The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 19
When he left the castle he met the fox, who went along with him to the next kingdom, and when they came near the castle there, gave him three grains of gold--one to throw into the guard-room, another into the princess’s chamber, and the third into her bed.
Who acts: prince, fox, guards · What happens: leave, meet, go along, come, give, throw · To what, where: castle, bed, fox, next kingdom, three grains, prince
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 (prince, fox, guards), 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 | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 left | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 left | nsubj |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 met | nsubj |
| 7 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 castle | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fox | det |
| 9 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 met | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 went | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 went | nsubj |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 fox | acl:relcl |
| 13 | along | along | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 went | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 kingdom | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 kingdom | det |
| 18 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 kingdom | amod |
| 19 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 went | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 gave | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 gave | cc |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 came | advmod |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 came | nsubj |
| 24 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 gave | advcl |
| 25 | near | near | ADP | _ | 27 castle | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 castle | det |
| 27 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 came | obl |
| 28 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 came | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 gave | punct |
| 30 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 left | conj |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 gave | iobj |
| 32 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 grains | nummod |
| 33 | grains | grain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 gave | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 gold | case |
| 35 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 grains | nmod |
| 36 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 37 one | punct |
| 37 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 grains | conj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 throw | mark |
| 39 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 one | acl |
| 40 | into | into | ADP | _ | 44 room | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 room | det |
| 42 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 room | compound |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 guard | punct |
| 44 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 throw | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 another | punct |
| 46 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 room | appos |
| 47 | into | into | ADP | _ | 51 chamber | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 princess | det |
| 49 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 chamber | nmod:poss |
| 50 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 49 princess | case |
| 51 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 another | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 third | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 third | cc |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 third | det |
| 55 | third | third | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obl |
| 56 | into | into | ADP | _ | 58 bed | case |
| 57 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 bed | nmod:poss |
| 58 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | prince | the castle | princess's bed | the third obl | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme castle=Source into bed=Destination | ||
| 2 | meet | past | prince | the fox | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | go along | past | the fox | the next kingdom | with prince; along property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | come | past | guards = guard | the castle; there | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near castle=Location | ||||
| 5 | give | past | prince not said here | three grains of gold | prince | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient grain=Theme | |||
| 6 | throw | to-infinitive | into the guard room result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into room=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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