The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 103
Here he was received in a very friendly manner by the host, who put his horse into the stable, and led the prince himself into the guest-chamber, where he ordered a maid-servant to lay the cloth and set down the supper.
Who acts: king · What happens: receive, put, lead, order, lay, set down · To what, where: king, friendly manner, horse, stable, prince, guest chamber
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king), 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 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 received | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 received | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 received | aux:pass |
| 4 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 manner | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 manner | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 friendly | advmod |
| 8 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 manner | amod |
| 9 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 received | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 host | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 host | det |
| 12 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 put | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 put | punct |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 put | nsubj |
| 15 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 received | parataxis |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 horse | nmod:poss |
| 17 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 put | obj |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 stable | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 stable | det |
| 20 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 put | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 led | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 led | cc |
| 23 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 put | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 prince | det |
| 25 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 led | obj |
| 26 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 25 prince | nmod:unmarked |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 31 chamber | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 chamber | det |
| 29 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 chamber | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 guest | punct |
| 31 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 led | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 ordered | punct |
| 33 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 35 ordered | advmod |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 ordered | nsubj |
| 35 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 chamber | acl:relcl |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 servant | det |
| 37 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 servant | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 maid | punct |
| 39 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 ordered | obj |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 lay | mark |
| 41 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 ordered | advcl |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 cloth | det |
| 43 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 lay | obj |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 set | cc |
| 45 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 lay | conj |
| 46 | down | down | ADP | _ | 45 set | compound:prt |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 supper | det |
| 48 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 set | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 received | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past · passive | king | a friendly manner; here | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in manner=Location | ||||
| 2 | put | past | king's horse | the stable | by the host | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme by host=Destination | |||
| 3 | lead | past | the prince king | the guest chamber | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme into chamber=Destination | ||||
| 4 | order | past | king | a maid servant | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | ||||
| 5 | lay | to-infinitive | king not said here | the cloth | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Result | ||||
| 6 | set down | infinitive | king not said here | the supper | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient supper=Result |
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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