The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 28

‘Why,’ says she, ‘the King your husband has three fine sons he had by the late Queen, whom he keeps shut up in a tower until they come of age, intending to divide the kingdom between them, and let your son push his fortune; now, if you don’t find some means of destroying them; your child and perhaps yourself will be left desolate in the end.’

Who acts: King, husband, late Queen, son, you, some · What happens: say, have, keep, shut up, come, intend · To what, where: Queen, three fine sons, late Queen, tower, kingdom, son · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, husband, late Queen, son), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 says	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Why	punct
4	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 has	punct
8	‘	'	PUNCT	_	13 has	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 has	nsubj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 has	nsubj
13	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 sons	nummod
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sons	amod
16	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 has	obj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sons	acl:relcl
19	by	by	ADP	_	22 Queen	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Queen	det
21	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 Queen	amod
22	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 had	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 keeps	punct
24	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 keeps	obj
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 keeps	nsubj
26	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 Queen	acl:relcl
27	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 keeps	xcomp
28	up	up	ADP	_	27 shut	compound:prt
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 tower	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 tower	det
31	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 shut	obl
32	until	until	SCONJ	_	34 come	mark
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 come	nsubj
34	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 shut	advcl
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 age	case
36	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 come	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 intending	punct
38	intending	intend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 come	advcl
39	to	to	PART	_	40 divide	mark
40	divide	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 intending	xcomp
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 kingdom	det
42	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 divide	obj
43	between	between	ADP	_	44 them	case
44	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 kingdom	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 let	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 let	cc
47	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 has	parataxis
48	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 son	nmod:poss
49	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 let	obj
50	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 let	xcomp
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 fortune	nmod:poss
52	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 push	obj
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
54	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 says	advmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 find	punct
56	if	if	SCONJ	_	60 find	mark
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 find	nsubj
58	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 find	aux
59	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	60 find	advmod
60	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
61	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	62 means	nsubj
62	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 find	ccomp
63	of	of	SCONJ	_	64 destroying	mark
64	destroying	destroy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	62 means	advcl
65	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 destroying	obj
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 child	punct
67	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 child	nmod:poss
68	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 desolate	nsubj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 left	cc
70	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	74 left	advmod
71	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	74 left	nsubj:pass
72	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 left	aux
73	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 left	aux:pass
74	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 child	conj
75	desolate	desolate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 find	ccomp
76	in	in	ADP	_	78 end	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 end	det
78	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 desolate	obl
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
80	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present		Queen		now		tree rules
2	have	present	the King	three fine sons				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
3	have	past	husband	three fine sons not said here			by the late Queen	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
4	keep	present	husband	the late Queen				tree rules
5	shut up	participle	the late Queen not said here		a tower			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	come	present	King			of age		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of age=Initial_Location
7	intend	gerund	King not said here					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	divide not said to happen	to-infinitive	King not said here	the kingdom			between King	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme
9	let	infinitive		your son				tree rules
10	push	infinitive	your son not said here	husband's fortune				vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme
11	not find a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	you					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
12	mean	present	some					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
13	destroy	gerund	some not said here	sons = son				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
14	leave	future · passive		yourself			perhaps property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
15	desolate	infinitive	your child			in the end		tree rules

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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