The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 6

When the king’s trusted retainer saw his master’s deep sorrow he confessed to him that he had spared the lives of the queen and the princes, and had only burned a sheep and two lambs, and had kept the queen and her children hidden in the palace for three years, but had sent her out into the wild forest just when the king was expected home.

Who acts: trusted retainer, king, master · What happens: trust, see, confess, spare, burn, keep · To what, where: deep sorrow, treachery, lives, sheep, queen, children

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trusted retainer, king, master), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 saw	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retainer	nmod:poss
4	’s	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 retainer	amod
6	retainer	retainer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 confessed	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 master	nmod:poss
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sorrow	nmod:poss
10	’s	's	PART	_	9 master	case
11	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sorrow	amod
12	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 confessed	nsubj
14	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 confessed	obl
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 spared	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 spared	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 spared	aux
20	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 confessed	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lives	det
22	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 spared	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 queen	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 queen	det
25	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 lives	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 princes	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 princes	det
28	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 lives	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 burned	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 burned	cc
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 burned	aux
32	only	only	ADV	_	33 burned	advmod
33	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 confessed	parataxis
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 sheep	det
35	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 burned	obj
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 lambs	cc
37	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 lambs	nummod
38	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 burned	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 kept	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 kept	cc
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 kept	aux
42	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 confessed	parataxis
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 queen	det
44	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 kept	obj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 children	cc
46	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 children	nmod:poss
47	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 queen	conj
48	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 children	acl
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 palace	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 palace	det
51	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 hidden	obl
52	for	for	ADP	_	54 years	case
53	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	54 years	nummod
54	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 hidden	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 sent	punct
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 sent	cc
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 sent	aux
58	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 confessed	conj
59	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 sent	obj
60	out	out	ADP	_	58 sent	compound:prt
61	into	into	ADP	_	64 forest	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 forest	det
63	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 forest	amod
64	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 sent	obl
65	just	just	ADV	_	70 expected	advmod
66	when	when	SCONJ	_	70 expected	mark
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 king	det
68	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 expected	nsubj:pass
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 expected	aux:pass
70	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 sent	advcl
71	home	home	ADV	_	70 expected	advmod
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 confessed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	the king's trusted retainer	king's master's deep sorrow					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sorrow=Stimulus
3	confess	past	king		treachery				vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
4	spare	past · perfect	king	the lives of the queen and the princes					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset
5	burn	past · perfect		a sheep					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
6	keep	past · perfect		the queen and retainer's children					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme
7	hide	participle		retainer's children not said here		the palace	year		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location
8	send out	past · perfect	king not said here	retainer		the wild forest			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
9	expect	past · passive		the king				home property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
10	sorrow		king's master						nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: 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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