The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4, sentence 27
At these words the unhappy Prince found himself tied to a rock; but he was not alone in his misfortunes, for all round him were chained Princes and Princesses, whom the giant had led captive.
Who acts: unhappy Prince, Prince · What happens: find, tie, not be, chain, lead · To what, where: Prince, words, misfortunes, giant
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (unhappy Prince, Prince), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 words | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 words | det |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 found | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prince | det |
| 5 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Prince | amod |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 found | nsubj |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 found | obj |
| 9 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 found | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 rock | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 rock | det |
| 12 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tied | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 alone | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 alone | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 alone | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 alone | cop |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 alone | advmod |
| 18 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 found | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 misfortunes | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 misfortunes | nmod:poss |
| 21 | misfortunes | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 alone | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Princes | punct |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 Princes | case |
| 24 | all | all | ADV | _ | 28 chained | advmod |
| 25 | round | round | ADP | _ | 28 chained | mark |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 chained | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 chained | aux:pass |
| 28 | chained | chain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 Princes | amod |
| 29 | Princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 found | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 Princesses | cc |
| 31 | Princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 Princes | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 led | punct |
| 33 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 led | obl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 giant | det |
| 35 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 led | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 led | aux |
| 37 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 Princes | acl |
| 38 | captive | captive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 led | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | the unhappy Prince | Prince | this words | for chained Princes and Princesses | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | ||
| 2 | tie | participle | Prince not said here | to a rock | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to rock=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | not is | past | Prince | Prince's misfortunes | alone property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | chain | past · passive | Prince | all property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | lead | past · perfect · passive | the giant | chained Princes and Princesses obl | tree rules |
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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