The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 3, sentence 20

Another peacock was sent to the Admiral to tell him that he could now land in perfect safety, which he at once did, bringing all his men with him, even to Jack-the-Chatterer, who, happening to pass the spit upon which the Admiral’s dinner was roasting, snatched it up and brought it with him.

Who acts: Mayblossom, Jack, dinner · What happens: send, tell, land, do, bring, happen · To what, where: peacock, Admiral, Mayblossom, perfect safety, men, Jack · 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 (Mayblossom, Jack, dinner), 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	Another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	2 peacock	det
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Admiral	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Admiral	det
7	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 tell	mark
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tell	iobj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 land	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 land	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 land	aux
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 land	advmod
15	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tell	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 safety	case
17	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 safety	amod
18	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 land	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 he	punct
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 he	nsubj
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 safety	nmod
22	at	at	SCONJ	_	24 did	mark
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	24 did	advmod
24	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 land	advcl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 bringing	punct
26	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sent	advcl
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	29 men	det:predet
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 men	nmod:poss
29	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 bringing	obj
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 him	case
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 men	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Jack	punct
33	even	even	ADV	_	35 Jack	advmod
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 Jack	case
35	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 bringing	obl
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	39 Chatterer	punct
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Chatterer	det
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	39 Chatterer	punct
39	Chatterer	Chatterer	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Jack	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 snatched	punct
41	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 snatched	nsubj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 happening	punct
43	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 snatched	advcl
44	to	to	PART	_	45 pass	mark
45	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 happening	xcomp
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 spit	det
47	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pass	obj
48	upon	upon	ADP	_	49 which	case
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 roasting	obl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 Admiral	det
51	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 dinner	nmod:poss
52	’s	's	PART	_	51 Admiral	case
53	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 roasting	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 roasting	aux
55	roasting	roast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 spit	acl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 snatched	punct
57	snatched	snatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 Jack	acl:relcl
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 snatched	obj
59	up	up	ADP	_	57 snatched	compound:prt
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 brought	cc
61	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 snatched	conj
62	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 brought	obj
63	with	with	ADP	_	64 him	case
64	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 brought	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		another peacock		the Admiral			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to admiral=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			Mayblossom				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	land	could	Mayblossom			perfect safety Carabosse	now		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in safety=Destination
4	do	past	Mayblossom not said here					once property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	bring	gerund		Mayblossom's men	Jack and the Chatterer			with Mayblossom	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme to jack=Destination
6	happen	gerund	Jack and the Chatterer not said here						tree rules
7	pass	to-infinitive	Jack and the Chatterer not said here	the spit					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spit=Trajectory
8	roast	past · progressive	the Admiral's dinner					upon the spit	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	snatch up	past	Jack and the Chatterer	dinner					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
10	bring	past	Jack and the Chatterer not said here	dinner				with Mayblossom	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=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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