The Violet Fairy Book, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, sentence 7

He made a proclamation over all his kingdom (and asked his nearest neighbours to publish it in theirs as well) that whoever could bring him a dozen of the finest pearls the king had ever seen, and could perform certain tasks that would be set him, should have his daughter in marriage and in due time succeed to the throne.

Who acts: king, nearest neighbours, whoever · What happens: make, ask, publish, bring, see, perform · To what, where: proclamation, kingdom, nearest neighbours, dozen, king, finest pearls · 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 (king, nearest neighbours, whoever), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 proclamation	det
4	proclamation	proclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 kingdom	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 kingdom	det:predet
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 kingdom	nmod:poss
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 asked	cc
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 made	parataxis
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 neighbours	nmod:poss
13	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 neighbours	amod
14	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 asked	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 publish	mark
16	publish	publish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 asked	xcomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 publish	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 theirs	case
19	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 publish	obl
20	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	16 publish	advmod
21	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 as	fixed
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 bring	mark
24	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 bring	nsubj
25	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 bring	aux
26	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 asked	ccomp
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 bring	obj
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 dozen	det
29	dozen	dozen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 bring	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 pearls	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 pearls	det
32	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	33 pearls	amod
33	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 dozen	nmod
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 king	det
35	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 seen	nsubj
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 seen	aux
37	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	38 seen	advmod
38	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 pearls	acl:relcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 perform	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 perform	cc
41	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 perform	aux
42	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 made	parataxis
43	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 tasks	amod
44	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 perform	obj
45	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 set	nsubj:pass
46	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 set	aux
47	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	48 set	aux:pass
48	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 tasks	acl:relcl
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 set	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 have	punct
51	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 have	aux
52	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	42 perform	parataxis
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 daughter	nmod:poss
54	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 have	obj
55	in	in	ADP	_	56 marriage	case
56	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 have	obl
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 succeed	cc
58	in	in	ADP	_	60 time	case
59	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 time	amod
60	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 succeed	obl
61	succeed	succeed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	52 have	conj
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 throne	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 throne	det
64	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 succeed	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	king	a proclamation		king's kingdom			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Product
2	ask speech: ask	past		king's nearest neighbours					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent neighbour=Recipient clause=Topic
3	publish not said to happen	to-infinitive	king's nearest neighbours not said here	proclamation				in neighbours = neighbour	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
4	bring	could	whoever	a dozen of the finest pearls	king				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination dozen=Theme
5	see	past · perfect	the king	the finest pearls not said here			ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pearl=Stimulus
6	perform	could		certain tasks					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme
7	set	would · passive		certain tasks					vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination
8	have	should		king's daughter		marriage			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
9	succeed	infinitive					time	to the throne	vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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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