The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 109

But the fifth Simon seized his bow and shot the swan, and the sixth Simon did not let it fall into the water but caught it in the ship, and the swan turned into a silver fish, but Simon lost no time and caught the fish, when, quick as thought, the fish turned into a black mouse and ran about the ship.

Who acts: fifth Simon, sixth Simon, swan, Simon, fish · What happens: seize, shoot, not let, fall, catch, turn · To what, where: bow, swan, water, ship, fish, thought

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fifth Simon, sixth Simon, swan, Simon), 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	_	5 seized	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Simon	det
3	fifth	fifth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Simon	amod
4	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 seized	nsubj
5	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bow	nmod:poss
7	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seized	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shot	cc
9	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swan	det
11	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shot	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 let	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 let	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Simon	det
15	sixth	sixth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Simon	amod
16	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 let	nsubj
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 let	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 let	advmod
19	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 seized	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 let	obj
21	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 let	xcomp
22	into	into	ADP	_	24 water	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 water	det
24	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fall	obl
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	26 caught	cc
26	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	conj
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 caught	obj
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 ship	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 ship	det
30	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 caught	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 turned	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 turned	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 swan	det
34	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 turned	nsubj
35	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	conj
36	into	into	ADP	_	39 fish	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 fish	det
38	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 fish	compound
39	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 turned	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 lost	punct
41	but	but	CCONJ	_	43 lost	cc
42	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 lost	nsubj
43	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	conj
44	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	45 time	det
45	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 lost	obj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 caught	cc
47	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	conj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 fish	det
49	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 caught	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 quick	punct
51	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	53 quick	advmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 quick	punct
53	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 fish	amod
54	as	as	ADP	_	55 thought	case
55	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 quick	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 turned	punct
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 fish	det
58	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 turned	nsubj
59	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 thought	acl:relcl
60	into	into	ADP	_	63 mouse	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 mouse	det
62	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 mouse	amod
63	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 turned	obl
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 ran	cc
65	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 turned	conj
66	about	about	ADP	_	68 ship	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 ship	det
68	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 ran	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	the fifth Simon	Simon's bow				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme
2	shoot	past	the fifth Simon not said here	the swan				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swan=Theme
3	not let	past · do-support	the sixth Simon	swan				tree rules
4	fall	infinitive	swan not said here				into the water result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result
5	catch	past	the fifth Simon not said here	swan	the ship			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
6	turn	past	the swan				into a silver fish result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result
7	lose	past	Simon			time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	catch	past	the fifth Simon not said here	the fish				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
9	turn	past	the fish	thought not said here			into a black mouse result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent thought=Theme into mouse=Result
10	run	past	the fish not said here				about the ship	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about ship=Trajectory

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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