The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 19

So the lad said that he was most willing, and she told him that three Trolls had planted them all three there in the earth, but that formerly they had dwelt in the castle which he could see at some distance in the wood.

Who acts: lad, youth, that · What happens: say, be, tell, plant, dwell, see · To what, where: lad, three Trolls, earth, castle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princesses of Whiteland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lad, youth, that), 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	_	4 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lad	det
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 willing	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 willing	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 willing	cop
8	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	9 willing	advmod
9	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 told	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	nsubj
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	iobj
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 planted	mark
16	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 Trolls	nummod
17	Trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 planted	nsubj:pass
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 planted	aux
19	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 told	ccomp
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 planted	obj
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 three	det
22	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 there	nsubj
23	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 planted	ccomp
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 earth	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 earth	det
26	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 planted	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 dwelt	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	33 dwelt	cc
29	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 dwelt	nsubj
30	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	33 dwelt	advmod
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 dwelt	nsubj
32	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 dwelt	aux
33	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 said	conj
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 castle	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 castle	det
36	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 dwelt	obl
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 see	obj
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 see	nsubj
39	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 see	aux
40	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 castle	acl:relcl
41	at	at	ADP	_	43 distance	case
42	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	43 distance	det
43	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 see	obl
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 wood	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 wood	det
46	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 distance	nmod
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the lad					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	lad				willing property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	past	youth		lad			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	plant	past · perfect · passive		three Trolls		the earth		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme they=Destination
5	dwell	past · perfect	that			the castle	formerly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location
6	see	could	lad	the castle			at some distance in the wood	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=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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