The Violet Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples, sentence 31

The prince tried to pass in, but the way was barred by the keeper of the gate, who wanted to know who he was, why he was there, and how he had learnt the way, and he was not allowed to enter unless the empress herself came and gave him leave.

Who acts: prince, keeper, empress · What happens: try, pass, bar, want, know, be · To what, where: way, prince, empress · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, keeper, empress), 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 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pass	mark
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 pass	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 barred	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 barred	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 barred	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 barred	aux:pass
12	barred	bar	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tried	parataxis
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 keeper	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 keeper	det
15	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 barred	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 gate	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gate	det
18	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keeper	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 wanted	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 wanted	nsubj
21	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 keeper	parataxis
22	to	to	PART	_	23 know	mark
23	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 wanted	xcomp
24	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 know	obj
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 was	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 who	acl:relcl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 there	punct
28	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	31 there	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 there	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 there	cop
31	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 know	ccomp
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 learnt	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 learnt	cc
34	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	37 learnt	advmod
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 learnt	nsubj
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 learnt	aux
37	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 barred	conj
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 way	det
39	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 learnt	obl:unmarked
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 allowed	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 allowed	cc
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 allowed	nsubj:pass
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 allowed	aux:pass
44	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 allowed	advmod
45	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tried	conj
46	to	to	PART	_	47 enter	mark
47	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 allowed	xcomp
48	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	50 empress	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 empress	det
50	empress	empress	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 enter	obl
51	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	52 came	nsubj
52	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 empress	acl:relcl
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 gave	cc
54	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 came	conj
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 gave	iobj
56	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 gave	xcomp
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	the prince				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	pass not said to happen	to-infinitive	the prince not said here				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bar	past · passive	the keeper of the gate	the way			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
4	want	past	the keeper of the gate				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	the keeper of the gate not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer who=Stimulus
6	is	past	prince			there property	tree rules
7	learn	past · perfect	prince	the way			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	not allow	past · passive		prince			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
9	enter not said to happen	to-infinitive	prince not said here			unless the empress	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	come	past	empress	the empress not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location empress=Theme
11	give	past	empress not said here		prince		tree rules
12	leave	infinitive	empress not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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