The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 3, sentence 1

Meanwhile Admiral Cocked-Hat had despatched Jack-the-Chatterer-of-the-Straw-Boots, Courier in Ordinary to the Prime Minister, to tell the King that the Princess and the Ambassador had landed on Squirrel Island, but that not knowing the country he had not pursued them, for fear of being captured by concealed enemies.

Who acts: Princess, King, concealed enemies · What happens: despatch, tell, land, not know, not pursue, capture · To what, where: Admiral, King, Squirrel Island, country, Princess, fear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, King, concealed enemies), 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	Meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	_	7 despatched	advmod
2	Admiral	Admiral	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 despatched	nsubj:pass
3	Cocked	cocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Hat	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Cocked	punct
5	Hat	Hat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Admiral	conj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 despatched	aux
7	despatched	despatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 despatched	obj
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Chatterer	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Chatterer	det
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Chatterer	punct
12	Chatterer	Chatterer	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Jack	appos
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 Boots	punct
14	of	of	ADP	_	20 Boots	case
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 of	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Boots	det
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 the	punct
18	Straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 Boots	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 Straw	punct
20	Boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 Chatterer	appos
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Courier	punct
22	Courier	Courier	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Boots	appos
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 Ordinary	case
24	Ordinary	Ordinary	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Courier	nmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	28 Minister	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Minister	det
27	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	28 Minister	compound
28	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Courier	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 tell	punct
30	to	to	PART	_	31 tell	mark
31	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 Courier	parataxis
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 King	det
33	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 tell	obj
34	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 landed	mark
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Princess	det
36	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 landed	nsubj
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 Ambassador	cc
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Ambassador	det
39	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Princess	conj
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 landed	aux
41	landed	land	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 tell	advcl
42	on	on	ADP	_	44 Island	case
43	Squirrel	Squirrel	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Island	compound
44	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 landed	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 pursued	punct
46	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 pursued	cc
47	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 knowing	mark
48	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 knowing	advmod
49	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	55 pursued	advcl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 country	det
51	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 knowing	obj
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 pursued	nsubj
53	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 pursued	aux
54	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	55 pursued	advmod
55	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	41 landed	conj
56	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 pursued	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 fear	punct
58	for	for	ADP	_	59 fear	case
59	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 pursued	obl
60	of	of	SCONJ	_	62 captured	mark
61	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	62 captured	aux:pass
62	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 fear	acl
63	by	by	ADP	_	65 enemies	case
64	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 enemies	amod
65	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 captured	obl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 despatched	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	despatch	past · perfect · passive		Admiral and Cocked Hat			meanwhile property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			the King			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
3	land	past · perfect	the Princess and the Ambassador			Squirrel Island		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on island=Destination
4	not know	gerund	King not said here	the country				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus
5	not pursue	past · perfect	King	Princess			for fear	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
6	capture	gerund · passive	concealed enemies	fear not said here				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	conceal	participle						vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=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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