The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 7
Before he had made up his mind, however, the steward was back with the sword, which the princess recognised at once.
Who acts: Niels, steward, sword · What happens: make up, be, princess, recognise, mind · To what, where: mind, princess
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Niels, steward, sword), 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 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 4 made | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mind | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 9 | however | however | ADV | _ | 17 sword | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 however | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 steward | det |
| 12 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 sword | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sword | cop |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 sword | advmod |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 sword | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sword | det |
| 17 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 princess | punct |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 princess | nsubj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 princess | det |
| 21 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 sword | conj |
| 22 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 princess | acl |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 once | case |
| 24 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 22 recognised | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past · perfect | Niels | Niels's mind | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the steward | with the sword and the princess; however property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | princess | the sword and the princess | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | recognise | participle | the princess not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | mind | Niels | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 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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