The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 95
When the king noticed that neither of his sons returned, although a long time had passed since the second one set out, he was greatly distressed, for not only had he lost all hope of getting back his sight, but he had also lost his two eldest sons.
Who acts: king, neither, long time, hope · What happens: notice, return, pass, set out, distress, not have · To what, where: second one, king, hope, sight, two eldest sons · Speech: someone speaks here
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, neither, long time, hope), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 noticed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 noticed | nsubj |
| 4 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 distressed | advcl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 returned | mark |
| 6 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 returned | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 sons | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sons | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 neither | nmod |
| 10 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 noticed | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 passed | punct |
| 12 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 17 passed | mark |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 time | det |
| 14 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 passed | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 passed | aux |
| 17 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 returned | conj |
| 18 | since | since | ADP | _ | 21 one | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 one | det |
| 20 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 one | amod |
| 21 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 passed | obl |
| 22 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 one | acl |
| 23 | out | out | ADP | _ | 22 set | compound:prt |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 noticed | punct |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 distressed | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 distressed | aux:pass |
| 27 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 28 distressed | advmod |
| 28 | distressed | distress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 lost | punct |
| 30 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 33 had | mark |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 had | advmod |
| 32 | only | only | ADV | _ | 33 had | advmod |
| 33 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 lost | advcl |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 lost | nsubj |
| 35 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 distressed | conj |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 hope | det |
| 37 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lost | obj |
| 38 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 39 getting | mark |
| 39 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 hope | acl |
| 40 | back | back | ADV | _ | 39 getting | advmod |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 sight | nmod:poss |
| 42 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 getting | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 lost | punct |
| 44 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 lost | cc |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 lost | nsubj |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 lost | aux |
| 47 | also | also | ADV | _ | 48 lost | advmod |
| 48 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 distressed | conj |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 sons | nmod:poss |
| 50 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 52 sons | nummod |
| 51 | eldest | eldest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 sons | amod |
| 52 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 lost | obj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 distressed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | the king | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | return | past | neither | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | pass | past · perfect | a long time | since the second one | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set out | participle | the second one not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | distress | past · passive | king | greatly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | not have | past | king not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | lose | past | king | all hope | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | get back | gerund | all hope not said here | king's sight | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | lose | past · perfect | king | king's two eldest sons | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality | ||||
| 10 | sight | king | nom sight «cognition 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 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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