English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring, sentence 60
Then at last the Baron saw that no one could fight against Fate, and he handed her to a seat and announced to all the company that this was his son's true wife; and he took her and his son home to his castle; and they all lived as happy as could be ever afterwards.
Who acts: Baron, one, this, banqueters · What happens: see, fight, hand, announce, be, take · To what, where: last, cook, seat, company, castle · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Fish and the Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baron, one, this, banqueters), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 saw | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 last | case |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 saw | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Baron | det |
| 5 | Baron | Baron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 fight | mark |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fight | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 fight | aux |
| 11 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 saw | ccomp |
| 12 | against | against | ADP | _ | 13 Fate | case |
| 13 | Fate | Fate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 fight | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 handed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 handed | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 handed | nsubj |
| 17 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 handed | iobj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 seat | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 seat | det |
| 21 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 handed | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 announced | cc |
| 23 | announced | announce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 handed | conj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 company | case |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 company | det:predet |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 company | det |
| 27 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 announced | obl |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 wife | mark |
| 29 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 son | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 son | cop |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 son | nmod:poss |
| 32 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 wife | nmod:poss |
| 33 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 32 son | case |
| 34 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 wife | amod |
| 35 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 company | acl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 took | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 took | cc |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 took | nsubj |
| 39 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 40 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 took | iobj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 son | cc |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 son | nmod:poss |
| 43 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 her | conj |
| 44 | home | home | ADV | _ | 39 took | advmod |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 castle | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 castle | nmod:poss |
| 47 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 took | obl |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 lived | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 lived | cc |
| 50 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 lived | nsubj |
| 51 | all | all | ADV | _ | 52 lived | advmod |
| 52 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 53 | as | as | ADV | _ | 54 happy | advmod |
| 54 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 lived | xcomp |
| 55 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 59 afterwards | mark |
| 56 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 afterwards | aux |
| 57 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 59 afterwards | cop |
| 58 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 59 afterwards | advmod |
| 59 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 54 happy | advcl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Baron | last | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | fight | could | no one | against Fate | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hand | past | baron | cook | a seat | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to seat=Destination | |||
| 4 | announce speech: other | participle | baron not said here | all company | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to company=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | is | past | this | 's baron's son | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | take | past | baron | cook | baron's castle | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to castle=Destination | ||
| 7 | live | past | banqueters = banqueter | all, happy property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | is | could | banqueters = banqueter not said here | ever | afterwards 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: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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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