The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1, sentence 58

Then the King had Ferko brought before him, and said, ‘You are accused of being a magician who wishes to rob me of my daughter, and I condemn you to death; but if you can fulfil three tasks which I shall set you to do your life shall be spared, on condition you leave the country; but if you cannot perform what I demand you shall be hung on the nearest tree.’

Who acts: King, Ferko, magician, I, you · What happens: have, bring, say, accuse, be, wish · To what, where: You, me, three tasks, life, condition, country · 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 (King, Ferko, magician, I), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 had	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brought	nsubj
6	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	ccomp
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brought	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 accused	punct
13	‘	‘	SCONJ	_	16 accused	mark
14	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 accused	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 accused	aux:pass
16	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 said	ccomp
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 magician	case
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 magician	cop
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 magician	det
20	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 accused	obl
21	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 wishes	nsubj
22	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 magician	acl:relcl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 rob	mark
24	rob	rob	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 wishes	xcomp
25	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 rob	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 daughter	case
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 daughter	nmod:poss
28	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 rob	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 condemn	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 condemn	cc
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 condemn	nsubj
32	condemn	condemn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 accused	conj
33	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 condemn	obj
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 death	case
35	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 condemn	obl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 fulfil	punct
37	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 fulfil	cc
38	if	if	SCONJ	_	41 fulfil	mark
39	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	41 fulfil	nsubj
40	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 fulfil	aux
41	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	parataxis
42	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	43 tasks	nummod
43	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 fulfil	obj
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 set	obj
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 set	nsubj
46	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 set	aux
47	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 fulfil	conj
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	47 set	obj
49	to	to	PART	_	50 do	mark
50	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 set	xcomp
51	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 life	nmod:poss
52	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 spared	nsubj:pass
53	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 spared	aux
54	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	55 spared	aux:pass
55	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 do	ccomp
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 condition	punct
57	on	on	ADP	_	58 condition	case
58	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 spared	obl
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 leave	nsubj
60	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 condition	acl:relcl
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 country	det
62	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 leave	obj
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 perform	punct
64	but	but	CCONJ	_	69 perform	cc
65	if	if	SCONJ	_	69 perform	mark
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 perform	nsubj
67	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	69 perform	aux
68	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	69 perform	advmod
69	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 fulfil	conj
70	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	69 perform	obj
71	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	72 demand	nsubj
72	demand	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 what	acl:relcl
73	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	76 hung	nsubj
74	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	76 hung	aux
75	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	76 hung	aux:pass
76	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	72 demand	ccomp
77	on	on	ADP	_	80 tree	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 tree	det
79	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	80 tree	amod
80	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 hung	obl
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 fulfil	punct
82	’	'	PUNCT	_	41 fulfil	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the King			then		tree rules
2	bring	past	Ferko			before King		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before he=Destination
3	say speech: assert	past	the King not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	accuse	present · passive		You				vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme
5	is	gerund					of a magician	tree rules
6	wish	present	a magician					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	rob not said to happen	to-infinitive	a magician not said here	me			of my daughter	vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent i=Theme of daughter=Source
8	condemn	present	I	you			to death	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
9	fulfil a condition, not said to happen	can	you	three tasks				tree rules
10	set	shall	I	you				tree rules
11	do	to-infinitive	I not said here					tree rules
12	spare	shall · passive		your life	condition			vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset
13	leave	present	you	the country				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme
14	not perform a condition, not said to happen	can	you					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
15	demand speech: request	present	I					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
16	hang	shall · passive		you	the nearest tree			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on tree=Destination

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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