The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 165

On and on they travelled, looking always to right and left for traces of the Princess, following up every track, making inquiries of every cat and dog they met, listening to the talk of every wayfarer they passed; and at last they heard that the kingdom at the utmost ends of the earth where the twelve youths had borne the Princess was not very far off.

Who acts: rolls, Princess, wayfarer · What happens: travel, look, leave, follow up, make, meet · To what, where: track, inquiries, cat, wayfarer, kingdom, last

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rolls, Princess, wayfarer), 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	On	on	ADP	_	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	1 On	cc
3	on	on	SCONJ	_	5 travelled	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 travelled	nsubj
5	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 and	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 looking	punct
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 travelled	advcl
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 right	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	8 always	fixed
10	right	right	ADV	_	7 looking	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 left	cc
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 looking	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 traces	case
14	traces	trace	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 left	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Princess	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Princess	det
17	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 traces	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 following	punct
19	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 looking	conj
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 following	compound:prt
21	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 track	det
22	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 following	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 making	punct
24	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 looking	conj
25	inquiries	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 making	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 cat	case
27	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	28 cat	det
28	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 inquiries	nmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 dog	cc
30	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 cat	conj
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 met	nsubj
32	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 cat	acl:relcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 listening	punct
34	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 making	conj
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 talk	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 talk	det
37	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 listening	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 wayfarer	case
39	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	40 wayfarer	det
40	wayfarer	wayfarer	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 talk	nmod
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 passed	nsubj
42	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 wayfarer	acl:relcl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 heard	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 heard	cc
45	at	at	ADP	_	46 last	case
46	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 heard	obl
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 heard	nsubj
48	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 travelled	conj
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 kingdom	mark
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 kingdom	det
51	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 heard	obj
52	at	at	ADP	_	55 ends	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 ends	det
54	utmost	utmost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 ends	amod
55	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 heard	obl
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 earth	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 earth	det
58	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 ends	nmod
59	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	64 borne	advmod
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 youths	det
61	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	62 youths	nummod
62	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 borne	nsubj:pass
63	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 borne	aux
64	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 earth	acl:relcl
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 Princess	det
66	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 off	nsubj
67	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 off	cop
68	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	71 off	advmod
69	very	very	ADV	_	70 far	advmod
70	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	71 off	advmod
71	off	off	ADV	_	64 borne	parataxis
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 On	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	rolls = roll					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	gerund	rolls = roll not said here				right property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	leave	participle	rolls = roll not said here				for traces of the Princess	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for trace=Recipient
4	follow up	gerund	rolls = roll not said here	every track				tree rules
5	make	gerund	rolls = roll not said here	inquiries of every cat and dog				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inquiry=Product
6	meet	past	rolls = roll	every cat and dog not said here				vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Co-Agent
7	listen	gerund	rolls = roll not said here				to the talk of every wayfarer	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to talk=Theme
8	pass	past	rolls = roll	every wayfarer not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wayfarer=Trajectory
9	hear	past	rolls = roll	the kingdom	last	at the utmost ends of the earth		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kingdom=Stimulus
10	bear	past · perfect · passive		the twelve youths				vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
11	not is	past	the Princess				far, off property	tree rules
12	inquire			every cat and dog				nom inquiry «cognition transitive»: of=patient
13	talk		every wayfarer					nom talk «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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