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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 24

Three times they came together with a crash which made their horses reel; once Rosald knocked the helmet off his foe, and received in return such a blow that he staggered in his saddle.

Who acts: pages, crash, horses, Rosald · What happens: come together, make, reel, knock off, receive, stagger · To what, where: helmet, return, blow, saddle

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pages, crash, horses, Rosald), 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

nummodobl:unmarkednsubjadvmodcasedetoblnsubjacl:relclnmod:possnsubjccomppunctmarknsubjparataxisdetobjcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctccconjcaseobldet:predetdetconjmarknsubjacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctrootThreeNUMtimesNOUNtheyPRONcameVERBtogetherADVwithADPaDETcrashNOUNwhichPRONmadeVERBtheirPRONhorsesNOUNreelVERB;PUNCTonceSCONJRosaldPROPNknockedVERBtheDEThelmetNOUNoffADPhisPRONfoeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJreceivedVERBinADPreturnNOUNsuchDETaDETblowNOUNthatSCONJhePRONstaggeredVERBinADPhisPRONsaddleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThreethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 timesnummod
2timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur4 cameobl:unmarked
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 camensubj
4camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5togethertogetherADV_4 cameadvmod
6withwithADP_8 crashcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 crashdet
8crashcrashNOUNNumber=Sing4 cameobl
9whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel10 madensubj
10mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 crashacl:relcl
11theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 horsesnmod:poss
12horseshorseNOUNNumber=Plur13 reelnsubj
13reelreelVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 madeccomp
14;;PUNCT_17 knockedpunct
15onceonceSCONJ_17 knockedmark
16RosaldRosaldPROPNNumber=Sing17 knockednsubj
17knockedknockVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 cameparataxis
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 helmetdet
19helmethelmetNOUNNumber=Sing17 knockedobj
20offoffADP_17 knockedcompound:prt
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 foenmod:poss
22foefoeNOUNNumber=Sing17 knockedobj
23,,PUNCT_25 receivedpunct
24andandCCONJ_25 receivedcc
25receivedreceiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass17 knockedconj
26ininADP_27 returncase
27returnreturnNOUNNumber=Sing25 receivedobl
28suchsuchDETPronType=Ind30 blowdet:predet
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 blowdet
30blowblowNOUNNumber=Sing27 returnconj
31thatthatSCONJ_33 staggeredmark
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 staggerednsubj
33staggeredstaggerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 blowacl:relcl
34ininADP_36 saddlecase
35hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 saddlenmod:poss
36saddlesaddleNOUNNumber=Sing33 staggeredobl
37..PUNCT_4 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come togetherpastpages = pagetimewith a crash; together propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2makepasta crashtree rules
3reelpresentpages's horsesvn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4knock offpastRosaldthe helmettree rules
5receiveparticipleRosald not said herereturn and such blowvn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in return=Location
6staggerpastRosaldsuch blow not said hereRosald's saddlevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus blow=Experiencer

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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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