The Yellow Fairy Book, In the Land of Souls (21), sentence 39

And gladly would these two have walked thus for ever, but in the murmur of the wind he heard the Master of Life saying to him, ‘Return whither you came, for I have work for you to do, and your people need you, and for many years you shall rule over them.

Who acts: two, thought, you, I, people · What happens: walk, hear, say, return, come, have · To what, where: Master, murmur, thought, work, you, wind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, In the Land of Souls (21). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two, thought, you, 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
2	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	7 walked	advmod
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 walked	aux
4	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 two	det
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 walked	nsubj
6	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 walked	aux
7	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	thus	thus	ADV	_	7 walked	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 walked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 heard	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 heard	cc
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 murmur	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 murmur	det
15	murmur	murmur	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 heard	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 wind	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wind	det
18	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 murmur	nmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 heard	nsubj
20	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 walked	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Master	det
22	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 heard	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Life	case
24	Life	Life	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Master	nmod
25	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 heard	advcl
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 him	case
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 saying	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Return	punct
29	‘	'	PUNCT	_	30 Return	punct
30	Return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 saying	ccomp
31	whither	whither	ADV	PronType=Int	33 came	advmod
32	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 came	nsubj
33	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 Return	advcl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 have	punct
35	for	for	SCONJ	_	37 have	mark
36	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 have	nsubj
37	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 Return	conj
38	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 have	obj
39	for	for	SCONJ	_	42 do	mark
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	42 do	nsubj
41	to	to	PART	_	42 do	mark
42	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 work	acl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 need	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 need	cc
45	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 people	nmod:poss
46	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 need	nsubj
47	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 heard	parataxis
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	47 need	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 rule	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 rule	cc
51	for	for	ADP	_	53 years	case
52	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 years	amod
53	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 rule	obl
54	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 rule	nsubj
55	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 rule	aux
56	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 need	conj
57	over	over	ADP	_	58 them	case
58	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 rule	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 walked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	would · perfect	this two					gladly, thus property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	past	thought	the Master of Life		the murmur of the wind			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer master=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	gerund	thought not said here		thought				vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic
4	return	infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	come	past	you					whither property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	have	present	I	work					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient
7	do	to-infinitive	you	work not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	need	present	your people	you					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme
9	rule	shall	you				year	over people	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	murmur			the wind					nom murmur «event 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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