The Red Fairy Book, The Three Dwarfs, part 1, sentence 112

Now the daughter of the King of that country had been carried off into the mountains by a Troll, and the King had no other children, and for this cause both he and all his people were full of sorrow and affliction, and the King had promised the Princess and half his kingdom to anyone who could set her free; but there was no one who could do it, though a great number had tried.

Who acts: Troll, King, one, great number · What happens: carry off, have, be, promise, set, do · To what, where: daughter, mountains, other children, Princess, free, child

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dwarfs, 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 (Troll, King, one, great number), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 carried	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 daughter	det
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carried	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 King	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 country	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 country	det
9	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 King	nmod
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 carried	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 carried	aux:pass
12	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 carried	compound:prt
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 mountains	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mountains	det
16	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 carried	obl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 Troll	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 Troll	det
19	Troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carried	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 had	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 King	det
23	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 had	nsubj
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 carried	parataxis
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	27 children	det
26	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 children	amod
27	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 had	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 full	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 full	cc
30	for	for	ADP	_	32 cause	case
31	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 cause	det
32	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 full	obl
33	both	both	CCONJ	_	34 he	cc:preconj
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 full	nsubj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 people	cc
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 people	det:predet
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 people	nmod:poss
38	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 he	conj
39	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 full	cop
40	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 had	conj
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 sorrow	case
42	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 full	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 affliction	cc
44	affliction	affliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sorrow	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 promised	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 promised	cc
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 King	det
48	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 promised	nsubj
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 promised	aux
50	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 carried	advcl
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 Princess	det
52	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 promised	obj
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 kingdom	cc
54	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	56 kingdom	det:predet
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 kingdom	nmod:poss
56	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 Princess	conj
57	to	to	ADP	_	58 anyone	case
58	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	56 kingdom	nmod
59	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 set	nsubj
60	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 set	aux
61	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 anyone	acl:relcl
62	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 free	nmod:poss
63	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 set	obj
64	;	;	PUNCT	_	67 was	punct
65	but	but	CCONJ	_	67 was	cc
66	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	67 was	expl
67	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 carried	parataxis
68	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	69 one	det
69	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 was	nsubj
70	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	72 do	nsubj
71	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 do	aux
72	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 one	acl:relcl
73	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 do	obj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 tried	punct
75	though	though	SCONJ	_	80 tried	mark
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 number	det
77	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 number	amod
78	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 tried	nsubj
79	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 tried	aux
80	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	72 do	advcl
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 carried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · perfect · passive	a Troll	the daughter of the King of that country		the mountains	now		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	have	past	the King	no other children					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
3	is	past	King					for this cause; of sorrow and affliction; full property	tree rules
4	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	the King		the Princess and King's kingdom to anyone				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent princess=Theme
5	set	could		daughter's free					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient free=Result
6	be	past	no one			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	do	could	no one	child					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
8	try	past · perfect	a great number						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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