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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 17

When the king heard that he admitted being a master-thief, he said that he would forgive him the attempt to steal the bird if he would go to the next kingdom and carry off the world’s most beautiful princess, and bring her to him.

Who acts: king, prince · What happens: hear, admit, be, say, forgive, steal · To what, where: master thief, prince, bird, next kingdom, beautiful princess, princess · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, prince), 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

advmoddetnsubjadvclmarknsubjccompcopdetcompoundpunctccomppunctnsubjmarknsubjauxccompobjdetobjmarkacldetobjmarknsubjauxadvclcasedetamodoblccconjcompound:prtdetnmod:posscaseadvmodamodobjpunctccconjobjcaseoblpunctrootWhenADVtheDETkingNOUNheardVERBthatSCONJhePRONadmittedVERBbeingAUXaDETmasterNOUN-PUNCTthiefNOUN,PUNCThePRONsaidVERBthatSCONJhePRONwouldAUXforgiveVERBhimPRONtheDETattemptNOUNtoPARTstealVERBtheDETbirdNOUNifSCONJhePRONwouldAUXgoVERBtoADPtheDETnextADJkingdomNOUNandCCONJcarryVERBoffADPtheDETworldNOUN’sPARTmostADVbeautifulADJprincessNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbringVERBherPRONtoADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 heardadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 kingdet
3kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing4 heardnsubj
4heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 saidadvcl
5thatthatSCONJ_7 admittedmark
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 admittednsubj
7admittedadmitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 heardccomp
8beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 thiefcop
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 thiefdet
10mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing12 thiefcompound
11--PUNCT_10 masterpunct
12thiefthiefNOUNNumber=Sing7 admittedccomp
13,,PUNCT_4 heardpunct
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 saidnsubj
15saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16thatthatSCONJ_19 forgivemark
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 forgivensubj
18wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin19 forgiveaux
19forgiveforgiveVERBVerbForm=Inf15 saidccomp
20himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 forgiveobj
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 attemptdet
22attemptattemptNOUNNumber=Sing19 forgiveobj
23totoPART_24 stealmark
24stealstealVERBVerbForm=Inf22 attemptacl
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 birddet
26birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing24 stealobj
27ififSCONJ_30 gomark
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 gonsubj
29wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin30 goaux
30gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf24 stealadvcl
31totoADP_34 kingdomcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 kingdomdet
33nextnextADJDegree=Pos34 kingdomamod
34kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing30 goobl
35andandCCONJ_36 carrycc
36carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf30 goconj
37offoffADP_36 carrycompound:prt
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 worlddet
39worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing43 princessnmod:poss
40’s'sPART_39 worldcase
41mostmostADVDegree=Sup42 beautifuladvmod
42beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos43 princessamod
43princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing36 carryobj
44,,PUNCT_46 bringpunct
45andandCCONJ_46 bringcc
46bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf19 forgiveconj
47hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 bringobj
48totoADP_49 himcase
49himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 bringobl
50..PUNCT_15 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpastthe kingvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2admit speech: otherpastkingvn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3is agerunda master thieftree rules
4say speech: assertpastkingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5forgivewouldkingprincetree rules
6stealto-infinitiveking not said herethe birdvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme
7go a condition, not said to happenwouldprincethe next kingdomvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial_Location
8carry offinfinitiveprince not said herethe world's beautiful princessvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme
9bringinfinitiveking not said hereprincessprincevn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Destination

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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