Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 2, sentence 79
But at last the secret was known, and the King whose daughter was sought in marriage was very angry.
What happens: know, seek, be · To what, where: last, King, marriage
This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 known | cc |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 last | case |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 known | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 secret | det |
| 5 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 last | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 known | aux:pass |
| 7 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sought | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sought | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sought | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 13 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 13 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 King | nmod |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sought | aux:pass |
| 15 | sought | seek | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 known | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 marriage | case |
| 17 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 angry | obl |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 angry | cop |
| 19 | very | very | ADV | _ | 20 angry | advmod |
| 20 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 sought | parataxis |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · passive | last the secret | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | seek | past · passive | the King the King the King's daughter's daughter | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | past | marriage | angry property | tree rules |
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: «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (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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