The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 1, sentence 22

Both the King’s daughter and the people in the palace asked the doctor if there were no other means of saving her, and begged for the Bull’s life, for they were all fond of him, and they all declared that there was no such Bull in the whole country; but it was all in vain, he was to be killed, and should be killed, and nothing else would serve.

Who acts: daughter, other, people, such Bull, doctor, nothing · What happens: ask, be, mean, save, beg, declare · To what, where: doctor, daughter, bull · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, 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 (daughter, other, people, such Bull), 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	Both	both	CCONJ	_	12 asked	cc:preconj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 daughter	nmod:poss
4	’s	's	PART	_	3 King	case
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asked	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 people	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 people	det
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 daughter	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 people	nmod
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 other	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 doctor	det
14	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asked	obj
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 were	mark
16	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	17 were	expl
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 other	cop
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 other	det
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 means	nsubj
20	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	of	of	SCONJ	_	22 saving	mark
22	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 means	ccomp
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 saving	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 begged	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 begged	cc
26	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 means	parataxis
27	for	for	ADP	_	31 life	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Bull	det
29	Bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 life	nmod:poss
30	’s	's	PART	_	29 Bull	case
31	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 begged	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 fond	punct
33	for	for	SCONJ	_	37 fond	mark
34	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 fond	nsubj
35	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 fond	cop
36	all	all	ADV	_	37 fond	advmod
37	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 begged	parataxis
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 him	case
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 fond	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 declared	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 declared	cc
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 declared	nsubj
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	44 declared	advmod
44	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 fond	conj
45	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 was	mark
46	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	47 was	expl
47	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 declared	advcl
48	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	50 Bull	det
49	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 Bull	amod
50	Bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 was	nsubj
51	in	in	ADP	_	54 country	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 country	det
53	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 country	amod
54	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 Bull	nmod
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 vain	punct
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	61 vain	cc
57	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 vain	nsubj
58	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 vain	cop
59	all	all	ADV	_	61 vain	advmod
60	in	in	ADP	_	61 vain	case
61	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 means	parataxis
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 killed	punct
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 killed	nsubj:pass
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 killed	aux:pass
65	to	to	PART	_	67 killed	mark
66	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	67 killed	aux:pass
67	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 vain	parataxis
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 killed	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 killed	cc
70	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 killed	aux
71	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	72 killed	aux:pass
72	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 killed	conj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 serve	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 serve	cc
75	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	78 serve	nsubj
76	else	else	ADV	_	75 nothing	advmod
77	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 serve	aux
78	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 killed	parataxis
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 means	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the King's daughter and the people in the palace	the doctor			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient
2	is	past				other property	tree rules
3	mean	present	no other				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	save	gerund		daughter			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5	beg speech: request	participle				for the Bull's life	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic
6	is	past	people			of bull; all, fond property	tree rules
7	declare speech: other	past	people				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
8	be	past	no such Bull in the whole country		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	is	past	doctor			all, vain property	tree rules
10	kill	past · passive		bull			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
11	kill	should · passive					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
12	serve	would	nothing				vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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