The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 81

Then he brought out all the horses the robbers had, and loaded them with the most valuable things which he could find—vessels of gold and of silver, and clothes and other magnificent things—and then he told the old woman to greet the robbers from him and thank them from him, and say that he had gone away, and that they would have a great deal of difficulty in finding him again, and with that he drove the horses out of the courtyard.

Who acts: man, robbers, difficulty · What happens: bring out, have, load, find, tell, greet · To what, where: horses, robbers, valuable things, old woman, great deal, man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Thief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, robbers, difficulty), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 brought	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 brought	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 horses	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horses	det
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 robbers	det
9	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 horses	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 loaded	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 loaded	cc
13	loaded	load	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 loaded	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	19 things	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 things	det
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 valuable	advmod
18	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 things	amod
19	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 loaded	obl
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 find	obj
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 find	nsubj
22	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 find	aux
23	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 things	acl:relcl
24	—	-	PUNCT	_	25 vessels	punct
25	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 things	appos
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 gold	case
27	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 vessels	nmod
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 silver	cc
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 silver	case
30	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 gold	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 clothes	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 clothes	cc
33	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	25 vessels	conj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 things	cc
35	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 things	amod
36	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 things	amod
37	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 vessels	conj
38	—	-	PUNCT	_	42 told	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 told	cc
40	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 told	advmod
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 told	nsubj
42	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	parataxis
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 woman	det
44	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 woman	amod
45	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 told	obj
46	to	to	PART	_	47 greet	mark
47	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 told	ccomp
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 robbers	det
49	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 greet	obj
50	from	from	ADP	_	51 him	case
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 greet	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 thank	cc
53	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 told	ccomp
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 thank	obj
55	from	from	ADP	_	56 him	case
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 thank	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 say	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 say	cc
59	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	53 thank	parataxis
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	63 gone	mark
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 gone	nsubj
62	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 gone	aux
63	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	59 say	ccomp
64	away	away	ADV	_	63 gone	advmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 have	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 have	cc
67	that	that	SCONJ	_	70 have	mark
68	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 have	nsubj
69	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 have	aux
70	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 say	parataxis
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	73 deal	det
72	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 deal	amod
73	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 have	obj
74	of	of	ADP	_	75 difficulty	case
75	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 deal	nmod
76	in	in	SCONJ	_	77 finding	mark
77	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	75 difficulty	acl
78	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 finding	obj
79	again	again	ADV	_	77 finding	advmod
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 drove	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 drove	cc
82	with	with	SCONJ	_	85 drove	mark
83	that	that	SCONJ	_	85 drove	mark
84	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 drove	nsubj
85	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 told	conj
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 horses	det
87	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	85 drove	obj
88	out	out	ADP	_	91 courtyard	case
89	of	of	ADP	_	91 courtyard	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 courtyard	det
91	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 drove	obl
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring out	past	man	all horses			then	out property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
2	have	past	the robbers	all horses not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
3	load	past	man not said here	robbers = robber				with the valuable things	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with thing=Theme
4	find	could	man	the valuable things					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic
5	tell speech: assert	past	man		the old woman		then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient clause=Topic
6	greet speech: greet not said to happen	to-infinitive		the robbers				from man	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Theme
7	thank speech: thank	present			robbers = robber			from man	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
8	say speech: assert	infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	go away	past · perfect	man					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	have	would	robbers = robber	a great deal of difficulty					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient
11	find	gerund	difficulty not said here	man			again		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
12	drive	past	man	the horses		the courtyard			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme out courtyard=Trajectory
13	deal			difficulty					nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient

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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