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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 2, sentence 85

They flung themselves on the Prince, seized him, and dragged him before their lord; but, luckily for the Prince, who could only find very lame excuses for his conduct, the lord of the castle took a fancy to his face, and let him depart without further questions.

Who acts: people, Prince, lame excuses, Saphir · What happens: fling, seize, drag, find, take, let · To what, where: people, Saphir, fancy, face · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Donkey Cabbage, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, Prince, lame excuses, Saphir), 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

nsubjobjcasedetoblpunctparataxisobjpunctccconjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccpunctadvmodcasedetparataxispunctnsubjauxadvmodparataxisadvmodamodnsubjcasenmod:possnmodpunctdetnsubjcasedetnmodccompdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjobjxcompcaseamodoblpunctrootTheyPRONflungVERBthemselvesPRONonADPtheDETPrincePROPN,PUNCTseizedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJdraggedVERBhimPRONbeforeADPtheirPRONlordNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTluckilyADVforADPtheDETPrincePROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONcouldAUXonlyADVfindVERBveryADVlameADJexcusesNOUNforADPhisPRONconductNOUN,PUNCTtheDETlordNOUNofADPtheDETcastleNOUNtookVERBaDETfancyNOUNtoADPhisPRONfaceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJletVERBhimPRONdepartVERBwithoutADPfurtherADJquestionsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 flungnsubj
2flungflingVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes2 flungobj
4ononADP_6 Princecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Princedet
6PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing2 flungobl
7,,PUNCT_8 seizedpunct
8seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 flungparataxis
9himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 seizedobj
10,,PUNCT_12 draggedpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 draggedcc
12draggeddragVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 seizedconj
13himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 draggedobj
14beforebeforeADP_16 lordcase
15theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 lordnmod:poss
16lordlordNOUNNumber=Sing12 draggedobl
17;;PUNCT_23 Princepunct
18butbutCCONJ_23 Princecc
19,,PUNCT_23 Princepunct
20luckilyluckilyADV_23 Princeadvmod
21forforADP_23 Princecase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Princedet
23PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing2 flungparataxis
24,,PUNCT_28 findpunct
25whowhoPRONPronType=Rel28 findnsubj
26couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin28 findaux
27onlyonlyADV_28 findadvmod
28findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf23 Princeparataxis
29veryveryADV_30 lameadvmod
30lamelameADJDegree=Pos31 excusesamod
31excusesexcuseNOUNNumber=Plur41 tooknsubj
32forforADP_34 conductcase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 conductnmod:poss
34conductconductNOUNNumber=Sing31 excusesnmod
35,,PUNCT_37 lordpunct
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 lorddet
37lordlordNOUNNumber=Sing41 tooknsubj
38ofofADP_40 castlecase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 castledet
40castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing37 lordnmod
41tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 findccomp
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 fancydet
43fancyfancyNOUNNumber=Sing41 tookobj
44totoADP_46 facecase
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 facenmod:poss
46facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing41 tookobl
47,,PUNCT_49 letpunct
48andandCCONJ_49 letcc
49letletVERBVerbForm=Inf28 findconj
50himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 letobj
51departdepartVERBVerbForm=Inf49 letxcomp
52withoutwithoutADP_54 questionscase
53furtherfurtherADJDegree=Pos54 questionsamod
54questionsquestionNOUNNumber=Plur51 departobl
55..PUNCT_2 flungpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flingpastpeoplepeopleon the Princevn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme on prince=Destination
2seizepastSaphirvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3dragpastSaphirbefore people's lordvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4findcouldthe Princevn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5takepastlame excuses for Saphir's conducta fancySaphir's facevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fancy=Theme to face=Destination
6letinfinitivethe Prince not said hereSaphirtree rules
7departinfinitiveSaphir not said herewithout further questionsvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8conductSaphirnom conduct «act transitive»: 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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