The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 2, sentence 85
Then he conducted her back to the King’s palace, and if honour enough had not been done him before it was certainly done now, for the King had no other thought than how to make much of the man who had saved his daughter from the three Trolls; and it was settled then that Ritter Red should marry her, and receive half the kingdom.
Who acts: danger, King, Ritter · What happens: conduct back, not do, do, have, make, save · To what, where: daughter, palace, honour, other thought, much, man
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 (danger, King, Ritter), 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 conducted | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 conducted | nsubj |
| 3 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 conducted | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 conducted | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 palace | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 King | case |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 conducted | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 done | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 done | cc |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 done | mark |
| 14 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 done | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 14 honour | advmod |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 done | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 done | advmod |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 done | aux:pass |
| 19 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 conducted | parataxis |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 done | obj |
| 21 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 25 done | mark |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 done | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 done | aux:pass |
| 24 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 25 done | advmod |
| 25 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 done | advcl |
| 26 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 done | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 had | punct |
| 28 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 31 had | mark |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 King | det |
| 30 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 had | nsubj |
| 31 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 done | parataxis |
| 32 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 34 thought | det |
| 33 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 thought | amod |
| 34 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 had | obj |
| 35 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 38 make | mark |
| 36 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 make | advmod |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 make | mark |
| 38 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 thought | acl |
| 39 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 make | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 man | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 man | det |
| 42 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 much | nmod |
| 43 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 saved | aux |
| 45 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 man | acl:relcl |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 47 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 saved | obj |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 51 Trolls | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 Trolls | det |
| 50 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 51 Trolls | nummod |
| 51 | Trolls | troll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 saved | obl |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 settled | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 settled | cc |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 settled | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 settled | aux:pass |
| 56 | settled | settle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 conducted | conj |
| 57 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 62 marry | advmod |
| 58 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 62 marry | mark |
| 59 | Ritter | Ritter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 marry | nsubj |
| 60 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Ritter | flat |
| 61 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 marry | aux |
| 62 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 settled | advcl |
| 63 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 marry | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 receive | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 receive | cc |
| 66 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 marry | conj |
| 67 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 69 kingdom | det:predet |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 kingdom | det |
| 69 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 receive | obj |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 conducted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conduct back | past | danger | daughter | the King's palace | then | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | ||
| 2 | not do a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect · passive | honour | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | past · passive | honour | now | certainly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | have | past | the King | no other thought | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | ||||
| 5 | make | to-infinitive | the King not said here | much of the man | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset much=Product | ||||
| 6 | save | past · perfect · passive | the man | the three Trolls | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary daughter=Theme | ||||
| 7 | settle | past · passive | honour | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | |||||
| 8 | marry | should | Ritter | daughter | then | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | |||
| 9 | receive | infinitive | Ritter not said here | half kingdom | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=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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