The Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Ring (30), sentence 88

Red, however, went on to say that, since Ring was such a mighty man that he could do everything, it had occurred to him to advise the King to ask him to search for these treasures, and come back with them before Christmas; in return the King should promise him his daughter.

Who acts: Ring, idea, King · What happens: go on, say, be, do, occur, advise · To what, where: that, mighty man, everything, Ring, King, Christmas · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Ring (30). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ring, idea, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 went	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Red	punct
3	however	however	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 however	punct
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 went	xcomp
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 say	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 man	punct
11	since	since	SCONJ	_	17 man	mark
12	Ring	Ring	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 man	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 man	cop
14	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	17 man	det:predet
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 man	det
16	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 man	amod
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 do	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 do	nsubj
20	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 man	acl
22	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	21 do	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 occurred	punct
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 occurred	nsubj
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 occurred	aux
26	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 went	parataxis
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 him	case
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 occurred	obl
29	to	to	PART	_	30 advise	mark
30	advise	advise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 occurred	advcl
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 King	det
32	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 advise	obj
33	to	to	PART	_	34 ask	mark
34	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 advise	xcomp
35	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 ask	obj
36	to	to	PART	_	37 search	mark
37	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 ask	xcomp
38	for	for	ADP	_	40 treasures	case
39	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	40 treasures	det
40	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 search	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 come	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 come	cc
43	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 advise	conj
44	back	back	ADV	_	43 come	advmod
45	with	with	ADP	_	46 them	case
46	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 come	obl
47	before	before	ADP	_	48 Christmas	case
48	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 come	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 promise	punct
50	in	in	ADP	_	51 return	case
51	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 promise	obl
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 King	det
53	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 promise	nsubj
54	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 promise	aux
55	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 went	conj
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 promise	obj
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 daughter	nmod:poss
58	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 promise	iobj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go on	past					however property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		that				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic
3	is a	past	Ring	such mighty man				tree rules
4	do	could	Ring	everything				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality
5	occur	past · perfect	idea		Ring			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	advise speech: other	to-infinitive	idea not said here	the King				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
7	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive	the King not said here		Ring			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
8	search not said to happen	to-infinitive	the King not said here				for this treasures	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for treasure=Theme
9	come back	infinitive	idea not said here			Christmas	with King	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before christmas=Location
10	promise speech: promise	should	the King	Ring	Ring's daughter	return		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Goal he=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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