The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 79
By these and many other tricks he soon became so celebrated that his fame reached the king’s ears, and his majesty was filled with curiosity to see the man who had managed to outwit everybody.
Who acts: man, fame · What happens: become, celebrate, reach, fill, see, manage · To what, where: many other tricks, ears, majesty, man, everybody
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, fame), 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 these | case |
| 2 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 tricks | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tricks | cc |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tricks | amod |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tricks | amod |
| 6 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 became | nsubj |
| 8 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 became | advmod |
| 9 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tricks | acl:relcl |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 celebrated | advmod |
| 11 | celebrated | celebrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 became | xcomp |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 reached | mark |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 fame | nmod:poss |
| 14 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reached | nsubj |
| 15 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 celebrated | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 king | det |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ears | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 king | case |
| 19 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 reached | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 filled | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 filled | cc |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 majesty | nmod:poss |
| 23 | majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 filled | aux:pass |
| 25 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 reached | conj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 curiosity | case |
| 27 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 filled | obl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 see | mark |
| 29 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 filled | advcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 man | det |
| 31 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 see | obj |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 managed | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 managed | aux |
| 34 | managed | manage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 man | acl:relcl |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 outwit | mark |
| 36 | outwit | outwit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 managed | xcomp |
| 37 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 36 outwit | obj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 tricks | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | man | many other tricks not said here | soon property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | celebrate | participle | man not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | reach | past | man's fame | the king's ears | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fill | past · passive | man's majesty | with curiosity | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with curiosity=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | see | to-infinitive | the man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | manage | past · perfect | the man | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | outwit | to-infinitive | the man not said here | everybody | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot everybody=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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