The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 3, sentence 110
A few of them certainly murmured that a Drakestail would make a fine King; those who knew him replied that a knowing Drakestail was a more worthy King than a spendthrift like him who was lying on the pavement.
Who acts: acclamations, Drakestail, few, knowing, worthy King · What happens: murmur, make, know, reply, be, lie · To what, where: fine King, Drakestail, worthy King, pavement
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (acclamations, Drakestail, few, knowing), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 few | det |
| 2 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 replied | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 murmured | mark |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 murmured | nsubj |
| 5 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 6 murmured | advmod |
| 6 | murmured | murmur | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 few | advcl |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 make | mark |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Drakestail | det |
| 9 | Drakestail | drakestail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 make | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 make | aux |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 murmured | advcl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 13 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 King | amod |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 make | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 replied | punct |
| 16 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 20 replied | nsubj |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 knew | nsubj |
| 18 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 those | acl:relcl |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 knew | obj |
| 20 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 lying | mark |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 King | det |
| 23 | knowing | know | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 King | csubj |
| 24 | Drakestail | Drakestail | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 knowing | obj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 King | cop |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 King | det |
| 27 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 28 worthy | advmod |
| 28 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 King | amod |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 lying | nsubj |
| 30 | than | than | ADP | _ | 32 spendthrift | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 spendthrift | det |
| 32 | spendthrift | spendthrift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 King | nmod |
| 33 | like | like | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 spendthrift | nmod |
| 35 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 lying | nsubj |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 lying | aux |
| 37 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 replied | advcl |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 pavement | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 pavement | det |
| 40 | pavement | pavement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 lying | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murmur speech: other | past | acclamations = acclamation | certainly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | make | would | a Drakestail | a fine King | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset king=Product | ||||
| 3 | know | past | Drakestail | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | reply speech: assert | past | a few | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | know | gerund | Drakestail | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer drakestail=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | is a | past | knowing | a worthy King | than a spendthrift like Drakestail | tree rules | |||
| 7 | lie | past · progressive | a worthy King | the pavement | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pavement=Location |
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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