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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 23, sentence 100

'I cannot take away the spell altogether,' she said, 'for the Fairy of the Fountain is stronger than I; but I can shorten the time of your punishment, and am able to make it less hard, for as soon as darkness fall you shall resume your own shape.'

Who acts: I, doe, Fountain, you, your · What happens: not take away, say, be, shorten, make, fall · To what, where: spell, Fountain, own shape · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, doe, Fountain, you), 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

punctnsubjauxadvmodcompound:prtdetobjadvmodpunctpunctnsubjparataxispunctpunctcasedetccompmarkdetnsubjcopamodcaseoblpunctccnsubjauxconjdetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctcccopconjmarkxcompobjadvmodxcomppunctcaseadvmodadvmodcaseobladvclnsubjauxccompnmod:possamodobjpunctpunctroot'PUNCTIPRONcanAUXnotPARTtakeVERBawayADPtheDETspellNOUNaltogetherADV,PUNCT'PUNCTshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT'PUNCTforADPtheDETFairyPROPNofSCONJtheDETFountainPROPNisAUXstrongerADJthanADPIPRON;PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONcanAUXshortenVERBtheDETtimeNOUNofADPyourPRONpunishmentNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJamAUXableADJtoPARTmakeVERBitPRONlessADVhardADJ,PUNCTforADPasADVsoonADVasADPdarknessNOUNfallVERByouPRONshallAUXresumeVERByourPRONownADJshapeNOUN.PUNCT'PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1''PUNCT_5 takepunct
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 takensubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 takeaux
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 takeadvmod
5taketakeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6awayawayADP_5 takecompound:prt
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 spelldet
8spellspellNOUNNumber=Sing5 takeobj
9altogetheraltogetherADV_5 takeadvmod
10,,PUNCT_13 saidpunct
11''PUNCT_13 saidpunct
12sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 saidnsubj
13saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 takeparataxis
14,,PUNCT_13 saidpunct
15''PUNCT_13 saidpunct
16forforADP_18 Fairycase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Fairydet
18FairyFairyPROPNNumber=Sing13 saidccomp
19ofofSCONJ_23 strongermark
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 Fountaindet
21FountainFountainPROPNNumber=Sing23 strongernsubj
22isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 strongercop
23strongerstrongADJDegree=Cmp18 Fairyamod
24thanthanADP_25 Icase
25IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs23 strongerobl
26;;PUNCT_30 shortenpunct
27butbutCCONJ_30 shortencc
28IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs30 shortennsubj
29cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin30 shortenaux
30shortenshortenVERBVerbForm=Inf5 takeconj
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 timedet
32timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing30 shortenobj
33ofofADP_35 punishmentcase
34youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 punishmentnmod:poss
35punishmentpunishmentNOUNNumber=Sing32 timenmod
36,,PUNCT_39 ablepunct
37andandCCONJ_39 ablecc
38ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 ablecop
39ableableADJDegree=Pos30 shortenconj
40totoPART_41 makemark
41makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf39 ablexcomp
42ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 makeobj
43lesslessADVDegree=Cmp44 hardadvmod
44hardhardADJDegree=Pos41 makexcomp
45,,PUNCT_51 fallpunct
46forforADP_50 darknesscase
47asasADV_48 soonadvmod
48soonsoonADVDegree=Pos50 darknessadvmod
49asasADP_50 darknesscase
50darknessdarknessNOUNNumber=Sing51 fallobl
51fallfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin30 shortenadvcl
52youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs54 resumensubj
53shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin54 resumeaux
54resumeresumeVERBVerbForm=Inf51 fallccomp
55youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs57 shapenmod:poss
56ownownADJDegree=Pos57 shapeamod
57shapeshapeNOUNNumber=Sing54 resumeobj
58..PUNCT_5 takepunct
59''PUNCT_5 takepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not take awaycanIthe spellaltogether propertyvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme
2say speech: assertpastdoevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3ispresentthe Fountainthan I; strong propertytree rules
4shortencanItimevn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5ispresentI not said hereable propertytree rules
6maketo-infinitiveI not said hereFountainhard propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
7fallpresentI not said herefor darknessvn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8resumeshallyouyour own shapevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Eventuality
9punishyournom punishment «act 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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