The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 39

The other stable-boys had heard him doing this, so they peeped through the key-hole into his room, and saw that he was kneeling there before a picture; so they told everyone that every morning and evening the youth knelt down and prayed to an idol which he had; and at last they went to the King himself, and begged that he too would peep through the key-hole, and see for himself what the youth did.

Who acts: other stable boys, brother, nose, youth · What happens: hear, do, peep, see, kneel, tell · To what, where: nose, this, picture, everyone, idol, last · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (other stable boys, brother, nose, youth), 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	5 boys	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boys	amod
3	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boys	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 stable	punct
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heard	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	aux
7	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 heard	obj
9	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 heard	advcl
10	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 doing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 peeped	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 peeped	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 peeped	nsubj
14	peeped	peep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	parataxis
15	through	through	ADP	_	19 hole	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hole	det
17	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hole	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 key	punct
19	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 peeped	obl
20	into	into	ADP	_	22 room	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 room	nmod:poss
22	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hole	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 saw	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 saw	cc
25	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 peeped	conj
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 kneeling	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 kneeling	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 kneeling	aux
29	kneeling	kneel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 saw	ccomp
30	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	29 kneeling	advmod
31	before	before	ADP	_	33 picture	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 picture	det
33	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 kneeling	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 told	punct
35	so	so	ADV	_	37 told	advmod
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 told	nsubj
37	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	conj
38	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	37 told	obj
39	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 knelt	obl:unmarked
40	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	41 morning	det
41	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 knelt	obl:unmarked
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 evening	cc
43	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 morning	conj
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 youth	det
45	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 knelt	nsubj
46	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 everyone	acl:relcl
47	down	down	ADP	_	46 knelt	compound:prt
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 prayed	cc
49	prayed	pray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 knelt	conj
50	to	to	ADP	_	52 idol	case
51	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 idol	det
52	idol	idol	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 prayed	obl
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 had	obj
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 had	nsubj
55	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 idol	acl:relcl
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 went	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 went	cc
58	at	at	ADP	_	59 last	case
59	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 went	obl
60	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 went	nsubj
61	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 told	parataxis
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 King	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 King	det
64	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 went	obl
65	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	61 went	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 begged	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 begged	cc
68	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 went	conj
69	that	that	SCONJ	_	73 peep	mark
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 peep	nsubj
71	too	too	ADV	_	73 peep	advmod
72	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 peep	aux
73	peep	peep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 begged	ccomp
74	through	through	ADP	_	78 hole	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 hole	det
76	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 hole	compound
77	-	-	PUNCT	_	76 key	punct
78	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 peep	obl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 see	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 see	cc
81	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 heard	conj
82	for	for	ADP	_	83 himself	case
83	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	81 see	obl
84	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	87 did	obj
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 youth	det
86	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 did	nsubj
87	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 see	advcl
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	the other stable boys	nose					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	do	gerund	the other stable boys not said here	this					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
3	peep	past	brother					through the key hole into nose's room	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme
4	see	past	brother not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	kneel	past · progressive	nose			a picture; there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before picture=Location
6	tell speech: assert	past	brother		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
7	kneel down	past	the youth				morning		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	pray	participle	the youth not said here					to a idol	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
9	have	past	nose	a idol					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient
10	go	past	brother	nose		last		to the King	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location
11	beg speech: request	past	brother not said here						vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	peep	would	nose					through the key hole	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme
13	see	infinitive	the other stable boys not said here					for nose	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
14	do	past	the youth						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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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