The Red Fairy Book, The Seven Foals, sentence 39

But when the King asked the youth: ‘Canst thou tell me what my seven foals eat and drink?’ and the youth showed him the bit of moss and the bottle of water, and said: ‘Yes here may you behold their meat, and here their drink,’ the King once more became wroth, and commanded that three red stripes should be cut on the lad’s back, that salt should be strewn upon them, and that he should then be instantly chased back to his own home.

Who acts: King, thou, seven foals, youth, you, salt · What happens: ask, tell, eat, drink, show, say · To what, where: youth, me, bit, King, meat, three red stripes · 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 (King, thou, seven foals, 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 asked	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 asked	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 youth	det
7	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
9	‘	'	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
10	Canst	can	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	12 tell	aux
11	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	12 tell	nsubj
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	ccomp
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 tell	iobj
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 eat	obj
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 foals	nmod:poss
16	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 foals	nummod
17	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 eat	nsubj
18	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 tell	ccomp
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 drink	cc
20	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 eat	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
22	’	'	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 showed	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 youth	det
25	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 showed	nsubj
26	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	conj
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 showed	iobj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 bit	det
29	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 showed	obl:unmarked
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 moss	case
31	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 bit	nmod
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 bottle	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 bottle	det
34	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 bit	conj
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 water	case
36	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 bottle	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 said	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 said	cc
39	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	parataxis
40	:	:	PUNCT	_	46 behold	punct
41	‘	'	PUNCT	_	46 behold	punct
42	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	46 behold	discourse
43	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 Yes	advmod
44	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 behold	aux
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 behold	nsubj
46	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 said	ccomp
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 meat	nmod:poss
48	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 behold	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 drink	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 drink	cc
51	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	53 drink	advmod
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 drink	nmod:poss
53	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 behold	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 became	punct
55	’	'	PUNCT	_	60 became	punct
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 King	det
57	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 became	nsubj
58	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	60 became	advmod
59	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	60 became	advmod
60	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 behold	conj
61	wroth	wroth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 became	xcomp
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 commanded	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 commanded	cc
64	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	conj
65	that	that	SCONJ	_	71 cut	mark
66	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	68 stripes	nummod
67	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 stripes	amod
68	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 cut	nsubj:pass
69	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 cut	aux
70	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	71 cut	aux:pass
71	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 commanded	parataxis
72	on	on	ADP	_	74 lad	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 lad	det
74	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 ’s	obl
75	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 cut	advcl
76	back	back	ADV	_	75 ’s	advmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 strewn	punct
78	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	79 salt	det
79	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 strewn	nsubj
80	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	82 strewn	aux
81	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	82 strewn	cop
82	strewn	strewn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 cut	conj
83	upon	upon	ADP	_	84 them	case
84	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 strewn	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 chased	punct
86	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 chased	cc
87	that	that	SCONJ	_	93 chased	mark
88	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 chased	nsubj:pass
89	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	93 chased	aux
90	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	93 chased	advmod
91	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	93 chased	aux:pass
92	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	93 chased	advmod
93	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 asked	parataxis
94	back	back	ADV	_	93 chased	advmod
95	to	to	ADP	_	98 home	case
96	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	98 home	nmod:poss
97	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	98 home	amod
98	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 back	obl
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the King	the youth				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	can	thou		me			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
3	eat	infinitive	my seven foals					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
4	drink	infinitive	my seven foals not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	show	past	the youth	the bit of moss and the bottle of water	King			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
6	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	behold	may	you	foals's meat				vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meat=Stimulus
8	become	past	the King				once, wroth property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
9	command	past	the King not said here					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent
10	cut	should · passive		three red stripes				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
11	is	should	that salt				upon foals = foal; strewn property	tree rules
12	chase	should · passive		King		then	instantly property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=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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