The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 75
The young man was led into the presence of the Iron King, who was seated on a black throne in a hall also hung with black, as a token of mourning for all the relations whom he had put to death.
What happens: lead, seat, hang, put · To what, where: young man, presence, black throne, relations
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: 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 | 3 man | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 led | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 led | aux:pass |
| 5 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 presence | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 presence | det |
| 8 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 led | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 King | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 11 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 King | compound |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 presence | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 seated | punct |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 seated | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 seated | aux:pass |
| 16 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 presence | acl:relcl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 throne | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 throne | det |
| 19 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 throne | amod |
| 20 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seated | obl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 hall | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 hall | det |
| 23 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 throne | nmod |
| 24 | also | also | ADV | _ | 25 hung | advmod |
| 25 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 seated | advcl |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 black | case |
| 27 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 hung | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 token | punct |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 31 token | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 token | det |
| 31 | token | token | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 hung | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 mourning | case |
| 33 | mourning | mourning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 token | nmod |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 relations | case |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 relations | det:predet |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 relations | det |
| 37 | relations | relation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 mourning | nmod |
| 38 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 put | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 put | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 put | aux |
| 41 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 relations | acl:relcl |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 death | case |
| 43 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 put | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past · passive | the young man | the presence of the Iron King | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into presence=Destination | ||||
| 2 | seat | past · passive | the presence of the Iron King | a black throne in a hall | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | ||||
| 3 | hang | past | with black; as a token of mourning for all relations | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | put | past · perfect · passive | all relations | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
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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