Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13, sentence 65
And when his host, richly attired, led him straight to the private hall, where on royal thrones sat the seven Queens, dressed as he had last seen them, he was speechless with surprise, until the Princess, coming forward, threw herself at his feet, and told him the whole story.
Who acts: host, royal thrones, King · What happens: attire, lead, sit, dress, see, be · To what, where: host, King, seven Queens, Queens, feet, whole story · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (host, royal thrones, King), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 led | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 led | advmod |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 host | nmod:poss |
| 4 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 led | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 attired | punct |
| 6 | richly | richly | ADV | _ | 7 attired | advmod |
| 7 | attired | attire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 host | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 host | punct |
| 9 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 led | obj |
| 11 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 15 hall | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 hall | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hall | det |
| 14 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 hall | amod |
| 15 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 led | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sat | punct |
| 17 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 sat | advmod |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 thrones | case |
| 19 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 thrones | amod |
| 20 | thrones | throne | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 sat | nsubj |
| 21 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 hall | advcl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Queens | det |
| 23 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 Queens | nummod |
| 24 | Queens | queen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 sat | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 dressed | punct |
| 26 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 Queens | acl |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 seen | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 seen | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 seen | aux |
| 30 | last | last | ADV | _ | 31 seen | advmod |
| 31 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 dressed | advcl |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 seen | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 speechless | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 speechless | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 speechless | cop |
| 36 | speechless | speechless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 led | conj |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 surprise | case |
| 38 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 speechless | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Princess | punct |
| 40 | until | until | ADP | _ | 42 Princess | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Princess | det |
| 42 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 speechless | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 coming | punct |
| 44 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 led | conj |
| 45 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 44 coming | advmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 threw | punct |
| 47 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 led | conj |
| 48 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 47 threw | obj |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 feet | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 feet | nmod:poss |
| 51 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 threw | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 told | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 told | cc |
| 54 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 led | conj |
| 55 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 told | iobj |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 story | det |
| 57 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 story | amod |
| 58 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 told | obj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attire | participle | King's host not said here | richly property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | lead | past | King's host | King | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sit | past | royal thrones | the seven Queens | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location queen=Theme | ||||
| 4 | dress | participle | the seven Queens not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | see | past · perfect | King | Queens = queen | last property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | is | past | King | with surprise; speechless property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | come forward | gerund | King's host not said here | forward property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | throw | past | King's host not said here | host | King's feet | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme at foot=Destination | |||
| 9 | tell speech: assert | past | King's host not said here | the whole story | King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic |
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 Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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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