The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 2, sentence 63

The Princess and Fanfaronade on landing upon the island had given the boatman a hundred gold pieces, and made him promise solemnly to tell no one where he had taken them; but the first thing that happened was that, as he rowed away, he got into the midst of the fleet, and before he could escape the Admiral had seen him and sent a boat after him.

Who acts: Princess, boatman, Island, first thing · What happens: land, give, make, promise, tell, take · To what, where: Princess, boatman, one, pieces, midst, Admiral · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, 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 (Princess, boatman, Island, first thing), 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 Princess	det
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 given	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Fanfaronade	cc
4	Fanfaronade	Fanfaronade	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Princess	conj
5	on	on	SCONJ	_	6 landing	mark
6	landing	land	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 Princess	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 island	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 island	det
9	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 landing	obl
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 given	aux
11	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boatman	det
13	boatman	boatman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 given	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hundred	det
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 pieces	nummod
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pieces	compound
17	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 given	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 made	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 made	cc
20	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 given	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 made	obj
22	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 made	xcomp
23	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	_	22 promise	advmod
24	to	to	PART	_	25 tell	mark
25	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 promise	xcomp
26	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	27 one	det
27	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 tell	obj
28	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	31 taken	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 taken	nsubj
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 taken	aux
31	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 one	acl:relcl
32	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 taken	obj
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 got	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 that	cc
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 thing	det
36	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	37 thing	amod
37	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 that	nsubj
38	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 happened	nsubj
39	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 thing	acl:relcl
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 that	cop
41	that	that	ADV	_	49 got	advmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 that	punct
43	as	as	SCONJ	_	45 rowed	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 rowed	nsubj
45	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 got	advcl
46	away	away	ADV	_	45 rowed	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 rowed	punct
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 got	nsubj
49	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 given	parataxis
50	into	into	ADP	_	52 midst	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 midst	det
52	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 got	obl
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 fleet	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 fleet	det
55	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 midst	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 seen	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 seen	cc
58	before	before	SCONJ	_	61 escape	mark
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 escape	nsubj
60	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 escape	aux
61	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 seen	advcl
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 Admiral	det
63	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 seen	nsubj:pass
64	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 seen	aux
65	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 got	advcl
66	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 seen	obj
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 sent	cc
68	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 got	conj
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 boat	det
70	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 sent	obj
71	after	after	ADP	_	72 him	case
72	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 sent	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	gerund	the Princess and Fanfaronade not said here				upon the island	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	past · perfect · passive		the Princess and Fanfaronade				tree rules
3	make	past		boatman				tree rules
4	promise speech: promise	infinitive	boatman not said here				solemnly property	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	boatman not said here	no one				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
6	take	past · perfect	Island	pieces = piece				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
7	happen	past	the first thing					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	is	past	the first thing				that property	tree rules
9	row away	past	Island				away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
10	get	past	Island		the midst of the fleet			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into midst=Destination
11	escape	could	Island					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	see	past · perfect · passive		the Admiral				tree rules
13	send	past	Island not said here	a boat		after Island		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

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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