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The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 63

So all the princes and knights were bidden to present themselves before the King that night, so that he who had ridden so far up the glass hill might show the golden apple which the King’s daughter had thrown down.

Who acts: knight · What happens: bid, present, ride, show, throw down · To what, where: princes, golden apple, daughter

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

advmoddet:predetdetnsubj:passccconjaux:passadvclmarkxcompobjcasedetobldetobl:unmarkedpunctmarkfixednsubjnsubjauxconjadvmodadvmodcasedetcompoundoblauxdetamodobjobjdetnmod:posscasensubj:passauxacl:relclcompound:prtpunctrootSoADVallDETtheDETprincesNOUNandCCONJknightsNOUNwereAUXbiddenVERBtoPARTpresentVERBthemselvesPRONbeforeADPtheDETKingPROPNthatDETnightNOUN,PUNCTsoSCONJthatSCONJhePRONwhoPRONhadAUXriddenVERBsoADVfarADVupADPtheDETglassNOUNhillNOUNmightAUXshowVERBtheDETgoldenADJappleNOUNwhichPRONtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTdaughterNOUNhadAUXthrownVERBdownADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_8 biddenadvmod
2allallDETPronType=Tot4 princesdet:predet
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 princesdet
4princesprinceNOUNNumber=Plur8 biddennsubj:pass
5andandCCONJ_6 knightscc
6knightsknightNOUNNumber=Plur4 princesconj
7werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 biddenaux:pass
8biddenbidVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass31 showadvcl
9totoPART_10 presentmark
10presentpresentVERBVerbForm=Inf8 biddenxcomp
11themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes10 presentobj
12beforebeforeADP_14 Kingcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 Kingdet
14KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing10 presentobl
15thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem16 nightdet
16nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing10 presentobl:unmarked
17,,PUNCT_23 riddenpunct
18sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ23 riddenmark
19thatthatSCONJ_18 sofixed
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 riddennsubj
21whowhoPRONPronType=Rel23 riddennsubj
22hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 riddenaux
23riddenrideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 biddenconj
24sosoADV_25 faradvmod
25farfarADVDegree=Pos23 riddenadvmod
26upupADP_29 hillcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 hilldet
28glassglassNOUNNumber=Sing29 hillcompound
29hillhillNOUNNumber=Sing25 farobl
30mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin31 showaux
31showshowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 appledet
33goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos34 appleamod
34appleappleNOUNNumber=Sing31 showobj
35whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel41 thrownobj
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 Kingdet
37KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing39 daughternmod:poss
38’s'sPART_37 Kingcase
39daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing41 thrownnsubj:pass
40hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 thrownaux
41thrownthrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 appleacl:relcl
42downdownADP_41 throwncompound:prt
43..PUNCT_31 showpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bidpast · passiveall princes and knightstree rules
2presentto-infinitiveprinces = princebefore the King; nightvn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme
3ridepast · perfectknightfar propertyvn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
4showmightthe golden applevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent apple=Recipient
5throw downpast · perfect · passivethe King's daughtervn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination which=Theme

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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