The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 28, sentence 1
The youth and his sweetheart entered the castle, which was now theirs, and held their wedding; and all the kings roundabout, who had been in the troll’s debt, and were now out of it, came to the wedding, and saluted the youth as their emperor, and he ruled over them all, and kept peace between them, and lived in his castle with his beautiful empress in great joy and magnificence.
Who acts: youth, castle, kings roundabout, wedding, he · What happens: enter, be, hold, come, salute, rule · To what, where: castle, theirs, wedding, debt, youth, peace
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youth, castle, kings roundabout, wedding), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 youth | det |
| 2 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 entered | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sweetheart | cc |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sweetheart | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sweetheart | sweetheart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 youth | conj |
| 6 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 castle | det |
| 8 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 entered | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 theirs | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 theirs | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 theirs | cop |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 theirs | advmod |
| 13 | theirs | their | PRON | Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 castle | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 held | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 held | cc |
| 16 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 entered | conj |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 18 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 held | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 roundabout | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 roundabout | cc |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 roundabout | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 roundabout | det |
| 23 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 roundabout | compound |
| 24 | roundabout | roundabout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 entered | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 debt | punct |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 debt | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 debt | aux |
| 28 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 debt | cop |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 debt | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 troll | det |
| 31 | troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 debt | nmod:poss |
| 32 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 31 troll | case |
| 33 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 roundabout | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 came | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 came | cc |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 it | cop |
| 37 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 it | advmod |
| 38 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 it | case |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 it | case |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 came | nsubj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 it | punct |
| 42 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 entered | parataxis |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 wedding | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 wedding | det |
| 45 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 came | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 saluted | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 saluted | cc |
| 48 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 came | conj |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 youth | det |
| 50 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 saluted | obj |
| 51 | as | as | ADP | _ | 53 emperor | case |
| 52 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 emperor | nmod:poss |
| 53 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 saluted | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 ruled | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 ruled | cc |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 ruled | nsubj |
| 57 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 saluted | parataxis |
| 58 | over | over | ADP | _ | 59 them | case |
| 59 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 ruled | obj |
| 60 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 59 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 kept | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 kept | cc |
| 63 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 ruled | conj |
| 64 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 kept | xcomp |
| 65 | between | between | ADP | _ | 66 them | case |
| 66 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 peace | nmod |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 lived | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 lived | cc |
| 69 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 entered | conj |
| 70 | in | in | ADP | _ | 72 castle | case |
| 71 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 castle | nmod:poss |
| 72 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 lived | obl |
| 73 | with | with | ADP | _ | 76 empress | case |
| 74 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 empress | nmod:poss |
| 75 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 empress | amod |
| 76 | empress | empress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 castle | nmod |
| 77 | in | in | ADP | _ | 79 joy | case |
| 78 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 joy | amod |
| 79 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 empress | nmod |
| 80 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 81 magnificence | cc |
| 81 | magnificence | magnificence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 joy | conj |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 entered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | the youth and his sweetheart | the castle | all kings roundabout and the troll's debt obl | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Destination | |||
| 2 | is a | past | the castle | theirs = they | now | tree rules | |||
| 3 | hold | past | the youth and his sweetheart not said here | youth's wedding | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past · perfect | all kings roundabout and the troll's debt | the troll's debt | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | past | wedding | now | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | come | past | wedding | the wedding | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wedding=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | salute | past | wedding not said here | the youth | as youth's emperor | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent youth=Theme as emperor=Attribute | |||
| 8 | rule | past | he | youth | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 9 | keep | participle | he not said here | peace between youth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | live | past | the youth and his sweetheart not said here | his castle with his beautiful empress in great joy and magnificence | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | ||||
| 11 | wed | youth | nom wedding «event 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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