The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 203
And it was all done as he commanded, and, leaving the Starvation Tower, he took the King, his father-in-law, by the arm, and led him into the new palace, where the Princess sat in fear and trembling, awaiting her death.
Who acts: Martin, Princess · What happens: do, command, leave, take, lead, sit · To what, where: chamber, Starvation Tower, King, law, new palace, fear · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Martin, Princess), 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 | _ | 5 done | cc |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 done | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux:pass |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 done | advmod |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 commanded | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 commanded | nsubj |
| 8 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 took | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 took | cc |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 and | punct |
| 12 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 took | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Tower | det |
| 14 | Starvation | Starvation | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Tower | compound |
| 15 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 leaving | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 leaving | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 took | nsubj |
| 18 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 commanded | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 King | det |
| 20 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 law | punct |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 father | nmod:poss |
| 23 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 law | nsubj |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 law | punct |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 law | case |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 in | punct |
| 27 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 King | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 arm | punct |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 arm | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 arm | det |
| 31 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 led | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 led | cc |
| 34 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 took | conj |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 led | obj |
| 36 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 palace | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 palace | det |
| 38 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 palace | amod |
| 39 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 led | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sat | punct |
| 41 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 sat | advmod |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Princess | det |
| 43 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sat | nsubj |
| 44 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 palace | acl:relcl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 fear | case |
| 46 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sat | obl |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 trembling | cc |
| 48 | trembling | tremble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 46 fear | conj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 awaiting | punct |
| 50 | awaiting | await | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 led | advcl |
| 51 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 death | nmod:poss |
| 52 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 awaiting | obj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · passive | chamber | all property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | command | past | Martin | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | leave | gerund | Martin not said here | the Starvation Tower | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | past | Martin | the King | law | by the arm | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent king=Value in law=Location | ||
| 5 | lead | past | Martin not said here | King | the new palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into palace=Destination | |||
| 6 | sit | past | the Princess | fear | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fear=Location | ||||
| 7 | tremble | gerund | the Princess not said here | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | await | gerund | Martin not said here | Princess's death | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | die | Princess | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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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