The Violet Fairy Book, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World, sentence 2
For a long time the king refused to give him leave; but at last, wearied out, he granted permission, and ordered his treasurer to produce a large sum of money for the prince’s expenses.
Who acts: king, treasurer · What happens: refuse, not give, leave, weary out, grant, order · To what, where: king, last, permission, treasurer, large sum, money
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, treasurer), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 refused | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 refused | nsubj |
| 7 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 give | mark |
| 9 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 refused | xcomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 give | iobj |
| 11 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 give | xcomp |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 wearied | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 wearied | cc |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 last | case |
| 15 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 wearied | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 last | punct |
| 17 | wearied | weary | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 refused | conj |
| 18 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 wearied | compound:prt |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 granted | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 granted | nsubj |
| 21 | granted | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 wearied | conj |
| 22 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 granted | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 ordered | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 ordered | cc |
| 25 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 granted | advcl |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 treasurer | nmod:poss |
| 27 | treasurer | treasurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 ordered | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 produce | mark |
| 29 | produce | produce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 ordered | xcomp |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 sum | det |
| 31 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 sum | amod |
| 32 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 produce | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 money | case |
| 34 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 sum | nmod |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 expenses | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 prince | det |
| 37 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 expenses | nmod:poss |
| 38 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 37 prince | case |
| 39 | expenses | expense | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 sum | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 refused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | the king | time | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not give | to-infinitive | the king not said here | king | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | leave | infinitive | the king not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | weary out | participle | the king not said here | last | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | grant | past | king | permission | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent permission=Theme | ||||
| 6 | order | past | king not said here | king's treasurer | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent treasurer=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | produce not said to happen | to-infinitive | king's treasurer not said here | a large sum of money | for the prince's expenses | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sum=Result for expense=Beneficiary | |||
| 8 | sum | money | for the prince's expenses | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient for=obl |
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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