The Yellow Fairy Book, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2, sentence 33

After due consideration she informed the Prince that the object of his search was not far distant, but that it was too difficult for him to attempt to enter the enchanted palace where she was, as the King his father had surrounded it with a thick cloud, and that the only expedient she could think of would be to gain possession of the Princess’s parrot.

Who acts: Fairy, object, King, thick cloud, only expedient · What happens: inform, not be, be, attempt, enter, enchant · To what, where: Prince, enchanted palace, King, only expedient, parrot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, 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 (Fairy, object, King, thick cloud), 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	After	after	ADP	_	3 consideration	case
2	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consideration	amod
3	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 informed	obl
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 informed	nsubj
5	informed	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 informed	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 distant	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 object	det
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 distant	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 search	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 search	nmod:poss
13	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 object	nmod
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 distant	cop
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 distant	advmod
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 distant	advmod
17	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 informed	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 difficult	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 difficult	cc
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 difficult	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 difficult	expl
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 difficult	cop
23	too	too	ADV	_	24 difficult	advmod
24	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 informed	conj
25	for	for	SCONJ	_	28 attempt	mark
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 attempt	nsubj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 attempt	mark
28	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 difficult	ccomp
29	to	to	PART	_	30 enter	mark
30	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 attempt	xcomp
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 palace	det
32	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 palace	amod
33	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 enter	obj
34	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	36 was	advmod
35	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 was	nsubj
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 palace	acl:relcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 surrounded	punct
38	as	as	SCONJ	_	44 surrounded	mark
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 King	det
40	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 surrounded	nsubj:pass
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 father	nmod:poss
42	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 surrounded	nsubj:pass
43	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 surrounded	aux
44	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 attempt	advcl
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 surrounded	obj
46	with	with	ADP	_	49 cloud	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 cloud	det
48	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 cloud	amod
49	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 surrounded	obl:agent
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 gain	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 gain	cc
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	63 gain	mark
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 expedient	det
54	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 expedient	amod
55	expedient	expedient	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 gain	nsubj
56	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 think	nsubj
57	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 think	aux
58	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 expedient	acl:relcl
59	of	of	ADP	_	58 think	obl
60	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 gain	aux
61	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 gain	cop
62	to	to	PART	_	63 gain	mark
63	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 informed	ccomp
64	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 gain	obj
65	of	of	ADP	_	69 parrot	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 Princess	det
67	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 parrot	nmod:poss
68	’s	's	PART	_	67 Princess	case
69	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 possession	nmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 informed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	past	Fairy	the Prince	after due consideration		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not is	past	the object of King's search			distant, far property	tree rules
3	is	past	Fairy not said here			difficult property	tree rules
4	attempt	to-infinitive	King				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	enter not said to happen	to-infinitive	King not said here	the enchanted palace			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination
6	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	surround	past · perfect · passive	a thick cloud	the King			tree rules
8	think speech: other	could	Fairy	the only expedient not said here			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot expedient=Theme
9	is	would	the only expedient			gain property	tree rules
10	search		King				nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent
11	possess			the Princess's parrot			nom possession «act 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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