The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 65

But when he went to look at the princess, she was such a figure that he agreed that it would be unfitting for her position to be seen in such a gown, and he ordered the ceremony and the banquet to be postponed for a few hours, so that the tailors might take the dress to pieces and make it fit.

Who acts: king, daughter, dress, tailors · What happens: go, look, be, agree, unfit, see · To what, where: figure, gown, ceremony, dress, pieces

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, daughter, dress, tailors), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 went	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 went	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 look	mark
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 went	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 figure	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 figure	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 figure	cop
13	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	15 figure	det:predet
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 figure	det
15	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 agreed	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 agreed	nsubj
18	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 figure	advcl
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 unfitting	mark
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 unfitting	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 unfitting	aux
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 unfitting	aux
23	unfitting	unfit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 agreed	advcl
24	for	for	ADP	_	26 position	case
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 position	nmod:poss
26	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 unfitting	obl
27	to	to	PART	_	29 seen	mark
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 seen	aux:pass
29	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 position	acl
30	in	in	ADP	_	33 gown	case
31	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	33 gown	det:predet
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 gown	det
33	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 seen	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 ordered	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 ordered	cc
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 ordered	nsubj
37	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	parataxis
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 ceremony	det
39	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 ordered	obj
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 banquet	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 banquet	det
42	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 ceremony	conj
43	to	to	PART	_	45 postponed	mark
44	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	45 postponed	aux:pass
45	postponed	postpone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 banquet	acl
46	for	for	ADP	_	49 hours	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 hours	det
48	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 hours	amod
49	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 postponed	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 take	punct
51	so	so	SCONJ	_	56 take	mark
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	56 take	mark
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 tailors	det
54	tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 take	nsubj
55	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 take	aux
56	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 ordered	parataxis
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 dress	det
58	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 take	obj
59	to	to	ADP	_	60 pieces	case
60	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 take	obl
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 make	cc
62	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 take	conj
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 make	obj
64	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 make	xcomp
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	king					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	to-infinitive	king not said here				at the princess	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at princess=Theme
3	is a	past	daughter	such figure				tree rules
4	agree speech: agree	past	king					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	unfit	would · progressive	dress				for daughter's position	tree rules
6	see	to-infinitive · passive	dress not said here		such gown			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»
7	order	past	king	the ceremony and the banquet				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme
8	postpone	to-infinitive · passive	king not said here			hour		vn delay-53.3-1 «NP V S_ING»
9	take	might	the tailors	the dress	pieces			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dress=Theme to piece=Destination
10	make	present	the tailors not said here	dress				tree rules
11	fit	infinitive	dress not said here					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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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