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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Flying Ship(24), sentence 87

‘Tell his Majesty,’ said the Simpleton, ‘that his orders shall be obeyed; ‘and forthwith the swift runner unbound the foot that was strung up behind his ear and started off, and in less than no time had reached the world’s end and drawn the healing water from the well.

Who acts: Simpleton, swift runner, King · What happens: tell, say, obey, forthwith, unbind, string up · To what, where: Majesty, orders, foot, ear, end, healing water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Flying Ship(24). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Simpleton, swift runner, King), 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

punctccompnmod:possobjpunctpunctdetnsubjpunctpunctmarknmod:possnsubj:passauxaux:passacl:relclpunctpunctccconjdetcompoundnsubjccompdetobjnsubjaux:passacl:relclcompound:prtcasenmod:possoblccconjcompound:prtpunctcccaseadvmodfixeddetoblauxparataxisdetnmod:posscaseobjccconjdetcompoundobjcasedetoblpunctroot‘PUNCTTellVERBhisPRONMajestyNOUN,PUNCT’PUNCTsaidVERBtheDETSimpletonPROPN,PUNCT‘PUNCTthatSCONJhisPRONordersNOUNshallAUXbeAUXobeyedVERB;PUNCT‘PUNCTandCCONJforthwithVERBtheDETswiftNOUNrunnerNOUNunboundVERBtheDETfootNOUNthatPRONwasAUXstrungVERBupADPbehindADPhisPRONearNOUNandCCONJstartedVERBoffADP,PUNCTandCCONJinADPlessADJthanADPnoDETtimeNOUNhadAUXreachedVERBtheDETworldNOUN’sPARTendNOUNandCCONJdrawnVERBtheDEThealingNOUNwaterNOUNfromADPtheDETwellNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1‘'PUNCT_2 Tellpunct
2TelltellVERBVerbForm=Inf7 saidccomp
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 Majestynmod:poss
4MajestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing2 Tellobj
5,,PUNCT_2 Tellpunct
6’'PUNCT_2 Tellpunct
7saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Simpletondet
9SimpletonSimpletonPROPNNumber=Sing7 saidnsubj
10,,PUNCT_17 obeyedpunct
11‘'PUNCT_17 obeyedpunct
12thatthatSCONJ_17 obeyedmark
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 ordersnmod:poss
14ordersorderNOUNNumber=Plur17 obeyednsubj:pass
15shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin17 obeyedaux
16bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf17 obeyedaux:pass
17obeyedobeyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 Simpletonacl:relcl
18;;PUNCT_21 forthwithpunct
19‘‘PUNCT_21 forthwithpunct
20andandCCONJ_21 forthwithcc
21forthwithforthwithVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 saidconj
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 runnerdet
23swiftswiftNOUNNumber=Sing24 runnercompound
24runnerrunnerNOUNNumber=Sing25 unboundnsubj
25unboundunbindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 forthwithccomp
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 footdet
27footfootNOUNNumber=Sing25 unboundobj
28thatthatPRONPronType=Rel30 strungnsubj
29wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 strungaux:pass
30strungstringVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass27 footacl:relcl
31upupADP_30 strungcompound:prt
32behindbehindADP_34 earcase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 earnmod:poss
34earearNOUNNumber=Sing30 strungobl
35andandCCONJ_36 startedcc
36startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 forthwithconj
37offoffADP_36 startedcompound:prt
38,,PUNCT_46 reachedpunct
39andandCCONJ_46 reachedcc
40ininADP_44 timecase
41lesslessADJDegree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV44 timeadvmod
42thanthanADP_41 lessfixed
43nonoDETPronType=Neg44 timedet
44timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing46 reachedobl
45hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 reachedaux
46reachedreachVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part21 forthwithparataxis
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 worlddet
48worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing50 endnmod:poss
49’s'sPART_48 worldcase
50endendNOUNNumber=Sing46 reachedobj
51andandCCONJ_52 drawncc
52drawndrawVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part46 reachedconj
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 waterdet
54healinghealingNOUNNumber=Sing55 watercompound
55waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing52 drawnobj
56fromfromADP_58 wellcase
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 welldet
58wellwellNOUNNumber=Sing52 drawnobl
59..PUNCT_7 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertinfinitiveKing's Majestyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent majesty=Recipient
2say speech: assertpastthe Simpletonvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3obeyshall · passivethe Simpleton not said hereKing's ordersvn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4forthwithpastthe Simpleton not said heretree rules
5unbindpastthe swift runnerthe foottree rules
6string uppast · passivethe footKing's earvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind ear=Destination
7start offpastthe Simpleton not said herevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
8reachpast · perfectthe world's endtimevn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent end=Theme
9drawparticiplethe healing waterthe wellvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from well=Initial_Location
10orderKingnom order «communication transitive»: 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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