The Red Fairy Book, The Norka, sentence 124
For the Prince had gone to a shoemaker’s, and him too he sent to work for the King; and in the same way he went the round of all the artificers, and they all proffered him thanks, inasmuch as through him they were enriched by the King.
Who acts: Prince, artificers, King · What happens: go, send, work, proffer, enrich · To what, where: master, shoemaker, round, same way, thanks, Prince
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Norka. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, artificers, 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 gone | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 gone | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gone | aux |
| 5 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 sent | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 shoemaker | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shoemaker | det |
| 8 | shoemaker | shoemaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gone | obl |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 shoemaker | case |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 him | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 him | cc |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gone | obl |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 15 sent | advmod |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 sent | nsubj |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 work | mark |
| 17 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 sent | xcomp |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 King | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 King | det |
| 20 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 work | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 went | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 went | cc |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 way | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 way | det |
| 25 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 way | amod |
| 26 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 went | obl |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 went | nsubj |
| 28 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 round | det |
| 30 | round | round | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 went | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 artificers | case |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 artificers | det:predet |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 artificers | det |
| 34 | artificers | artificer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 round | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 proffered | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 proffered | cc |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 proffered | nsubj |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 proffered | advmod |
| 39 | proffered | proffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | conj |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 proffered | obj |
| 41 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 proffered | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 inasmuch | punct |
| 43 | inasmuch | inasmuch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 thanks | conj |
| 44 | as | as | ADV | _ | 49 enriched | advmod |
| 45 | through | through | ADP | _ | 46 him | case |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 as | obl |
| 47 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 enriched | nsubj |
| 48 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 enriched | aux:pass |
| 49 | enriched | enrich | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 proffered | advcl |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 52 King | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 King | det |
| 52 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 enriched | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · perfect | the Prince | master | a shoemaker | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to shoemaker=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | send | past | Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | work | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | for the King | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for king=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | go | past | Prince | the round of all artificers | the same way | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location round=Theme | |||
| 5 | proffer | past | artificers = artificer | thanks and inasmuch | Prince | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient thanks=Theme | |||
| 6 | enrich | past · passive | the King | artificers = artificer | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |
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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