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The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, sentence 114

In order to find out the truth he bribed a stranger just arrived at Court, one of a nation with whom the King was always at war, and arranged that he was to steal in the night to Bramintho and to offer him untold honours and rewards if he would betray the State secrets.

Who acts: King, stranger · What happens: find out, bribe, arrive, be, arrange, offer · To what, where: truth, Court, war, untold honours, King, State secrets

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, stranger), 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

markfixedmarkcompound:prtdetobjnsubjacl:relcldetnsubjadvmodccompcaseoblpunctconjcasedetnmodcasenmoddetnsubjcopadvmodcaseacl:relclpunctccconjmarknsubjcopmarkadvclcasedetoblcasenmodccmarkconjobjamodobjccconjmarknsubjauxadvcldetcompoundobjpunctrootInSCONJorderNOUNtoPARTfindVERBoutADPtheDETtruthNOUNhePRONbribedVERBaDETstrangerNOUNjustADVarrivedVERBatADPCourtPROPN,PUNCToneNUMofADPaDETnationNOUNwithADPwhomPRONtheDETKingPROPNwasAUXalwaysADVatADPwarNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJarrangedVERBthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXtoPARTstealVERBinADPtheDETnightNOUNtoADPBraminthoPROPNandCCONJtoPARTofferVERBhimPRONuntoldADJhonoursNOUNandCCONJrewardsNOUNifSCONJhePRONwouldAUXbetrayVERBtheDETStateNOUNsecretsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninSCONJExtPos=SCONJ4 findmark
2orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing1 Infixed
3totoPART_4 findmark
4findfindVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
5outoutADP_4 findcompound:prt
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 truthdet
7truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing4 findobj
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 bribednsubj
9bribedbribeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 truthacl:relcl
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 strangerdet
11strangerstrangerNOUNNumber=Sing13 arrivednsubj
12justjustADV_13 arrivedadvmod
13arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 bribedccomp
14atatADP_15 Courtcase
15CourtCourtPROPNNumber=Sing13 arrivedobl
16,,PUNCT_17 onepunct
17oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 arrivedconj
18ofofADP_20 nationcase
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 nationdet
20nationnationNOUNNumber=Sing17 onenmod
21withwithADP_22 whomcase
22whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel20 nationnmod
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 Kingdet
24KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing28 warnsubj
25wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 warcop
26alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot28 waradvmod
27atatADP_28 warcase
28warwarNOUNNumber=Sing22 whomacl:relcl
29,,PUNCT_31 arrangedpunct
30andandCCONJ_31 arrangedcc
31arrangedarrangeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 arrivedconj
32thatthatSCONJ_36 stealmark
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 stealnsubj
34wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 stealcop
35totoPART_36 stealmark
36stealstealVERBVerbForm=Inf31 arrangedadvcl
37ininADP_39 nightcase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 nightdet
39nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing36 stealobl
40totoADP_41 Braminthocase
41BraminthoBraminthoPROPNNumber=Sing39 nightnmod
42andandCCONJ_44 offercc
43totoPART_44 offermark
44offerofferVERBVerbForm=Inf36 stealconj
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 offerobj
46untolduntoldADJDegree=Pos47 honoursamod
47honourshonourNOUNNumber=Plur44 offerobj
48andandCCONJ_49 rewardscc
49rewardsrewardNOUNNumber=Plur47 honoursconj
50ififSCONJ_53 betraymark
51hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 betraynsubj
52wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin53 betrayaux
53betraybetrayVERBVerbForm=Inf44 offeradvcl
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 secretsdet
55StatestateNOUNNumber=Sing56 secretscompound
56secretssecretNOUNNumber=Plur53 betrayobj
57..PUNCT_4 findpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1find outto-infinitivethe truthvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic
2bribepastKingthe truth not said herevn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent truth=Patient clause=Result
3arrivepasta strangerCourtvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4ispastthe Kingwaralways propertytree rules
5arrangepasta stranger not said herevn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6ispastKingnightsteal propertytree rules
7offerto-infinitiveKing not said hereuntold honours and rewardsKingvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal honour=Theme
8betray a condition, not said to happenwouldKingthe State secretstree 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: «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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