The Red Fairy Book, The Three Dwarfs, part 2, sentence 27
If he succeeded in this, he no doubt knew that the King had promised his daughter and half the kingdom to anyone who set her free, which promise should be faithfully and honourably kept, but if he failed he should be put to death.
Who acts: King, free promise, doubt · What happens: succeed, know, promise, set, be, fail · To what, where: this, daughter, free promise, King · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dwarfs, 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 (King, free promise, doubt), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 succeeded | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 succeeded | nsubj |
| 3 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 knew | advcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 succeeded | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 succeeded | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 knew | nsubj |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 doubt | det |
| 9 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 knew | nsubj |
| 10 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 promised | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 King | det |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 promised | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 promised | aux |
| 15 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 knew | ccomp |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 17 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 promised | iobj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 kingdom | cc |
| 19 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 21 kingdom | det:predet |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 kingdom | det |
| 21 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 promised | conj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 anyone | case |
| 23 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 kingdom | nmod |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 set | nsubj |
| 25 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 promise | nmod:poss |
| 27 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 promise | amod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 promise | punct |
| 29 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 30 promise | det |
| 30 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 set | obj |
| 31 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 kept | aux |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 kept | cop |
| 33 | faithfully | faithfully | ADV | _ | 36 kept | advmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 kept | cc |
| 35 | honourably | honourably | ADV | _ | 36 kept | advmod |
| 36 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 promise | acl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 failed | punct |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 failed | cc |
| 39 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 41 failed | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 failed | nsubj |
| 41 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 promise | parataxis |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 put | nsubj |
| 43 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 put | aux |
| 44 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 put | aux:pass |
| 45 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 failed | parataxis |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 death | case |
| 47 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 put | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | succeed a condition, not said to happen | past | King | this | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in this=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | know | past | King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | past · perfect | the King | King's daughter | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set | past | doubt's free promise | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient promise=Result | |||||
| 5 | is | should | doubt's free promise not said here | faithfully, honourably, keep property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | fail a condition, not said to happen | past | King | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | put | should · passive | King | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | ||||
| 8 | promise | doubt | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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