The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 2, sentence 30
Then he took the Troll’s lungs and tongue and put them in his pocket-handkerchief, and led the Princess back to the King’s palace; and whatsoever had been lacking to him in the way of honour before was lacking no longer, for the King did not know how to exalt him enough, and always set him on his own right hand at table.
Who acts: Ritter, King · What happens: take, put, lead back, lack, not know, exalt · To what, where: lungs, pocket handkerchief, Princess, palace, whatsoever, Ritter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, 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 (Ritter, King), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 took | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Troll | det |
| 5 | Troll | Troll | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lungs | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 5 Troll | case |
| 7 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 took | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tongue | cc |
| 9 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lungs | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 put | cc |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 put | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 handkerchief | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 handkerchief | nmod:poss |
| 15 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 handkerchief | compound | ||
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 pocket | punct |
| 17 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 led | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 led | cc |
| 20 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Princess | det |
| 22 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 led | obj |
| 23 | back | back | ADV | _ | 20 led | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 palace | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 King | det |
| 26 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 palace | nmod:poss |
| 27 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 26 King | case |
| 28 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 led | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 lacking | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 lacking | cc |
| 31 | whatsoever | whatsoever | PRON | PronType=Int | 34 lacking | obj |
| 32 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 lacking | aux |
| 33 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 lacking | aux |
| 34 | lacking | lack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 took | advcl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 him | case |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 lacking | obl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 way | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 way | det |
| 39 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 lacking | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 honour | case |
| 41 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 way | nmod |
| 42 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 44 lacking | mark |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 lacking | aux |
| 44 | lacking | lack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 lacking | conj |
| 45 | no | no | ADV | _ | 46 longer | advmod |
| 46 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 44 lacking | advmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 know | punct |
| 48 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 53 know | mark |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 King | det |
| 50 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 know | nsubj |
| 51 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 know | aux |
| 52 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 53 know | advmod |
| 53 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 lacking | parataxis |
| 54 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 56 exalt | advmod |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 exalt | mark |
| 56 | exalt | exalt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 know | ccomp |
| 57 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 exalt | obj |
| 58 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 56 exalt | advmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 set | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 set | cc |
| 61 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 62 set | advmod |
| 62 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | conj |
| 63 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 set | obj |
| 64 | on | on | ADP | _ | 68 hand | case |
| 65 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 hand | nmod:poss |
| 66 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 hand | amod |
| 67 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 hand | amod |
| 68 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 set | obl |
| 69 | at | at | ADP | _ | 70 table | case |
| 70 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 set | obl |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Ritter | the Troll's lungs and tongue | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lung=Theme | |||
| 2 | put | infinitive | Ritter not said here | lungs = lung | Ritter's pocket handkerchief | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in handkerchief=Destination | |||
| 3 | lead back | past | Ritter not said here | the Princess | the King's palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to palace=Destination | |||
| 4 | lack | past · perfect · progressive | Ritter not said here | whatsoever | Ritter | the way of honour | tree rules | ||
| 5 | lack | past · progressive | Ritter not said here | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not know | past · do-support | the King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | exalt | to-infinitive | Ritter | enough property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | set | infinitive | Ritter not said here | Ritter | Ritter's own right hand | at table; always property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on hand=Destination |
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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