The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 51
When he had done this, he could wield the sword with the greatest of ease, and felt himself strong enough to do anything, even to fight the giants he had left outside, who were no doubt wondering why he had not opened the gate to them before this time.
Who acts: Niels, giants · What happens: do, wield, feel, fight, leave, wonder · To what, where: this, sword, Niels, anything, giants · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Niels, giants), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 done | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 wield | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 done | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wield | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 wield | aux |
| 9 | wield | wield | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sword | det |
| 11 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wield | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 greatest | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 greatest | det |
| 14 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 wield | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 ease | case |
| 16 | ease | ease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 greatest | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 felt | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 felt | cc |
| 19 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 wield | conj |
| 20 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 19 felt | obj |
| 21 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 felt | xcomp |
| 22 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 21 strong | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 do | mark |
| 24 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 strong | advcl |
| 25 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 24 do | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 fight | punct |
| 27 | even | even | ADV | _ | 29 fight | advmod |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 fight | mark |
| 29 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wield | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 giants | det |
| 31 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 fight | obj |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 left | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 left | aux |
| 34 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 giants | acl:relcl |
| 35 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 34 left | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 wondering | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 wondering | nsubj |
| 38 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 wondering | aux |
| 39 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 40 doubt | det |
| 40 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 wondering | nsubj |
| 41 | wondering | wonder | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 giants | parataxis |
| 42 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 46 opened | advmod |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 opened | aux |
| 45 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 46 opened | advmod |
| 46 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 wondering | ccomp |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 gate | det |
| 48 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 opened | obj |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 them | case |
| 50 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 gate | nmod |
| 51 | before | before | ADP | _ | 53 time | case |
| 52 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 time | det |
| 53 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 opened | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 wield | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | Niels | this | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | wield | could | Niels | the sword | with the greatest | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | |||
| 3 | feel | past | Niels not said here | Niels | strong property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | |||
| 4 | do | to-infinitive | Niels not said here | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | fight | to-infinitive | Niels not said here | the giants | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Co-Agent | ||||
| 6 | leave | past · perfect | Niels | the giants not said here | outside property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Theme | |||
| 7 | wonder speech: ask | past · progressive | the giants | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | not open | past · perfect · passive | Niels | time | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme gate=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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