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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 121

The prince turned home again, and told the king and the queen what he had met at the cross-roads; but they thought that he should try again on the following day, and see whether he could not get past it, so that he might seek a bride in another kingdom.

Who acts: prince, cross-roads · What happens: turn, tell, meet, think, try, follow · To what, where: king, cross-roads, side, bride, kingdom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, cross-roads), 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

detnsubjadvmodadvmodpunctccconjdetobjccdetconjobjnsubjauxccompcasedetoblpunctccnsubjconjmarknsubjauxccompadvmodcasedetamodoblpunctccparataxismarknsubjauxadvmodccompcaseoblpunctmarkfixednsubjauxconjdetobjcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETprinceNOUNturnedVERBhomeADVagainADV,PUNCTandCCONJtoldVERBtheDETkingNOUNandCCONJtheDETqueenNOUNwhatPRONhePRONhadAUXmetVERBatADPtheDETcross-roadsNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtheyPRONthoughtVERBthatSCONJhePRONshouldAUXtryVERBagainADVonADPtheDETfollowingVERBdayNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJseeVERBwhetherSCONJhePRONcouldAUXnotPARTgetVERBpastADPitPRON,PUNCTsoSCONJthatSCONJhePRONmightAUXseekVERBaDETbrideNOUNinADPanotherDETkingdomNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 princedet
2princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing3 turnednsubj
3turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4homehomeADV_3 turnedadvmod
5againagainADV_3 turnedadvmod
6,,PUNCT_8 toldpunct
7andandCCONJ_8 toldcc
8toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 turnedconj
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 kingdet
10kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing8 toldobj
11andandCCONJ_13 queencc
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 queendet
13queenqueenNOUNNumber=Sing10 kingconj
14whatwhatPRONPronType=Int17 metobj
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 metnsubj
16hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 metaux
17metmeetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 toldccomp
18atatADP_20 cross-roadscase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 cross-roadsdet
20cross-roadscross-roadNOUNNumber=Plur17 metobl
21;;PUNCT_24 thoughtpunct
22butbutCCONJ_24 thoughtcc
23theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs24 thoughtnsubj
24thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 turnedconj
25thatthatSCONJ_28 trymark
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 trynsubj
27shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin28 tryaux
28trytryVERBVerbForm=Inf24 thoughtccomp
29againagainADV_28 tryadvmod
30ononADP_33 daycase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 daydet
32followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger33 dayamod
33daydayNOUNNumber=Sing28 tryobl
34,,PUNCT_36 seepunct
35andandCCONJ_36 seecc
36seeseeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin28 tryparataxis
37whetherwhetherSCONJ_41 getmark
38hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 getnsubj
39couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin41 getaux
40notnotPARTPolarity=Neg41 getadvmod
41getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf36 seeccomp
42pastpastADP_43 itcase
43ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 getobl
44,,PUNCT_49 seekpunct
45sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ49 seekmark
46thatthatSCONJ_45 sofixed
47hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 seeknsubj
48mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin49 seekaux
49seekseekVERBVerbForm=Inf41 getconj
50aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art51 bridedet
51bridebrideNOUNNumber=Sing49 seekobj
52ininADP_54 kingdomcase
53anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind54 kingdomdet
54kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing49 seekobl
55..PUNCT_3 turnedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turnpastthe princeagainhome propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2tell speech: assertpastthe prince not said herethe king and the queenvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
3meetpast · perfectprincethe cross-roadsvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Co-Agent
4think speech: otherpastcross-roads = cross-roadvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5tryshouldprinceagain; dayvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7seeinfinitivevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8not getcouldprincesidevn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past it=Destination
9seekmightprincea brideanother kingdomvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bride=Theme in kingdom=Location

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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