The Yellow Fairy Book, Hermod and Hadvor (32), sentence 16

The one that sat on the golden chair asked him who he was and where he was going; and he told her all the story--how he was a king, and had lost his queen, and was now on his way to Hetland the Good, to ask the Queen of that country in marriage.

Who acts: one, Hermod · What happens: sit, ask, go, tell, be, lose · To what, where: golden chair, Hermod, story, third, king, queen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod and Hadvor (32). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Hermod), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 chair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chair	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chair	amod
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asked	iobj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 going	nsubj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 going	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 going	aux
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 going	cc
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 going	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 going	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 going	aux
18	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 asked	ccomp
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 told	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 told	cc
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 told	nsubj
22	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 asked	parataxis
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 told	iobj
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 story	det:predet
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 story	det
26	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 told	obj
27	--	--	PUNCT	_	32 king	punct
28	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	32 king	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 king	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 king	cop
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 king	det
32	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 story	appos
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 lost	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 lost	cc
35	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 lost	aux
36	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 told	conj
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 queen	nmod:poss
38	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 lost	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 way	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 way	cc
41	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 way	cop
42	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	45 way	advmod
43	on	on	ADP	_	45 way	case
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 way	nmod:poss
45	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	parataxis
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 Hetland	case
47	Hetland	Hetland	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 way	appos
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Good	det
49	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 Hetland	amod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 ask	punct
51	to	to	PART	_	52 ask	mark
52	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 asked	parataxis
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Queen	det
54	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 ask	obj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 country	case
56	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	57 country	det
57	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 Queen	nmod
58	in	in	ADP	_	59 marriage	case
59	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 ask	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	sit	past	the one			the golden chair		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location
2	ask speech: ask	past	the one		Hermod			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	go	past · progressive						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	past	Hermod	all story	third			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic
5	is a	past	Hermod	a king				tree rules
6	lose	past · perfect	Hermod not said here	Hermod's queen				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality
7	is	past				Hermod's way	now	tree rules
8	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			the Queen of that country	marriage		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient

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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