The Red Fairy Book, The Seven Foals, sentence 29

When he had walked all day he too came to the King’s palace, and the King was standing outside on the steps, and asked where he was going; and when the youth replied that he was going about in search of a place, the King said that he might enter into his service and watch his seven foals.

Who acts: state, King, youth · What happens: walk, come, stand, ask, go, reply · To what, where: palace, place, service, seven foals · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Seven Foals. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (state, King, 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 walked	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walked	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 walked	aux
4	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 came	advcl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walked	obl:unmarked
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 came	nsubj
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 came	advmod
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 palace	nmod:poss
13	’s	's	PART	_	12 King	case
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 standing	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 standing	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 King	det
18	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 standing	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 standing	aux
20	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 came	advcl
21	outside	outside	ADV	_	20 standing	advmod
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 steps	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 steps	det
24	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 standing	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 asked	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 asked	cc
27	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 came	conj
28	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	31 going	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 going	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 going	aux
31	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	27 asked	ccomp
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 replied	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 replied	cc
34	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	37 replied	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 youth	det
36	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 replied	nsubj
37	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 came	parataxis
38	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 going	mark
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 going	nsubj
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 going	aux
41	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 replied	advcl
42	about	about	ADP	_	44 search	case
43	in	in	ADP	_	44 search	case
44	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 going	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 place	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 place	det
47	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 search	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 said	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 King	det
50	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 said	nsubj
51	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 place	acl:relcl
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 enter	mark
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 enter	nsubj
54	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 enter	aux
55	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 said	ccomp
56	into	into	ADP	_	58 service	case
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 service	nmod:poss
58	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 enter	obl
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 watch	cc
60	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 enter	conj
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 foals	nmod:poss
62	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	63 foals	nummod
63	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 watch	obj
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past · perfect	state			day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	state		the King's palace			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location
3	stand	past · progressive	the King				on the steps; outside property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location
4	ask speech: ask	past	state not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	go	past · progressive	state					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	reply speech: assert	past	the youth					vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	go	past · progressive	state				about search of a place	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about search=Location
8	say speech: assert	past	the King	a place not said here				tree rules
9	enter	might	state		state's service			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into service=Initial_Location
10	watch	infinitive	state not said here	state's seven foals				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Theme
11	search			a place				nom search «act transitive»: of=patient
12	service		state					nom service «act 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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