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The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 1, sentence 22

King Grumpy was so convinced that Prince Curlicue would soon get tired of being in prison, and so consent to marry the Princess Cabbage-Stalk, that he sent ambassadors to her father proposing that she should come and be married to his son, who would make her perfectly happy.

Who acts: King, Curlicue, prince, father, son · What happens: be, get, consent, marry, send, propose · To what, where: Princess Cabbage Stalk, ambassadors, father, Curlicue

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Branch, 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 (King, Curlicue, prince, father), 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

nsubjflatcopadvmodmarknmod:descnsubjauxadvmodccompxcompcasecopcaseoblpunctccadvmodparataxismarkxcompdetcompoundcompoundpunctobjpunctmarknsubjparataxisobjcasenmod:possoblaclmarknsubjauxccompccaux:passconjcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjauxacl:relclobjadvmodxcomppunctrootKingPROPNGrumpyPROPNwasAUXsoADVconvincedADJthatSCONJPrincePROPNCurlicuePROPNwouldAUXsoonADVgetVERBtiredADJofADPbeingAUXinADPprisonNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsoADVconsentVERBtoPARTmarryVERBtheDETPrincessPROPNCabbageNOUN-PUNCTStalkNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJhePRONsentVERBambassadorsNOUNtoADPherPRONfatherNOUNproposingVERBthatSCONJshePRONshouldAUXcomeVERBandCCONJbeAUXmarriedVERBtoADPhisPRONsonNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwouldAUXmakeVERBherPRONperfectlyADVhappyADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing5 convincednsubj
2GrumpyGrumpyPROPN_1 Kingflat
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 convincedcop
4sosoADV_5 convincedadvmod
5convincedconvincedADJDegree=Posrootroot
6thatthatSCONJ_11 getmark
7PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing8 Curlicuenmod:desc
8CurlicueCurlicuePROPNNumber=Sing11 getnsubj
9wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin11 getaux
10soonsoonADVDegree=Pos11 getadvmod
11getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf5 convincedccomp
12tiredtiredADJDegree=Pos11 getxcomp
13ofofADP_16 prisoncase
14beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 prisoncop
15ininADP_16 prisoncase
16prisonprisonNOUNNumber=Sing12 tiredobl
17,,PUNCT_20 consentpunct
18andandCCONJ_20 consentcc
19sosoADV_20 consentadvmod
20consentconsentVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin5 convincedparataxis
21totoPART_22 marrymark
22marrymarryVERBVerbForm=Inf20 consentxcomp
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 Stalkdet
24PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing27 Stalkcompound
25CabbagecabbageNOUNNumber=Sing27 Stalkcompound
26--PUNCT_25 Cabbagepunct
27StalkstalkNOUNNumber=Sing22 marryobj
28,,PUNCT_31 sentpunct
29thatthatSCONJ_31 sentmark
30hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 sentnsubj
31sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 consentparataxis
32ambassadorsambassadorNOUNNumber=Plur31 sentobj
33totoADP_35 fathercase
34herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 fathernmod:poss
35fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing31 sentobl
36proposingproposeVERBVerbForm=Ger35 fatheracl
37thatthatSCONJ_40 comemark
38sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 comensubj
39shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin40 comeaux
40comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf36 proposingccomp
41andandCCONJ_43 marriedcc
42bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf43 marriedaux:pass
43marriedmarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass40 comeconj
44totoADP_46 soncase
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 sonnmod:poss
46sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing43 marriedobl
47,,PUNCT_50 makepunct
48whowhoPRONPronType=Rel50 makensubj
49wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin50 makeaux
50makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf46 sonacl:relcl
51hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 makeobj
52perfectlyperfectlyADV_53 happyadvmod
53happyhappyADJDegree=Pos50 makexcomp
54..PUNCT_5 convincedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastKingconvinced propertytree rules
2getwouldCurlicue Princesoon, tired propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3isgerundof prisontree rules
4consentinfinitivevn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5marryto-infinitivethe Princess Cabbage Stalkvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stalk=Patient
6sendpastprinceambassadorsCurlicue's fathervn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ambassador=Theme to father=Destination
7proposegerundCurlicue's father not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8comeshouldCurlicuevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9marryinfinitive · passiveCurlicue not said hereto prince's sonvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to son=Co-Patient
10makewouldprince's sonCurlicuehappy propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product

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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