The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 2, sentence 30
He determined to go and see them, and to find out the truth for himself; so one night, without saying anything to the Queen or his ministers, he set out for the palace where the two ladies lived, attended only by a small band of followers.
Who acts: King, two ladies · What happens: determine, go, see, find out, say, set out · To what, where: inquiries, truth, anything, Queen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass Mountain(16), 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 (King, two ladies), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 determined | nsubj |
| 2 | determined | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 determined | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 see | cc |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 see | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 find | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 find | cc |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 find | mark |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 find | compound:prt |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 truth | det |
| 14 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 find | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 himself | case |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 truth | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 night | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 night | advmod |
| 19 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 night | nummod |
| 20 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 determined | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 saying | punct |
| 22 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 23 saying | mark |
| 23 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 determined | advcl |
| 24 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 23 saying | obj |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 Queen | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Queen | det |
| 27 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 anything | nmod |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 30 ministers | cc |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 ministers | nmod:poss |
| 30 | ministers | minister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 anything | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 set | punct |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 set | nsubj |
| 33 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 determined | parataxis |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 33 set | compound:prt |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 palace | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 palace | det |
| 37 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 set | obl |
| 38 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 42 lived | advmod |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 ladies | det |
| 40 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 ladies | nummod |
| 41 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 lived | nsubj |
| 42 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 palace | acl:relcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 attended | punct |
| 44 | attended | attend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 set | conj |
| 45 | only | only | ADV | _ | 49 band | advmod |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 49 band | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 band | det |
| 48 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 band | amod |
| 49 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 attended | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 followers | case |
| 51 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 band | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 determined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | past | King | night | vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | King not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see | infinitive | King not said here | inquiries = inquiry | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | find out | to-infinitive | King not said here | the truth | for King | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | King not said here | anything | the Queen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to queen=Recipient | |||
| 6 | set out | past | King | for the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | live | past | the two ladies | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | attend | participle | King not said here | by a small band of followers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by band=Theme |
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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