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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 5, sentence 27

The knights were so disheartened by the tests given them, that they returned to their homes, resolved to forget the beautiful Princess, but each found himself unable to do this, so before long they had all sent word that they were starting out on their respective quests.

Who acts: tests, knights, each, test · What happens: dishearten, give, return, resolve, forget, find · To what, where: knights, homes, beautiful Princess, test, this, respective quests

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tests, knights, each, test), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

detnsubj:passaux:passadvmodcasedetoblaclobjpunctmarknsubjconjcasenmod:possoblpunctaclmarkxcompdetamodobjpunctccnsubjparataxisobjxcompmarkxcompobjpunctadvmodadvmodadvmodnsubj:passauxadvmodconjobjmarknsubjauxadvclcompound:prtcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootTheDETknightsNOUNwereAUXsoADVdisheartenedVERBbyADPtheDETtestsNOUNgivenVERBthemPRON,PUNCTthatSCONJtheyPRONreturnedVERBtoADPtheirPRONhomesNOUN,PUNCTresolvedVERBtoPARTforgetVERBtheDETbeautifulADJPrincessNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJeachDETfoundVERBhimselfPRONunableADJtoPARTdoVERBthisPRON,PUNCTsoADVbeforeADVlongADVtheyPRONhadAUXallADVsentVERBwordNOUNthatSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXstartingVERBoutADPonADPtheirPRONrespectiveADJquestsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 knightsdet
2knightsknightNOUNNumber=Plur5 disheartenednsubj:pass
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 disheartenedaux:pass
4sosoADV_5 disheartenedadvmod
5dishearteneddisheartenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6bybyADP_8 testscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 testsdet
8teststestNOUNNumber=Plur5 disheartenedobl
9givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 testsacl
10themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 givenobj
11,,PUNCT_14 returnedpunct
12thatthatSCONJ_14 returnedmark
13theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs14 returnednsubj
14returnedreturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 disheartenedconj
15totoADP_17 homescase
16theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 homesnmod:poss
17homeshomeNOUNNumber=Plur14 returnedobl
18,,PUNCT_19 resolvedpunct
19resolvedresolveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass17 homesacl
20totoPART_21 forgetmark
21forgetforgetVERBVerbForm=Inf19 resolvedxcomp
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 Princessdet
23beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos24 Princessamod
24PrincessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing21 forgetobj
25,,PUNCT_28 foundpunct
26butbutCCONJ_28 foundcc
27eacheachDETPronType=Tot28 foundnsubj
28foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 disheartenedparataxis
29himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes28 foundobj
30unableunableADJDegree=Pos28 foundxcomp
31totoPART_32 domark
32dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf30 unablexcomp
33thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem32 doobj
34,,PUNCT_41 sentpunct
35sosoADV_37 longadvmod
36beforebeforeADV_37 longadvmod
37longlongADVDegree=Pos41 sentadvmod
38theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs41 sentnsubj:pass
39hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 sentaux
40allallADV_41 sentadvmod
41sentsendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 disheartenedconj
42wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing41 sentobj
43thatthatSCONJ_46 startingmark
44theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs46 startingnsubj
45werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 startingaux
46startingstartVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part41 sentadvcl
47outoutADP_46 startingcompound:prt
48ononADP_51 questscase
49theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 questsnmod:poss
50respectiverespectiveADJDegree=Pos51 questsamod
51questsquestNOUNNumber=Plur46 startingobl
52..PUNCT_5 disheartenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1disheartenpast · passivethe teststhe knightsvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2giveparticiplethe tests not said hereknights = knightvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3returnpastknights = knightto knights's homes resultvn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result
4resolveparticipleknights's homes not said heretree rules
5forgetto-infinitivethe beautiful Princesstree rules
6findpasteachtestunable propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic
7doto-infinitivetest not said herethisvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
8sendpast · perfect · passiveknights = knightword obj; all, long propertyvn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination word=Theme
9start outpast · progressiveknights = knightknights's respective questsvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
10questknights = knightnom quest «cognition 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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