The Red Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, sentence 241

Frisk did as he was told, and as he knew of no better kitchen than the King’s, he went in softly, and when the cook’s back was turned took everything that was upon the spit, As it happened it was all done to a turn, and looked so good that it made him hungry only to see it.

Who acts: Frisk, it, back · What happens: do, tell, know, go, turn, take · To what, where: Frisk, back, everything · 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 (Frisk, it, back), 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	Frisk	frisk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 did	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 went	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 went	cc
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 knew	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knew	nsubj
11	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 went	advcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 kitchen	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 kitchen	det
14	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 kitchen	amod
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knew	obl
16	than	than	ADP	_	18 King	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 King	det
18	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 kitchen	nmod
19	’s	's	PART	_	18 King	case
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knew	punct
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 went	nsubj
22	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 softly	case
24	softly	softly	ADV	_	22 went	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 took	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 took	cc
27	when	when	SCONJ	_	33 turned	mark
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 cook	det
29	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 back	nmod:poss
30	’s	's	PART	_	29 cook	case
31	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 turned	nsubj:pass
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 turned	aux:pass
33	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 took	advcl
34	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
35	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	34 took	obj
36	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 spit	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 spit	cop
38	upon	upon	ADP	_	40 spit	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 spit	det
40	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 everything	acl:relcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 happened	punct
42	As	as	SCONJ	_	44 happened	mark
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 happened	nsubj
44	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 took	conj
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 done	nsubj:pass
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 done	aux:pass
47	all	all	ADV	_	48 done	advmod
48	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 happened	parataxis
49	to	to	ADP	_	51 turn	case
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 turn	det
51	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 done	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 looked	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 looked	cc
54	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 took	conj
55	so	so	ADV	_	56 good	advmod
56	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 looked	xcomp
57	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 made	mark
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 made	nsubj
59	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 good	advcl
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 made	obj
61	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 made	xcomp
62	only	only	ADV	_	64 see	advmod
63	to	to	PART	_	64 see	mark
64	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 made	advcl
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 see	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	Frisk			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past · passive		Frisk		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	know	past	Frisk		of no better kitchen than the King	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of kitchen=Stimulus
4	go	past	Frisk			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in softly=Location
5	turn	past · passive		the cook's back		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
6	take	past		everything		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
7	is	past			upon the spit	tree rules
8	happen	past	it			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	do	past · passive		back	to a turn; all property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
10	look	past			good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
11	make	past	back	Frisk	hungry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product
12	see	to-infinitive	back not said here	back		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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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