The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6, sentence 50

Now amongst the dogs there was one so old that he had only two teeth left in his head, and he spoke to the wolves, saying: “So long as I have my two teeth still in my head, I will let no harm be done to my master.”

Who acts: lamb, harm · What happens: have, leave, be, say, let, do · To what, where: two teeth, head, harm · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lamb, harm), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 was	advmod
2	amongst	amongst	ADP	_	4 dogs	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 was	obl
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 was	expl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 spoke	cop
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 was	nsubj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 old	advmod
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 had	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 old	advcl
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 two	advmod
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 teeth	nummod
15	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	obj
16	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 teeth	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 head	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 head	nmod:poss
19	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 spoke	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 spoke	cc
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 spoke	nsubj
23	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 wolves	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 wolves	det
26	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 spoke	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 saying	punct
28	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 spoke	advcl
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 long	punct
30	“	"	PUNCT	_	32 long	punct
31	So	so	ADV	_	32 long	advmod
32	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	46 let	advmod
33	as	as	SCONJ	_	35 have	mark
34	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 have	nsubj
35	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 let	advcl
36	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 teeth	nmod:poss
37	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 teeth	nummod
38	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 have	obj
39	still	still	ADV	_	42 head	advmod
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 head	case
41	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 head	nmod:poss
42	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 have	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 have	punct
44	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 let	nsubj
45	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 let	aux
46	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 saying	ccomp
47	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	48 harm	det
48	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 let	obj
49	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	50 done	aux:pass
50	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 let	xcomp
51	to	to	ADP	_	53 master	case
52	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 master	nmod:poss
53	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 done	obl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	46 let	punct
55	”	"	PUNCT	_	46 let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	lamb	two teeth			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	leave	participle		two teeth not said here		in lamb's head result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in head=Result
3	is	past	lamb			to the wolves; speak property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	gerund	lamb not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	have in a quote	present	lamb	my two teeth	my head		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
6	let in a quote	future	lamb	no harm		long property	tree rules
7	do in a quote	infinitive · passive	no harm not said here			to my master	vn act-114-1 «NP V»

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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