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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 72

Before the king set out afresh on his travels Aveline had restored to him his horse and his sword, and though these were but small consolation for the absence of the princess, they were better than nothing, for he felt that somehow they might be the means of leading him back to her.

Who acts: Aveline, these, sword, king · What happens: set out, travel, restore, be, feel, lead back · To what, where: horse, king, small consolation, Aveline, princess

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Aveline, these, sword, king), 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

casedetnsubjamodcompound:prtoblmarknmod:possnsubjauxccompcaseoblnmod:possobjccnmod:possconjpunctccmarknsubjcopccamodadvclcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctnsubjcopparataxiscaseoblpunctmarknsubjconjmarkadvmodnsubjauxcopnsubjccompmarkadvclobjadvmodcaseoblpunctrootBeforeADPtheDETkingNOUNsetVERBoutADPafreshNOUNonSCONJhisPRONtravelsVERBAvelinePROPNhadAUXrestoredVERBtoADPhimPRONhisPRONhorseNOUNandCCONJhisPRONswordNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthoughSCONJthesePRONwereAUXbutCCONJsmallADJconsolationNOUNforADPtheDETabsenceNOUNofADPtheDETprincessNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONwereAUXbetterADJthanADPnothingPRON,PUNCTforSCONJhePRONfeltVERBthatSCONJsomehowADVtheyPRONmightAUXbeAUXtheDETmeansVERBofSCONJleadingVERBhimPRONbackADVtoADPherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeforebeforeADP_6 afreshcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 kingdet
3kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing6 afreshnsubj
4setsetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 afreshamod
5outoutADP_4 setcompound:prt
6afreshafreshNOUNNumber=Sing9 travelsobl
7ononSCONJ_9 travelsmark
8hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 travelsnmod:poss
9travelstravelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
10AvelineAvelinePROPNNumber=Sing12 restorednsubj
11hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 restoredaux
12restoredrestoreVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part9 travelsccomp
13totoADP_14 himcase
14himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 restoredobl
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 horsenmod:poss
16horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing12 restoredobj
17andandCCONJ_19 swordcc
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 swordnmod:poss
19swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing16 horseconj
20,,PUNCT_37 betterpunct
21andandCCONJ_37 bettercc
22thoughthoughSCONJ_27 consolationmark
23thesethisPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem27 consolationnsubj
24werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 consolationcop
25butbutCCONJ_27 consolationcc
26smallsmallADJDegree=Pos27 consolationamod
27consolationconsolationNOUNNumber=Sing37 betteradvcl
28forforADP_30 absencecase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 absencedet
30absenceabsenceNOUNNumber=Sing27 consolationnmod
31ofofADP_33 princesscase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 princessdet
33princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing30 absencenmod
34,,PUNCT_27 consolationpunct
35theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs37 betternsubj
36werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 bettercop
37bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp9 travelsparataxis
38thanthanADP_39 nothingcase
39nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg37 betterobl
40,,PUNCT_43 feltpunct
41forforSCONJ_43 feltmark
42hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 feltnsubj
43feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 travelsconj
44thatthatSCONJ_50 meansmark
45somehowsomehowADV_50 meansadvmod
46theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs50 meansnsubj
47mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin50 meansaux
48bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf50 meanscop
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 meansnsubj
50meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin43 feltccomp
51ofofSCONJ_52 leadingmark
52leadingleadVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part50 meansadvcl
53himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 leadingobj
54backbackADV_52 leadingadvmod
55totoADP_56 hercase
56hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 leadingobl
57..PUNCT_9 travelspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1set outparticiplevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2travelpresentbefore set afreshtree rules
3restorepast · perfectAvelineking's horse and king's swordkingvn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to he=Recipient
4is apastthesesmall consolationfor the absence of the princesstree rules
5ispastswordthan nothing; good propertytree rules
6feelpastkingvn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7ismightswordmean, somehow propertytree rules
8lead backgerundsword not said herekingAvelinevn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to she=Destination
9absentthe princessnom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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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