The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 45

All things being now fixed, the three princes departed the Court in search of the Knight of the Glen’s palace, and travelling along the road they came up with a man who was a little lame, and seemed to be somewhat advanced in years; they soon fell into discourse, and the youngest of the princes asked the stranger his name, or what was the reason he wore so remarkable a black cap as he saw on him.

Who acts: three princes, Princes, man, youngest, Court · What happens: fix, depart, travel, come up, be, seem · To what, where: things, Court, search, road, little lame, discourse

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 (three princes, Princes, man, youngest), 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	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 things	det
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fixed	nsubj:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fixed	aux:pass
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 fixed	advmod
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 departed	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princes	det
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 princes	nummod
9	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 departed	nsubj
10	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fixed	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Court	det
12	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departed	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 search	case
14	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Knight	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Knight	det
17	Knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 search	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	22 palace	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Glen	det
20	Glen	Glen	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 palace	nmod:poss
21	’s	's	PART	_	20 Glen	case
22	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Knight	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 came	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 came	cc
25	travelling	travel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 came	advcl
26	along	along	ADP	_	28 road	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 road	det
28	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 travelling	obl
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 came	nsubj
30	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fixed	conj
31	up	up	ADV	_	30 came	advmod
32	with	with	ADP	_	34 man	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 man	det
34	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 came	obl
35	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 lame	nsubj
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 lame	cop
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 lame	det
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 lame	amod
39	lame	lame	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 man	acl:relcl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 seemed	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 seemed	cc
42	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 came	parataxis
43	to	to	PART	_	46 advanced	mark
44	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	46 advanced	cop
45	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	46 advanced	advmod
46	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 seemed	xcomp
47	in	in	ADP	_	48 years	case
48	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 advanced	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 fell	punct
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 fell	nsubj
51	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 fell	advmod
52	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fixed	parataxis
53	into	into	ADP	_	54 discourse	case
54	discourse	discourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 fell	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 asked	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 asked	cc
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 youngest	det
58	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	62 asked	nsubj
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 princes	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 princes	det
61	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 youngest	obl
62	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 fell	conj
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 stranger	det
64	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 asked	obj
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 name	nmod:poss
66	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 asked	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 reason	punct
68	or	or	CCONJ	_	72 reason	cc
69	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	72 reason	nsubj
70	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 reason	cop
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 reason	det
72	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 asked	parataxis
73	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 wore	nsubj
74	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 reason	acl:relcl
75	so	so	ADV	_	76 remarkable	advmod
76	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 wore	xcomp
77	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 cap	det
78	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 cap	amod
79	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 wore	obj
80	as	as	SCONJ	_	82 saw	mark
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 saw	nsubj
82	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 wore	advcl
83	on	on	ADP	_	84 him	case
84	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 saw	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fixed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	gerund · passive		all things		now		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
2	depart	past	the three princes	the Court	search of the Knight of the Glen's palace			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme court=Initial_Location
3	travel	gerund	Princes = prince not said here		the road			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory
4	come up	past	Princes = prince				with a man	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is a	past	a man	a little lame				tree rules
6	seem	past						vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
7	is	to-infinitive				year	advanced, somewhat property	tree rules
8	fall	past	Princes = prince				into discourse result; soon property	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into discourse=Result
9	ask speech: ask	past	the youngest	the stranger				tree rules
10	is a	past		the reason				tree rules
11	wear	past	Court	a black cap			remarkable property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cap=Theme
12	see	past	Court				on man	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
13	search			the Knight of the Glen's palace				nom search «act transitive»: of=patient
14	name		man					nom name «communication 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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