The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 34
And the sword leapt from the scabbard and cut off some of the monster’s heads, but others grew again directly, so that the prince, pale with terror, stood where he was, calling for help, and put his sword back in the sheath again.
Who acts: others, prince · What happens: cut off, grow, stand, call, put back · To what, where: sword leapt, sword, sheath · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, prince), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cut | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leapt | det |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leapt | compound |
| 4 | leapt | leapt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 scabbard | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 scabbard | det |
| 7 | scabbard | scabbard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leapt | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cut | cc |
| 9 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 cut | compound:prt |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 cut | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 heads | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 monster | det |
| 14 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 heads | nmod:poss |
| 15 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 14 monster | case |
| 16 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 some | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 grew | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 grew | cc |
| 19 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 grew | nsubj |
| 20 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 cut | parataxis |
| 21 | again | again | ADV | _ | 22 directly | advmod |
| 22 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 20 grew | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 prince | punct |
| 24 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 27 prince | case |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 so | fixed |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 prince | det |
| 27 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 grew | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 pale | punct |
| 29 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 prince | amod |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 terror | case |
| 31 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 pale | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 stood | punct |
| 33 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 grew | conj |
| 34 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 38 calling | advmod |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 calling | nsubj |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 calling | aux |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 calling | punct |
| 38 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 stood | advcl |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 help | case |
| 40 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 calling | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 put | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 put | cc |
| 43 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 calling | advcl |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 sword | nmod:poss |
| 45 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 put | obj |
| 46 | back | back | ADV | _ | 43 put | advmod |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 sheath | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 sheath | det |
| 49 | sheath | sheath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 put | obl |
| 50 | again | again | ADV | _ | 43 put | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 cut | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | participle · passive | the sword leapt from the scabbard | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | past | others | so the prince; directly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | others not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | call | past · progressive | prince | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | put back | infinitive | prince not said here | prince's sword | the sheath | again | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme in sheath=Destination |
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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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