The Red Fairy Book, The Three Dwarfs, part 2, sentence 54

The youth said that the King had never told him he was to do that, and it seemed to him that he had now really earned the Princess; but the King stuck to what he had said, and if the youth were unable to do it he was to lose his life, the King said.

Who acts: youth, King, it · What happens: say, not tell, be, seem, have, earn · To what, where: youth, King, Princess, horse · 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 (youth, King, it), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 told	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 told	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 do	cop
13	to	to	PART	_	14 do	mark
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	ccomp
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 do	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 seemed	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 seemed	cc
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 seemed	nsubj
19	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 seemed	obl
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 had	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 had	nsubj
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 seemed	advcl
25	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	27 earned	advmod
26	really	really	ADV	_	27 earned	advmod
27	earned	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 had	advcl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Princess	det
29	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 earned	obj
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 stuck	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 stuck	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 King	det
33	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 stuck	nsubj
34	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	parataxis
35	to	to	ADP	_	36 what	case
36	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 stuck	obl
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 said	nsubj
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 said	aux
39	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	36 what	acl:relcl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 unable	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 unable	cc
42	if	if	SCONJ	_	46 unable	mark
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 youth	det
44	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 unable	nsubj
45	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 unable	cop
46	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 stuck	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 do	mark
48	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 lose	advcl
49	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 do	obj
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 lose	nsubj
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 lose	cop
52	to	to	PART	_	53 lose	mark
53	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 unable	parataxis
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 life	nmod:poss
55	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 lose	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 said	punct
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 King	det
58	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 said	nsubj
59	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 stuck	conj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the youth					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not tell speech: assert	past · perfect	the King		youth			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	is not said to happen	past	King				do property	tree rules
4	seem	past	it		King			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
5	have	past	King					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	earn	past	King not said here	the Princess		now		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme
7	stick	past	the King					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to what=Co-Patient
8	say speech: assert	past · perfect	King					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the youth				unable property	tree rules
10	do	to-infinitive	youth not said here	horse				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
11	is	past	youth				lose property	tree rules
12	say speech: assert	past	the King					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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