The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 76
They willingly consented to this, but when he had got the hat, the cloak, and the boots, he said, ‘Next time we meet you shall have my decision,’ and hereupon he wished himself away.
Who acts: others, thing, boots, we, you, hereupon · What happens: consent, get, say, meet, have, wish away · To what, where: hat, Next time, decision, thing · 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 (others, thing, boots, we), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 consented | nsubj |
| 2 | willingly | willingly | ADV | _ | 3 consented | advmod |
| 3 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 consented | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 got | cc |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 got | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 got | aux |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 consented | parataxis |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hat | det |
| 13 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 cloak | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 cloak | det |
| 16 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hat | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 said | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 said | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 boots | det |
| 20 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 said | nsubj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 boots | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 said | nsubj |
| 23 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 consented | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 have | punct |
| 25 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 27 time | punct |
| 26 | Next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 time | amod |
| 27 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 have | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 meet | nsubj |
| 29 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 time | acl:relcl |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 have | nsubj |
| 31 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 have | aux |
| 32 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 said | ccomp |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 decision | nmod:poss |
| 34 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 have | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 have | punct |
| 36 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 have | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 wished | cc |
| 38 | hereupon | hereupon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 wished | nsubj |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 wished | nsubj |
| 40 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 said | conj |
| 41 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 40 wished | obj |
| 42 | away | away | ADV | _ | 40 wished | advmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 consented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consent | past | others = other | to this; willingly property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to this=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past · perfect | thing | the hat and the cloak | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hat=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the boots | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | meet | present | we | Next time not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | have | shall | you | my decision | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Patient | |||
| 6 | wish away | past | hereupon | thing | away property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | |||
| 7 | decide | my | nom decision «act 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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