The Red Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, sentence 105

As the King and the Prince had to stay in prison, they sent a letter to the Princess telling her to pack up all her treasures as quickly as possible, and come to them, as the King of the Peacocks was waiting to marry her; but they did not say that they were in prison, for fear of making her uneasy.

Who acts: King, Princess, fear, Rosette · What happens: have, stay, send, tell, pack up, come · To what, where: prison, letter, Princess, Rosette, treasures, King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Princess Rosette. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Princess, fear, Rosette), 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	As	as	SCONJ	_	7 had	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Prince	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	conj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sent	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stay	mark
9	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 prison	case
11	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stay	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sent	nsubj
14	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 letter	det
16	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sent	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 Princess	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Princess	det
19	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sent	obl
20	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 Princess	acl
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 telling	iobj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 pack	mark
23	pack	pack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 telling	xcomp
24	up	up	ADP	_	23 pack	compound:prt
25	all	all	ADV	_	27 treasures	advmod
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 treasures	nmod:poss
27	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 pack	obl
28	as	as	ADV	_	29 quickly	advmod
29	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	23 pack	advmod
30	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 possible	mark
31	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 quickly	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 come	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 come	cc
34	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 sent	conj
35	to	to	ADP	_	36 them	case
36	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 come	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 waiting	punct
38	as	as	SCONJ	_	45 waiting	mark
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 King	det
40	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 waiting	nsubj
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 Peacocks	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Peacocks	det
43	Peacocks	peacock	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 King	nmod
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 waiting	aux
45	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 come	advcl
46	to	to	PART	_	47 marry	mark
47	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 waiting	advcl
48	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 marry	obj
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 say	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	54 say	cc
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 say	nsubj
52	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 say	aux
53	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	54 say	advmod
54	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 sent	conj
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 prison	mark
56	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 prison	nsubj
57	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 prison	cop
58	in	in	ADP	_	59 prison	case
59	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 say	ccomp
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 fear	punct
61	for	for	ADP	_	62 fear	case
62	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 prison	conj
63	of	of	SCONJ	_	64 making	mark
64	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	62 fear	acl
65	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 uneasy	nmod:poss
66	uneasy	uneasy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 making	xcomp
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	the King and the Prince					tree rules
2	stay	to-infinitive	the King and the Prince not said here			prison		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in prison=Location
3	send	past	King	a letter	the Princess			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to princess=Destination
4	tell speech: assert	gerund	the Princess not said here		Rosette			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
5	pack up not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Princess not said here	Rosette's treasures			quickly property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
6	come	infinitive	King not said here		King			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial_Location
7	wait	past · progressive	the King of the Peacocks					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	marry	to-infinitive	the King of the Peacocks not said here	Rosette				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
9	not say speech: assert	past · do-support	King					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
10	is	past	King			prison and fear		tree rules
11	make	gerund	fear not said here				uneasy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
12	treasure		Rosette					nom treasure «possession 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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