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The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 2, sentence 64

When he was searched they found the gold pieces in his pocket, and as they were quite new coins, struck in honour of the Princess’s wedding, the Admiral felt certain that the boatman must have been paid by the Princess to aid her in her flight.

Who acts: things, Admiral, Princess · What happens: search, find, be, strike, feel, pay · To what, where: Admiral, gold pieces, pocket, new coins, honour, boatman

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 (things, Admiral, Princess), 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

advmodnsubjaux:passnsubjparataxisdetcompoundobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctcccasensubjcopadvmodamodoblpunctaclcaseoblcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctdetnsubjconjxcompmarkdetnsubj:passauxauxaux:passadvclcasedetoblmarkadvclobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootWhenADVhePRONwasAUXsearchedVERBtheyPRONfoundVERBtheDETgoldNOUNpiecesNOUNinADPhisPRONpocketNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJasADPtheyPRONwereAUXquiteADVnewADJcoinsNOUN,PUNCTstruckVERBinADPhonourNOUNofADPtheDETPrincessPROPN’sPARTweddingNOUN,PUNCTtheDETAdmiralNOUNfeltVERBcertainADJthatSCONJtheDETboatmanNOUNmustAUXhaveAUXbeenAUXpaidVERBbyADPtheDETPrincessNOUNtoPARTaidVERBherPRONinADPherPRONflightNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 searchedadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 searchednsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 searchedaux:pass
4searchedsearchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 foundnsubj
6foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 searchedparataxis
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 piecesdet
8goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing9 piecescompound
9piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur6 foundobj
10ininADP_12 pocketcase
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 pocketnmod:poss
12pocketpocketNOUNNumber=Sing9 piecesnmod
13,,PUNCT_20 coinspunct
14andandCCONJ_20 coinscc
15asasADP_20 coinscase
16theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs20 coinsnsubj
17werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 coinscop
18quitequiteADV_20 coinsadvmod
19newnewADJDegree=Pos20 coinsamod
20coinscoinNOUNNumber=Plur4 searchedobl
21,,PUNCT_22 struckpunct
22struckstrikeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 coinsacl
23ininADP_24 honourcase
24honourhonourNOUNNumber=Sing22 struckobl
25ofofADP_29 weddingcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 Princessdet
27PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing29 weddingnmod:poss
28’s'sPART_27 Princesscase
29weddingweddingNOUNNumber=Sing24 honournmod
30,,PUNCT_33 feltpunct
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Admiraldet
32AdmiraladmiralNOUNNumber=Sing33 feltnsubj
33feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 honourconj
34certaincertainADJDegree=Pos33 feltxcomp
35thatthatSCONJ_41 paidmark
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 boatmandet
37boatmanboatmanNOUNNumber=Sing41 paidnsubj:pass
38mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin41 paidaux
39havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf41 paidaux
40beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part41 paidaux:pass
41paidpayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 feltadvcl
42bybyADP_44 Princesscase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 Princessdet
44PrincessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing41 paidobl
45totoPART_46 aidmark
46aidaidVERBVerbForm=Inf41 paidadvcl
47hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 aidobj
48ininADP_50 flightcase
49herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 flightnmod:poss
50flightflightNOUNNumber=Sing46 aidobl
51..PUNCT_4 searchedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1searchpast · passiveAdmiralvn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location
2findpastthings = thingthe gold piecesAdmiral's pocketvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic
3ispastthings = thingas new coinstree rules
4strikeparticiplenew coins not said herehonour of the Princess's weddingvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in honour=Location
5feelpastthe Admiralcertain propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
6paymust · perfect · passivethe Princessthe boatmanvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
7aidto-infinitivethe Princess not said herePrincessPrincess's flightvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
8honourthe Princess's weddingnom honour «state transitive»: of=patient
9wedthe Princessnom wedding «event 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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