The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 2, sentence 94
But after the first and second year, seeing that they never even dreamed of paying the interest, he became uneasy, so much so that at last he resolved to go and see His Majesty himself, and get repaid.
Who acts: DRAKESTAIL, country · What happens: see, not dream, pay, become, resolve, go · To what, where: interest, last, Majesty · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (DRAKESTAIL, country), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 became | cc |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 first | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 first | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 became | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 year | cc |
| 6 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 year | amod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 first | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seeing | punct |
| 9 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 first | advcl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 dreamed | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dreamed | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 dreamed | advmod |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 dreamed | advmod |
| 14 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 seeing | ccomp |
| 15 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 16 paying | mark |
| 16 | paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 dreamed | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 interest | det |
| 18 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 paying | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 first | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 became | nsubj |
| 21 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | uneasy | uneasy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 became | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 much | punct |
| 24 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 much | advmod |
| 25 | much | much | ADV | _ | 21 became | advmod |
| 26 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 29 last | case |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 so | fixed |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 last | case |
| 29 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 became | obl |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 resolved | nsubj |
| 31 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 last | acl:relcl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 go | mark |
| 33 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 resolved | xcomp |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 see | cc |
| 35 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 go | conj |
| 36 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 37 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 see | obj |
| 38 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 37 Majesty | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 repaid | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 repaid | cc |
| 41 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 42 repaid | aux:pass |
| 42 | repaid | repay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 go | advcl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | DRAKESTAIL not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | not dream | participle | country | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pay | gerund | country not said here | the interest | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Asset | ||||
| 4 | become | past | DRAKESTAIL | after the first and second year | so last; uneasy property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 5 | resolve | past | DRAKESTAIL | last not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | go | to-infinitive | DRAKESTAIL not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | see | infinitive | DRAKESTAIL not said here | DRAKESTAIL's Majesty DRAKESTAIL | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer majesty=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | repay | infinitive · passive | DRAKESTAIL not said here | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» |
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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