The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 22

The King was struck dumb with astonishment at this unexpected sight; but as soon as she came within speaking distance, she said to him, “I know how sad you are at losing your Princess and being kept a prisoner by the Fairy of the Desert; if you like I will help you to escape from this fatal place, where you may otherwise have to drag on a weary existence for thirty years or more.”

Who acts: hair, King, Fairy · What happens: strike, come, speak, say, know, lose · To what, where: King, unexpected sight, distance, Princess, prisoner, fatal place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hair, King, Fairy), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 struck	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	aux:pass
4	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 struck	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 astonishment	case
7	astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 sight	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 sight	det
10	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sight	amod
11	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 came	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 came	cc
14	as	as	ADV	_	15 soon	advmod
15	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 came	advmod
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 came	mark
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 came	nsubj
18	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	parataxis
19	within	within	ADP	_	20 speaking	mark
20	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 came	advcl
21	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 speaking	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 said	punct
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 said	nsubj
24	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 came	conj
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 him	case
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 said	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 know	punct
28	“	"	PUNCT	_	30 know	punct
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 know	nsubj
30	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 said	ccomp
31	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	32 sad	advmod
32	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 know	xcomp
33	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 losing	nsubj
34	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 losing	aux
35	at	at	ADP	_	36 losing	case
36	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 know	ccomp
37	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 Princess	nmod:poss
38	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 losing	obj
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 kept	cc
40	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	41 kept	aux:pass
41	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 losing	conj
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 prisoner	det
43	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 kept	xcomp
44	by	by	ADP	_	46 Fairy	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Fairy	det
46	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 kept	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 Desert	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Desert	det
49	Desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 Fairy	nmod
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 help	punct
51	if	if	SCONJ	_	53 like	mark
52	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	53 like	nsubj
53	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 help	advcl
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 help	nsubj
55	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 help	aux
56	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 struck	parataxis
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 help	obj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 escape	mark
59	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 help	xcomp
60	from	from	ADP	_	63 place	case
61	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	63 place	det
62	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 place	amod
63	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 escape	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 have	punct
65	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	69 have	advmod
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 have	nsubj
67	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	69 have	aux
68	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	69 have	advmod
69	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 escape	conj
70	to	to	PART	_	71 drag	mark
71	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 have	xcomp
72	on	on	ADP	_	75 existence	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 existence	det
74	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 existence	amod
75	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 drag	obl
76	for	for	ADP	_	78 years	case
77	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	78 years	nummod
78	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 drag	obl
79	or	or	CCONJ	_	80 more	cc
80	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	78 years	conj
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	56 help	punct
82	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 help	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive		the King		this unexpected sight		with astonishment; dumb property	tree rules
2	come	past	hair					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	speak speech: other	gerund	hair not said here	distance					tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	hair		King				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	know in a quote	present	hair					sad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	lose in a quote	present · progressive	King	your Princess					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality
7	keep in a quote	gerund · passive	the Fairy of the Desert	a prisoner					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	like a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	King						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
9	help in a quote	future	hair	King					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
10	escape in a quote	to-infinitive	King not said here			this fatal place			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from place=Initial_Location
11	have in a quote	may	King					otherwise property	tree rules
12	drag in a quote	to-infinitive	King not said here			a weary existence	year		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on existence=Location

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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