The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 52

So saying, she gave to the King a sword made from a single diamond, which was more brilliant than the sun. He could not find words to express his gratitude, but he begged her to believe that he fully appreciated the importance of her gift, and would never forget her help and kindness.

Who acts: Princess, single diamond, King · What happens: say, give, make, be, not find, express · To what, where: sword, King, words, gratitude, Princess, importance · 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 (Princess, single diamond, King), 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 saying	advmod
2	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gave	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 saying	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sword	det
10	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sword	acl
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 diamond	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 diamond	det
14	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 diamond	amod
15	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl:agent
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 brilliant	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 brilliant	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 brilliant	cop
19	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 brilliant	advmod
20	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 diamond	list
21	than	than	ADP	_	23 sun.	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sun.	det
23	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 brilliant	obl
24	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 find	nsubj
25	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 find	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 find	advmod
27	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 sun.	acl:relcl
28	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 find	obj
29	to	to	PART	_	30 express	mark
30	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 words	acl
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 gratitude	nmod:poss
32	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 express	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 begged	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	36 begged	cc
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 begged	nsubj
36	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gave	conj
37	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 begged	obj
38	to	to	PART	_	39 believe	mark
39	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 begged	xcomp
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 appreciated	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 appreciated	nsubj
42	fully	fully	ADV	_	43 appreciated	advmod
43	appreciated	appreciate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 believe	ccomp
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 importance	det
45	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 appreciated	obj
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 gift	case
47	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 gift	nmod:poss
48	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 importance	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 forget	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 forget	cc
51	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 forget	aux
52	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	53 forget	advmod
53	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 believe	conj
54	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 help	nmod:poss
55	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 forget	obj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 kindness	cc
57	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 help	conj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gave	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	Princess not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	Princess	a sword	the King		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sword=Theme to king=Recipient
3	make	participle		a sword not said here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	is	past	a single diamond			than the sun.; brilliant property	tree rules
5	not find	could	King	words			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
6	express	to-infinitive	King not said here	King's gratitude			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme
7	beg speech: request	past	King		Princess		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
8	believe not said to happen	to-infinitive	King not said here				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	appreciate	past	King	the importance of Princess's gift		fully property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer importance=Stimulus
10	not forget	would	King not said here	Princess's help and kindness			tree rules
11	gift		Princess				nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent
12	help		Princess				nom help «act 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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