The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 39

But never will she betray the place where the Bird of Truth is hidden, for she hates him, and would kill him if she could; knowing well, however, that this bird cannot die, as he is immortal, she keeps him closely shut up, and guarded night and day by the Birds of Bad Faith, who seek to gag him so that his voice should not be heard.'

Who acts: castle, bird, Truth, Birds · What happens: not betray, hide, hate, kill, know, not die · To what, where: place, Bird, Truth, voice

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (castle, bird, Truth, Birds), 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 betray	cc
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 betray	advmod
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 betray	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 betray	nsubj
5	betray	betray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 betray	obj
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 hidden	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Bird	det
10	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 hidden	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Truth	case
12	Truth	Truth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Bird	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hidden	aux:pass
14	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 place	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hates	punct
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 hates	mark
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hates	nsubj
18	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 betray	parataxis
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hates	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 kill	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 kill	cc
22	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 kill	aux
23	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 hates	conj
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 kill	obj
25	if	if	SCONJ	_	27 could	mark
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 could	nsubj
27	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 kill	advcl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 knowing	punct
29	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 betray	advcl
30	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	29 knowing	advmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 however	punct
32	however	however	ADV	_	29 knowing	advmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 die	punct
34	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 die	mark
35	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 bird	det
36	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 die	nsubj
37	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 die	aux
38	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	39 die	advmod
39	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 betray	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 immortal	punct
41	as	as	SCONJ	_	44 immortal	mark
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 immortal	nsubj
43	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 immortal	cop
44	immortal	immortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 die	parataxis
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 keeps	punct
46	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 keeps	nsubj
47	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 betray	parataxis
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 keeps	obj
49	closely	closely	ADV	_	50 shut	advmod
50	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 keeps	xcomp
51	up	up	ADP	_	50 shut	compound:prt
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 guarded	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 guarded	cc
54	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 keeps	conj
55	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 guarded	obl:unmarked
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 day	cc
57	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 night	conj
58	by	by	ADP	_	60 Birds	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 Birds	det
60	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 guarded	obl
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 Faith	case
62	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 Faith	amod
63	Faith	Faith	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 Birds	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 seek	punct
65	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 seek	nsubj
66	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 Birds	conj
67	to	to	PART	_	68 gag	mark
68	gag	gag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 seek	xcomp
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 gag	obj
70	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	77 heard	mark
71	that	that	SCONJ	_	70 so	fixed
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 voice	nmod:poss
73	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 heard	nsubj:pass
74	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 heard	aux
75	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	77 heard	advmod
76	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	77 heard	aux:pass
77	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 gag	advcl
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 betray	punct
79	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 betray	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	not betray	future	castle	the place				tree rules
2	hide	present · passive		the Bird of Truth				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	hate	present	castle	Truth				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
4	kill	would	castle not said here	Truth				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	know	gerund	castle not said here				however, well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	not die	can	this bird					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
7	is	present	Truth				immortal property	tree rules
8	keep	present	castle	Truth				tree rules
9	shut up	present	Truth not said here				closely property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	guard	participle	castle not said here			night	by the Birds of Bad Faith	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
11	seek	present	the Birds of Bad Faith					tree rules
12	gag not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Birds of Bad Faith not said here		Truth			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination
13	not hear	should · passive		Truth's voice				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

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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