The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 56

Accordingly, in the dead hour of the night, the King’s three sons and the Thief of Sloan attempted the Steed of Bells in order to carry him away, but before they could reach the stables the steed neighed most terribly and shook himself so, and the bells rung with such noise, that the knight and all his men were up in a moment.

Who acts: three sons, sons, bells, knight · What happens: attempt, carry away, reach, neigh, shake, rung · To what, where: Steed, order, Thief, stables

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 sons, sons, bells, knight), 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	Accordingly	accordingly	ADV	_	21 attempted	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Accordingly	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 hour	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hour	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hour	amod
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Accordingly	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hour	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Accordingly	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sons	nmod:poss
13	’s	's	PART	_	12 King	case
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 sons	nummod
15	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 attempted	nsubj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Thief	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Thief	det
18	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sons	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Sloan	case
20	Sloan	Sloan	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Thief	nmod
21	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Steed	det
23	Steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 attempted	obj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Bells	case
25	Bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Steed	nmod
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 order	case
27	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 attempted	obl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 carry	mark
29	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 attempted	advcl
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 carry	obj
31	away	away	ADV	_	29 carry	advmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 neighed	punct
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 neighed	cc
34	before	before	SCONJ	_	37 reach	mark
35	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 reach	nsubj
36	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 reach	aux
37	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 neighed	advcl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 stables	det
39	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 reach	obj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 steed	det
41	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 reach	obj
42	neighed	neigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 attempted	parataxis
43	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	44 terribly	advmod
44	terribly	terribly	ADV	_	42 neighed	advmod
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 shook	cc
46	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 neighed	conj
47	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	46 shook	obj
48	so	so	ADV	_	46 shook	advmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 rung	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 rung	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 bells	det
52	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 rung	nsubj
53	rung	rung	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 attempted	parataxis
54	with	with	ADP	_	56 noise	case
55	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 noise	amod
56	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 rung	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 were	punct
58	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 were	mark
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 knight	det
60	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 were	nsubj
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 men	cc
62	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	64 men	det:predet
63	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 men	nmod:poss
64	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 knight	conj
65	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 rung	conj
66	up	up	ADP	_	65 were	compound:prt
67	in	in	ADP	_	69 moment	case
68	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 moment	det
69	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 were	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 attempted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	past	the King's three sons and the Thief of Sloan	the Steed of Bells	order		accordingly property	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Eventuality
2	carry away	to-infinitive	the King's three sons and the Thief of Sloan not said here	Thief			away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	reach	could	sons = son	the stables				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent stable=Beneficiary steed=Theme
4	neigh	past					terribly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	shake	past		Thief				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
6	rung	present	the bells				with such noise	tree rules
7	be up	past	the knight and Thief's men			moment		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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