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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1, sentence 52

Here, he thought to himself, he might as well go straight to the palace and offer his services to the King of the country, for he had heard that the King’s daughter was as beautiful as the day.

Who acts: Ferko, daughter · What happens: think, go, offer, hear, be, service · To what, where: Ferko, palace, services, King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ferko, daughter), 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

advmodpunctnsubjcaseoblpunctnsubjauxccfixedccompadvmodcasedetoblccconjnmod:possobjcasedetoblcasedetoblpunctcasensubjauxconjmarkdetnmod:posscasensubjcopadvmodadvclcasedetoblpunctrootHereADV,PUNCThePRONthoughtVERBtoADPhimselfPRON,PUNCThePRONmightAUXasADVwellADVgoVERBstraightADVtoADPtheDETpalaceNOUNandCCONJofferVERBhisPRONservicesNOUNtoADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPtheDETcountryNOUN,PUNCTforADPhePRONhadAUXheardVERBthatSCONJtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTdaughterNOUNwasAUXasADVbeautifulADJasADPtheDETdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerehereADVPronType=Dem4 thoughtadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Herepunct
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 thoughtnsubj
4thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5totoADP_6 himselfcase
6himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes4 thoughtobl
7,,PUNCT_12 gopunct
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 gonsubj
9mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin12 goaux
10asasADVExtPos=CCONJ12 gocc
11wellwellADVDegree=Pos10 asfixed
12gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf4 thoughtccomp
13straightstraightADV_16 palaceadvmod
14totoADP_16 palacecase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 palacedet
16palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing12 goobl
17andandCCONJ_18 offercc
18offerofferVERBVerbForm=Inf12 goconj
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 servicesnmod:poss
20servicesserviceNOUNNumber=Plur18 offerobj
21totoADP_23 Kingcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Kingdet
23KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing18 offerobl
24ofofADP_26 countrycase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 countrydet
26countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing18 offerobl
27,,PUNCT_31 heardpunct
28forforADP_31 heardcase
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 heardnsubj
30hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 heardaux
31heardhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part12 goconj
32thatthatSCONJ_39 beautifulmark
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 Kingdet
34KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing36 daughternmod:poss
35’s'sPART_34 Kingcase
36daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing39 beautifulnsubj
37wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 beautifulcop
38asasADV_39 beautifuladvmod
39beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos31 heardadvcl
40asasADP_42 daycase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 daydet
42daydayNOUNNumber=Sing39 beautifulobl
43..PUNCT_4 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastFerkoFerkoherevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2gomightFerkothe palacevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location
3offerinfinitiveFerko not said hereFerko's servicesthe Kingof the countryvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent service=Theme to king=Goal
4hearpast · perfectFerkovn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
5ispastthe King's daughterdaybeautiful propertytree rules
6serviceFerkonom service «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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