The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3, sentence 120
I must not forget to mention that much disturbance was caused in the palace by Jem’s sudden disappearance, for when the grand duke sent orders next day to behead the dwarf, if he had not found the necessary herbs, the dwarf was not to be found.
Who acts: I, sudden disappearance, grand duke, Jem · What happens: not forget, mention, cause, send, behead, not find · To what, where: much disturbance, palace, orders, dwarf, necessary herbs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, sudden disappearance, grand duke, Jem), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 forget | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 forget | advmod |
| 4 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 mention | mark |
| 6 | mention | mention | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forget | xcomp |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 caused | mark |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 disturbance | amod |
| 9 | disturbance | disturbance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 caused | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 caused | aux:pass |
| 11 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 mention | ccomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 caused | obl |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 disappearance | case |
| 16 | Jem | Jem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 disappearance | nmod:poss |
| 17 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 16 Jem | case |
| 18 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 disappearance | amod |
| 19 | disappearance | disappearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 caused | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sent | punct |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 26 sent | mark |
| 22 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 26 sent | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 duke | det |
| 24 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 duke | amod |
| 25 | duke | duke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sent | nsubj |
| 26 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 caused | conj |
| 27 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 sent | obj |
| 28 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 day | amod |
| 29 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sent | obl:unmarked |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 behead | mark |
| 31 | behead | behead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 sent | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 dwarf | det |
| 33 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 behead | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 found | punct |
| 35 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 39 found | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 found | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 found | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 found | advmod |
| 39 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 behead | advcl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 herbs | det |
| 41 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 herbs | amod |
| 42 | herbs | herb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 found | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 found | punct |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 dwarf | det |
| 45 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 found | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 found | aux:pass |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 found | advmod |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 found | mark |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 found | aux:pass |
| 50 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 herbs | acl:relcl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 forget | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forget | must | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mention speech: other | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | cause | past · passive | Jem's sudden disappearance | much disturbance | the palace | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient | |||
| 4 | send | past | the grand duke | orders | day | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | |||
| 5 | behead | to-infinitive | the grand duke not said here | the dwarf | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Patient | ||||
| 6 | not find a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | Jem | the necessary herbs | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Topic | ||||
| 7 | not find | past · passive | Jem not said here | the dwarf | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 8 | disappear | Jem | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: 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 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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