod
11SereneSerenePROPNNumber=Sing12 Majestycompound
12MajestyMajestyPROPNNumber=Sing7 traitornmod
13,,PUNCT_2 thatpunct
14youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs15 excusednsubj
15excusedexcuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16yourselfyourselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes15 excusedobj
17fromfromADP_19 servicecase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 servicedet
19serviceserviceNOUNNumber=Sing15 excusedobl
20ononADP_21 pretencecase
21pretencepretenceNOUNNumber=Sing19 servicenmod
22ofofADP_23 unwillingnesscase
23unwillingnessunwillingnessNOUNNumber=Sing21 pretencenmod
24totoPART_25 forcemark
25forceforceVERBVerbForm=Inf15 excusedadvcl
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 consciencesdet
27consciencesconscienceNOUNNumber=Plur25 forceobj
28andandCCONJ_29 destroycc
29destroydestroyVERBVerbForm=Inf25 forceconj
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 libertiesdet
31libertieslibertyNOUNNumber=Plur29 destroyobj
32andandCCONJ_33 livescc
33liveslifeNOUNNumber=Plur31 libertiesconj
34ofofADP_37 peoplecase
35anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 peopledet
36innocentinnocentADJDegree=Pos37 peopleamod
37peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur33 livesnmod
38..PUNCT_15 excusedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1excusepastyouthatthe service on pretence of unwillingnessvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme
2forceto-infinitiveyou not said herethe consciencesvn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conscience=Recipient
3destroyinfinitiveyou not said herethe liberties and lives of a innocent peoplevn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=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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