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The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 38

Now the brother, who was in service in the King’s palace, had taken a portrait of his sister, and he had carried the picture away with him, and every morning and evening he knelt down before it and prayed for his sister, so dearly did he love her.

Who acts: brother, nose · What happens: be, take, carry away, kneel down, pray, love · To what, where: service, brother, picture, mother, sister

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Bushy Bride. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, nose), 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

advmoddetnsubj:passpunctnsubjcopcaseconjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctauxdetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctccnsubjauxconjdetobjadvmodcaseoblpunctccdetobl:unmarkedccconjnsubjparataxiscompound:prtcaseoblccconjcasenmod:possoblpunctadvmodadvmodauxnsubjparataxisobjpunctrootNowADVtheDETbrotherNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXinADPserviceNOUNinADPtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTpalaceNOUN,PUNCThadAUXtakenVERBaDETportraitNOUNofADPhisPRONsisterNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONhadAUXcarriedVERBtheDETpictureNOUNawayADVwithADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJeveryDETmorningNOUNandCCONJeveningNOUNhePRONkneltVERBdownADPbeforeADPitPRONandCCONJprayedVERBforADPhisPRONsisterNOUN,PUNCTsoADVdearlyADVdidAUXhePRONloveVERBherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem3 brotheradvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 brotherdet
3brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing16 takennsubj:pass
4,,PUNCT_8 servicepunct
5whowhoPRONPronType=Rel8 servicensubj
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 servicecop
7ininADP_8 servicecase
8serviceserviceNOUNNumber=Sing3 brotherconj
9ininADP_13 palacecase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Kingdet
11KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing13 palacenmod:poss
12’s'sPART_11 Kingcase
13palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing8 servicenmod
14,,PUNCT_3 brotherpunct
15hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 takenaux
16takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 portraitdet
18portraitportraitNOUNNumber=Sing16 takenobj
19ofofADP_21 sistercase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 sisternmod:poss
21sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing18 portraitnmod
22,,PUNCT_26 carriedpunct
23andandCCONJ_26 carriedcc
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 carriednsubj
25hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 carriedaux
26carriedcarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part16 takenconj
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 picturedet
28picturepictureNOUNNumber=Sing26 carriedobj
29awayawayADV_26 carriedadvmod
30withwithADP_31 himcase
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 carriedobl
32,,PUNCT_39 kneltpunct
33andandCCONJ_39 kneltcc
34everyeveryDETPronType=Tot35 morningdet
35morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing39 kneltobl:unmarked
36andandCCONJ_37 eveningcc
37eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing35 morningconj
38hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 kneltnsubj
39kneltkneelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 takenparataxis
40downdownADP_39 kneltcompound:prt
41beforebeforeADP_42 itcase
42ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 kneltobl
43andandCCONJ_44 prayedcc
44prayedprayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 kneltconj
45forforADP_47 sistercase
46hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 sisternmod:poss
47sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing44 prayedobl
48,,PUNCT_53 lovepunct
49sosoADV_53 loveadvmod
50dearlydearlyADV_53 loveadvmod
51diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin53 loveaux
52hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 lovensubj
53loveloveVERBVerbForm=Inf16 takenparataxis
54hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 loveobj
55..PUNCT_16 takenpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe brother and serviceservicein the King's palacetree rules
2takepast · perfect · passivethe brother and servicevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme portrait=Destination
3carry awaypast · perfectnosethe picturewith King; away propertyvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme
4kneel downpastnosepicturemorningvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location
5praypastnose not said herefor nose's sistervn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for sister=Theme
6lovepast · do-supportnosemotherdearly propertyvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
7portrayKing's sisternom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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