The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter V, sentence 5

Meanwhile the Emperor of Lilliput, uneasy at my long absence (but never imagining that I had the least notice of his designs), sent a person of rank to inform the Emperor of Blefuscu of my disgrace; this messenger had orders to represent the great mercy of his master, who was content to punish me with the loss of my eyes, and who expected that his brother of Blefuscu would have me sent back to Lilliput, bound hand and foot, to be punished as a traitor.

Who acts: long absence, I, messenger, orders, master, brother · What happens: not imagine, have, send, inform, represent, be · To what, where: least notice, person, Emperor, orders, great mercy, me

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter V. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (long absence, I, messenger, orders), 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	Meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	_	7 uneasy	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Emperor	det
3	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 uneasy	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Lilliput	case
5	Lilliput	Lilliput	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Emperor	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 uneasy	punct
7	uneasy	uneasy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 absence	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 absence	nmod:poss
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 absence	amod
11	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 uneasy	obl
12	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 imagining	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 imagining	cc
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 imagining	advmod
15	imagining	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 absence	acl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 had	mark
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 imagining	ccomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 notice	det
20	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 notice	amod
21	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 had	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 designs	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 designs	nmod:poss
24	designs	design	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 notice	nmod
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 imagining	punct
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 sent	punct
27	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 uneasy	conj
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 person	det
29	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 sent	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 rank	case
31	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 person	nmod
32	to	to	PART	_	33 inform	mark
33	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 sent	advcl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Emperor	det
35	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 inform	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 Blefuscu	case
37	Blefuscu	Blefuscu	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Emperor	nmod
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 disgrace	case
39	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 disgrace	nmod:poss
40	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 Emperor	nmod
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 had	punct
42	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	43 messenger	det
43	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 had	nsubj
44	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 uneasy	parataxis
45	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 had	obj
46	to	to	PART	_	47 represent	mark
47	represent	represent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 had	xcomp
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 mercy	det
49	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 mercy	amod
50	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 represent	obj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 master	case
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 master	nmod:poss
53	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 mercy	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 content	punct
55	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 content	nsubj
56	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 content	cop
57	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 master	acl:relcl
58	to	to	PART	_	59 punish	mark
59	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 content	csubj
60	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 punish	obj
61	with	with	ADP	_	63 loss	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 loss	det
63	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 punish	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 eyes	case
65	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 eyes	nmod:poss
66	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 loss	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 expected	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 expected	cc
69	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	70 expected	nsubj
70	expected	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 had	conj
71	that	that	SCONJ	_	77 have	mark
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 brother	nmod:poss
73	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 have	nsubj
74	of	of	ADP	_	75 Blefuscu	case
75	Blefuscu	Blefuscu	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 brother	nmod
76	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 have	aux
77	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 expected	ccomp
78	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	77 have	obj
79	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	77 have	xcomp
80	back	back	ADV	_	79 sent	advmod
81	to	to	ADP	_	82 Lilliput	case
82	Lilliput	Lilliput	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 sent	obl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 hand	punct
84	bound	bound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 hand	amod
85	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 Lilliput	appos
86	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 foot	cc
87	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 hand	conj
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 punished	punct
89	to	to	PART	_	91 punished	mark
90	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	91 punished	aux:pass
91	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	77 have	conj
92	as	as	ADP	_	94 traitor	case
93	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	94 traitor	det
94	traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 punished	obl
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 uneasy	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not imagine	gerund	my long absence not said here				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	have	past	I	the least notice of Emperor's designs			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Patient
3	send	past		a person of rank			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
4	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			the Emperor of Blefuscu of my disgrace		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient
5	have	past	this messenger	orders			tree rules
6	represent	to-infinitive	orders not said here	the great mercy of Blefuscu's master			vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mercy=Theme
7	is	past	Blefuscu's master			content property	tree rules
8	punish	to-infinitive		me		with the loss of my eyes	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Patient with loss=Theme
9	expect	past					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	have	would	Blefuscu's brother of Blefuscu	me			tree rules
11	send back	participle	me not said here		Lilliput		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to lilliput=Destination
12	punish	to-infinitive · passive	Blefuscu's brother of Blefuscu not said here			as a traitor	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as traitor=Attribute
13	absent		my				nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent
14	notice			Emperor's designs			nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient
15	design		Emperor				nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent
16	disgrace		my				nom disgrace «state 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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