The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1, sentence 85

The King, although he had been surprised and astonished at the way his commands had been carried out, was very vexed that the stranger should escape with his life, and turning to the two brothers he said, ‘He has certainly accomplished the first task, with the aid no doubt of his diabolical magic; but what shall we give him to do now?

Who acts: King, way, stranger, we · What happens: surprise, astonish, carry out, vex, escape, turn · To what, where: King, way, commands, first task, diabolical magic · 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, way, stranger, we), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 vexed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 surprised	punct
4	although	although	SCONJ	_	8 surprised	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 surprised	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 surprised	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 surprised	aux:pass
8	surprised	surprise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 King	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 astonished	cc
10	astonished	astonish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 surprised	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 way	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 astonished	obl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 commands	nmod:poss
15	commands	command	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 carried	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 carried	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 carried	aux:pass
18	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 way	acl:relcl
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 carried	compound:prt
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 King	punct
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 vexed	aux:pass
22	very	very	ADV	_	23 vexed	advmod
23	vexed	vex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 escape	mark
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 stranger	det
26	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 escape	nsubj
27	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 escape	aux
28	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 vexed	advcl
29	with	with	ADP	_	31 life	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 life	nmod:poss
31	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 escape	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 said	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 said	cc
34	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 said	csubj
35	to	to	ADP	_	38 brothers	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 brothers	det
37	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 brothers	nummod
38	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 turning	obl
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 said	nsubj
40	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 vexed	parataxis
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 accomplished	punct
42	‘	'	PUNCT	_	46 accomplished	punct
43	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 accomplished	nsubj
44	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 accomplished	aux
45	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	46 accomplished	advmod
46	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	40 said	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 task	det
48	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	49 task	amod
49	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 accomplished	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 aid	punct
51	with	with	ADP	_	53 aid	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 aid	det
53	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 accomplished	obl
54	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	55 doubt	det
55	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 aid	appos
56	of	of	ADP	_	59 magic	case
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 magic	nmod:poss
58	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 magic	amod
59	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 doubt	nmod
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	65 give	punct
61	but	but	CCONJ	_	65 give	cc
62	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	65 give	obj
63	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 give	aux
64	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 give	nsubj
65	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 vexed	conj
66	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 give	iobj
67	to	to	PART	_	68 do	mark
68	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 give	xcomp
69	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	68 do	advmod
70	?	?	PUNCT	_	23 vexed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	past · perfect · passive	the King not said here	King					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	astonish	participle	the King not said here			the way			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	carry out	past · perfect · passive	the way not said here	King's commands					vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	vex	past · passive		the King					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
5	escape	should	the stranger					with King's life	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	turn	gerund						to the two brothers result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to brother=Result
7	say speech: assert	past	stranger						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
8	accomplish	present · perfect	stranger	the first task				with the aid; certainly property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality
9	give	shall	we		King				tree rules
10	do	to-infinitive	we not said here				now		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	command		King						nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent
12	doubt			King's diabolical magic					nom doubt «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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