The Green Fairy Book, The Three Musicians, sentence 80

But the other two musicians waited in vain for the return of their companion; and when he never came they said: ‘Ah, he’s gone to play the flute,’ till the saying passed into a proverb, and was always said of anyone who set out to perform a task from which he never returned.

Who acts: other two musicians, couple, musicians, companion · What happens: wait, not come, say, go, play, pass · To what, where: vain, flute, saying, proverb, task · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Musicians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other two musicians, couple, musicians, companion), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 waited	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 musicians	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 musicians	amod
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 musicians	nummod
5	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 waited	nsubj
6	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 vain	case
8	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 waited	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 return	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 return	det
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waited	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 companion	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 companion	nmod:poss
14	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 return	nmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 said	cc
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 came	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 came	nsubj
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 came	advmod
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	advcl
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 waited	conj
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	29 gone	punct
24	‘	'	PUNCT	_	29 gone	punct
25	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	29 gone	discourse
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Ah	punct
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 gone	nsubj
28	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 gone	aux
29	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 said	parataxis
30	to	to	PART	_	31 play	mark
31	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 gone	advcl
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 flute	det
33	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 play	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 ’	punct
35	’	'	PUNCT	_	29 gone	punct
36	till	till	ADP	_	38 saying	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 saying	det
38	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 gone	obl
39	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 saying	acl
40	into	into	ADP	_	42 proverb	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 proverb	det
42	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 passed	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 said	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 said	cc
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 said	aux:pass
46	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	47 said	advmod
47	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 waited	conj
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 anyone	case
49	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	47 said	obl
50	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 set	nsubj
51	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 anyone	acl:relcl
52	out	out	ADP	_	51 set	compound:prt
53	to	to	PART	_	54 perform	mark
54	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 set	xcomp
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 task	det
56	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 perform	obj
57	from	from	ADP	_	58 which	case
58	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 returned	obl
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 returned	nsubj
60	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	61 returned	advmod
61	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 task	acl:relcl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 waited	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the other two musicians		vain		for the return of musicians's companion	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vain=Location
2	not come	past	couple					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	musicians = musician					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	go	present · passive	couple			till the saying		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	play	to-infinitive	couple not said here	the flute				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme
6	pass	participle		the saying not said here	a proverb			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into proverb=Initial_Location
7	say speech: assert	past · passive	the other two musicians not said here				of anyone; always property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»
8	set out	past						vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	perform	to-infinitive		a task				vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme
10	not return	past	couple		a task			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial_Location
11	return		musicians's companion					nom return «communication 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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