The Violet Fairy Book, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, sentence 103

The king had told one of the keepers to hang about for a little and see what became of Jesper, not doubting, however, that as soon as he saw the coast clear he would use his legs to the best advantage, and never show face at the palace again.

Who acts: that, coast, Jesper · What happens: tell, hang about, see, become, not doubt, clear · To what, where: king, coast, legs, face, palace · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jesper Who Herded the Hares. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, coast, Jesper), 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 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 told	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 keepers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 keepers	det
8	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hang	mark
10	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 keepers	acl
11	about	about	ADV	_	10 hang	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 little	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 little	det
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hang	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 see	cc
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hang	conj
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 became	nsubj
18	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 see	ccomp
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Jesper	case
20	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 became	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 doubting	punct
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 doubting	advmod
23	doubting	doubt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 Jesper	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 however	punct
25	however	however	ADV	_	4 told	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 saw	punct
27	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 saw	nsubj
28	as	as	ADV	_	29 soon	advmod
29	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 saw	advmod
30	as	as	SCONJ	_	32 saw	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 saw	nsubj
32	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 coast	det
34	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 saw	obj
35	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 saw	xcomp
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 use	nsubj
37	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 use	aux
38	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 clear	ccomp
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 legs	nmod:poss
40	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 use	obj
41	to	to	ADP	_	44 advantage	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 advantage	det
43	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	44 advantage	amod
44	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 use	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 show	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 show	cc
47	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	48 show	advmod
48	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	parataxis
49	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 show	obj
50	at	at	ADP	_	52 palace	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 palace	det
52	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 show	obl
53	again	again	ADV	_	48 show	advmod
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the king			however property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient one=Topic
2	hang about	to-infinitive					for a little; about property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	infinitive						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	become	past					of Jesper	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5	not doubt	gerund						vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	see	past	that	the coast			soon property	tree rules
7	clear	infinitive	the coast not said here					tree rules
8	use	would	Jesper	Jesper's legs			to the best advantage	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
9	not show	present		face	the palace	again		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent face=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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