The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 11

Cola-Mattheo, who was rather a simpleton, went as he was desired to the King, and having obtained an audience, he said, ‘Your Majesty, I have often heard that people lose nothing by asking, so I have come to inform you that a snake wants to marry your daughter, and I’d be glad to know if you are willing to mate a dove with a serpent?’

Who acts: Cola, King, I, people, snake, you · What happens: be, go, desire, obtain, say, ‘ · To what, where: simpleton, King, audience, Majesty, nothing, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Snake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cola, King, I, people), 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	Cola	Cola	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Mattheo	punct
3	Mattheo	Mattheo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cola	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 simpleton	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 simpleton	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 simpleton	cop
7	rather	rather	ADV	_	9 simpleton	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 simpleton	det
9	simpleton	simpleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cola	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Cola	punct
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 desired	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 desired	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 desired	aux:pass
15	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 went	ccomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 King	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 King	det
18	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 desired	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 obtained	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 obtained	cc
21	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 obtained	aux
22	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 went	parataxis
23	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 audience	det
24	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 obtained	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 said	punct
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 said	nsubj
27	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 went	parataxis
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 ‘	punct
29	‘	‘	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 said	ccomp
30	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 Majesty	nmod:poss
31	Majesty	majesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 ‘	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 heard	punct
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 heard	nsubj
34	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 heard	aux
35	often	often	ADV	_	36 heard	advmod
36	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 ‘	conj
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 lose	mark
38	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 lose	nsubj
39	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 heard	ccomp
40	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	39 lose	obj
41	by	by	SCONJ	_	42 asking	mark
42	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 nothing	acl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 come	punct
44	so	so	ADV	_	47 come	advmod
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 come	nsubj
46	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 come	aux
47	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 said	conj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 inform	mark
49	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 come	xcomp
50	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	49 inform	iobj
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 wants	mark
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 snake	det
53	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 wants	nsubj
54	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 inform	advcl
55	to	to	PART	_	56 marry	mark
56	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 wants	xcomp
57	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 daughter	nmod:poss
58	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 marry	obj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 ’d	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 ’d	cc
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 ’d	nsubj
62	’d	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 glad	advcl
63	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 glad	cop
64	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 went	parataxis
65	to	to	PART	_	66 know	mark
66	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 glad	advcl
67	if	if	SCONJ	_	70 willing	mark
68	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	70 willing	nsubj
69	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 willing	cop
70	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 know	ccomp
71	to	to	PART	_	72 mate	mark
72	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 willing	xcomp
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 dove	det
74	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 willing	xcomp
75	with	with	ADP	_	77 serpent	case
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 serpent	det
77	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 dove	nmod
78	?	?	PUNCT	_	64 glad	punct
79	’	'	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Cola	a simpleton			tree rules
2	go	past	Cola				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	desire	past · passive		King		to the King	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
4	obtain	gerund · perfect		a audience			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset audience=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	King				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	‘	infinitive		Your Majesty			tree rules
7	hear	present · perfect	I			often property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8	lose	present	people	nothing			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
9	ask speech: ask	gerund					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	come	present · perfect	I				tree rules
11	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	I not said here		you		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
12	want	present	a snake				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
13	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	a snake not said here	your daughter			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
14	have	past	I				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
15	is	infinitive				glad property	tree rules
16	know	to-infinitive					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
17	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you	mate		willing 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: «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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