The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1, sentence 13
At last his physicians, fearing that he would fall ill, ordered that he should go out and amuse himself; so a hunting party was arranged, but as it was very hot weather the King soon got tired, and said he would dismount and rest at a castle which they were passing.
Who acts: last physicians, tongue, party, King, castle · What happens: fear, fall, order, go out, amuse, arrange · To what, where: last physicians, tongue, hunting party, castle · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last physicians, tongue, party, 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 physicians | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 physicians | amod |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 physicians | nmod:poss |
| 4 | physicians | physician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 ordered | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fearing | punct |
| 6 | fearing | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 physicians | acl |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 fall | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fall | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 fall | aux |
| 10 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fearing | advcl |
| 11 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fall | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 physicians | punct |
| 13 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 go | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 go | nsubj |
| 16 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 go | aux |
| 17 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 ordered | ccomp |
| 18 | out | out | ADV | _ | 17 go | advmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 amuse | cc |
| 20 | amuse | amuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 go | conj |
| 21 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 20 amuse | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 arranged | punct |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 arranged | advmod |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 party | det |
| 25 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 party | compound |
| 26 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 arranged | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 arranged | aux:pass |
| 28 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 ordered | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 got | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 got | cc |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 36 weather | case |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 weather | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 weather | cop |
| 34 | very | very | ADV | _ | 35 hot | advmod |
| 35 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 weather | amod |
| 36 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 got | obl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 King | det |
| 38 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 got | nsubj |
| 39 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 got | advmod |
| 40 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 ordered | conj |
| 41 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 got | xcomp |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 said | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 said | cc |
| 44 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 ordered | conj |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 dismount | nsubj |
| 46 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 dismount | aux |
| 47 | dismount | dismount | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 said | ccomp |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 rest | cc |
| 49 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 dismount | conj |
| 50 | at | at | ADP | _ | 52 castle | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 castle | det |
| 52 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 rest | obl |
| 53 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 passing | nsubj |
| 54 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 passing | nsubj |
| 55 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 passing | aux |
| 56 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 52 castle | acl:relcl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 ordered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | gerund | tongue's last physicians not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | fall | would | tongue | ill property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | order | past | tongue's last physicians | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | go out | should | tongue | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | amuse | present | tongue not said here | tongue | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | arrange | past · passive | a hunting party | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 7 | is | past | party | as hot weather | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | get | past | the King | soon, tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 10 | dismount | would | tongue | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | rest | infinitive | tongue not said here | a castle | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at castle=Location | ||||
| 12 | pass | past · progressive | a castle | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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