The Green Fairy Book, The Twelve Huntsmen, sentence 29

Fortunately one of the King’s servants had become very partial to the young huntsmen, and hearing of the trial they were to be put to, he went to them and said: ‘The Lion wants to persuade the King that you are only girls’; and then told them all the plot.

Who acts: one, King, Lion, you, trial · What happens: become, put, go, say, want, persuade · To what, where: peas, King, girls, plot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Twelve Huntsmen. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, King, Lion, you), 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	Fortunately	fortunately	ADV	_	2 one	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 become	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 servants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 servants	nmod:poss
6	’s	's	PART	_	5 King	case
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 become	obl
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
9	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 partial	advmod
11	partial	partial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 become	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 huntsmen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 huntsmen	det
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 huntsmen	amod
15	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 partial	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hearing	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hearing	cc
18	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	parataxis
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 trial	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 trial	det
21	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hearing	nmod
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 put	nsubj
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 put	aux:pass
24	to	to	PART	_	26 put	mark
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 put	aux:pass
26	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 trial	acl:relcl
27	to	to	ADP	_	26 put	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 went	punct
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 went	nsubj
30	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 become	parataxis
31	to	to	ADP	_	32 them	case
32	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 went	obl
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 said	cc
34	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 went	conj
35	:	:	PUNCT	_	39 wants	punct
36	‘	'	PUNCT	_	39 wants	punct
37	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Lion	det
38	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 wants	nsubj
39	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 said	conj
40	to	to	PART	_	41 persuade	mark
41	persuade	persuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 wants	xcomp
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 King	det
43	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 persuade	obj
44	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 girls	mark
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	48 girls	nsubj
46	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 girls	cop
47	only	only	ADV	_	48 girls	advmod
48	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 persuade	obj
49	’	'	PUNCT	_	48 girls	punct
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 told	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 told	cc
52	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	53 told	advmod
53	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 went	conj
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 told	iobj
55	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	57 plot	det:predet
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 plot	det
57	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 told	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	become	past · perfect	one				of the King's servants; partial property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	put	past · passive	one not said here	peas = pea				vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
3	go	past	King		peas = pea			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial_Location
4	say speech: assert	past	King not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	want	present	the Lion					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	persuade not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Lion not said here	the King				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
7	is a	present	you	girls				tree rules
8	tell speech: assert	past	King not said here	all plot	peas = pea	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient plot=Topic
9	hear		the trial					nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=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 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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