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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 45

Now it happened that an enemy declared war against the young king; and, as he foresaw that it would be three years at the least before he could return to his country and his queen, he ordered all his servants who remained at home to guard her most carefully.

Who acts: it, enemy, king, servants · What happens: happen, declare, foresee, be, return, order · To what, where: war, least, three years, servants, home, country

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, enemy, king, servants), 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

advmodnsubjmarkdetnsubjadvclobjcasedetamodnmodpunctccpunctmarknsubjconjmarknsubjauxcopnummodadvclcasedetoblmarknsubjauxadvclcasenmod:possoblccnmod:possconjpunctnsubjparataxisdet:predetnmod:possobjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblmarkadvclobjadvmodadvmodpunctrootNowADVitPRONhappenedVERBthatSCONJanDETenemyNOUNdeclaredVERBwarNOUNagainstADPtheDETyoungADJkingNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONforesawVERBthatSCONJitPRONwouldAUXbeAUXthreeNUMyearsNOUNatADPtheDETleastADJbeforeSCONJhePRONcouldAUXreturnVERBtoADPhisPRONcountryNOUNandCCONJhisPRONqueenNOUN,PUNCThePRONorderedVERBallDEThisPRONservantsNOUNwhoPRONremainedVERBatADPhomeNOUNtoPARTguardVERBherPRONmostADVcarefullyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem3 happenedadvmod
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 happenednsubj
3happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_7 declaredmark
5anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 enemydet
6enemyenemyNOUNNumber=Sing7 declarednsubj
7declareddeclareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 happenedadvcl
8warwarNOUNNumber=Sing7 declaredobj
9againstagainstADP_12 kingcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 kingdet
11youngyoungADJDegree=Pos12 kingamod
12kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing8 warnmod
13;;PUNCT_18 foresawpunct
14andandCCONJ_18 foresawcc
15,,PUNCT_14 andpunct
16asasSCONJ_18 foresawmark
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 foresawnsubj
18foresawforeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 happenedconj
19thatthatSCONJ_24 yearsmark
20ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 yearsnsubj
21wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin24 yearsaux
22bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf24 yearscop
23threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card24 yearsnummod
24yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur18 foresawadvcl
25atatADP_27 leastcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 leastdet
27leastleastADJDegree=Sup18 foresawobl
28beforebeforeSCONJ_31 returnmark
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 returnnsubj
30couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin31 returnaux
31returnreturnVERBVerbForm=Inf18 foresawadvcl
32totoADP_34 countrycase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 countrynmod:poss
34countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing31 returnobl
35andandCCONJ_37 queencc
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 queennmod:poss
37queenqueenNOUNNumber=Sing34 countryconj
38,,PUNCT_40 orderedpunct
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 orderednsubj
40orderedorderVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 happenedparataxis
41allallDETPronType=Tot43 servantsdet:predet
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 servantsnmod:poss
43servantsservantNOUNNumber=Plur40 orderedobj
44whowhoPRONPronType=Rel45 remainednsubj
45remainedremainVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 servantsacl:relcl
46atatADP_47 homecase
47homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing45 remainedobl
48totoPART_49 guardmark
49guardguardVERBVerbForm=Inf45 remainedadvcl
50hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 guardobj
51mostmostADVDegree=Sup52 carefullyadvmod
52carefullycarefullyADV_49 guardadvmod
53..PUNCT_3 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastitnowvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2declare speech: otherpasta enemywaragainst the young kingvn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute
3foreseepastkingthe leastvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4is awouldenemythree yearstree rules
5returncouldkingto king's country and king's queen resultvn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result
6orderpastkingking's servantsvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
7remainpastking's servantshomevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location
8guardto-infinitiveking's servants not said herecountrycarefully propertyvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

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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