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The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 1, sentence 9

The King, having asked for and received a portrait of this Princess, had it placed in his great hall under a canopy, and sent for Prince Curlicue, to whom he said that as this was the portrait of his future bride, he hoped the Prince found it charming.

Who acts: King, portrait, this, Prince · What happens: ask, receive, have, place, send, say · To what, where: portrait, great hall, Princess · Speech: someone speaks here

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, portrait, this, Prince), 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

detnsubjpunctauxoblccconjdetobjcasedetnmodpunctparataxisobjxcompcasenmod:possamodoblcasedetnmodpunctccparataxiscaseoblflatpunctcaseoblnsubjacl:relclmarkcasensubjcopdetccompcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctnsubjconjdetnsubjccompobjxcomppunctrootTheDETKingPROPN,PUNCThavingAUXaskedVERBforADPandCCONJreceivedVERBaDETportraitNOUNofADPthisDETPrincessPROPN,PUNCThadVERBitPRONplacedVERBinADPhisPRONgreatADJhallNOUNunderADPaDETcanopyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsentVERBforADPPrincePROPNCurlicuePROPN,PUNCTtoADPwhomPRONhePRONsaidVERBthatSCONJasADPthisPRONwasAUXtheDETportraitNOUNofADPhisPRONfutureADJbrideNOUN,PUNCThePRONhopedVERBtheDETPrincePROPNfoundVERBitPRONcharmingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Kingdet
2KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing5 askednsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 Kingpunct
4havinghaveAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 askedaux
5askedaskVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
6forforADP_5 askedobl
7andandCCONJ_8 receivedcc
8receivedreceiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 askedconj
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 portraitdet
10portraitportraitNOUNNumber=Sing8 receivedobj
11ofofADP_13 Princesscase
12thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem13 Princessdet
13PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing10 portraitnmod
14,,PUNCT_15 hadpunct
15hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 askedparataxis
16ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 hadobj
17placedplaceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 hadxcomp
18ininADP_21 hallcase
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 hallnmod:poss
20greatgreatADJDegree=Pos21 hallamod
21hallhallNOUNNumber=Sing17 placedobl
22underunderADP_24 canopycase
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 canopydet
24canopycanopyNOUNNumber=Sing21 hallnmod
25,,PUNCT_27 sentpunct
26andandCCONJ_27 sentcc
27sentsendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 askedparataxis
28forforADP_29 Princecase
29PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing27 sentobl
30CurlicueCurlicuePROPNNumber=Sing29 Princeflat
31,,PUNCT_33 whompunct
32totoADP_33 whomcase
33whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel27 sentobl
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 saidnsubj
35saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 whomacl:relcl
36thatthatSCONJ_41 portraitmark
37asasADP_41 portraitcase
38thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem41 portraitnsubj
39wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 portraitcop
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 portraitdet
41portraitportraitNOUNNumber=Sing35 saidccomp
42ofofADP_45 bridecase
43hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 bridenmod:poss
44futurefutureADJDegree=Pos45 brideamod
45bridebrideNOUNNumber=Sing41 portraitnmod
46,,PUNCT_48 hopedpunct
47hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 hopednsubj
48hopedhopeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 sentconj
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 Princedet
50PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing51 foundnsubj
51foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 hopedccomp
52ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 foundobj
53charmingcharmVERBVerbForm=Ger51 foundxcomp
54..PUNCT_5 askedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askgerund · perfectthe Kingvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2receivepastthe King not said herea portrait of this Princessvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Theme
3havepastportraittree rules
4placeparticipleportrait not said hereKing's great hall under a canopyvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hall=Destination
5sendparticiplefor Princevn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to whom=Destination
6say speech: assertpastKingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7ispastthisas the portrait; of King's future bridetree rules
8hopepastKingvn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9findpastthe Princeportraitvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
10charmgerundportrait not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
11portraythis Princessnom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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