The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 35

But Hábogi, who knew a little magic, and had guessed what they would do, changed the ashes into roses, and cast a spell over the sisters, so that they could not leave the spot for a whole day, and every one who passed by mocked at them.

Who acts: Hábogi, sisters, one · What happens: know, guess, do, change, cast, not leave · To what, where: little magic, ashes, roses, spell, spot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hábogi, sisters, one), 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	_	18 changed	cc
2	Hábogi	Hábogi	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 changed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knew	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 knew	nsubj
5	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Hábogi	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 magic	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 magic	amod
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knew	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 guessed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 guessed	cc
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 guessed	aux
12	guessed	guess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 knew	conj
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 do	obj
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 do	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 do	aux
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 guessed	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Hábogi	punct
18	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ashes	det
20	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 changed	obj
21	into	into	ADP	_	22 roses	case
22	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 changed	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 cast	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 cast	cc
25	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 changed	parataxis
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 spell	det
27	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 cast	obj
28	over	over	ADP	_	30 sisters	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 sisters	det
30	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 cast	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 leave	punct
32	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	37 leave	mark
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 so	fixed
34	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 leave	nsubj
35	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 leave	aux
36	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 leave	advmod
37	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 cast	conj
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 spot	det
39	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 leave	obj
40	for	for	ADP	_	43 day	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 day	det
42	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 day	amod
43	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 leave	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 one	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 one	cc
46	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	47 one	det
47	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 changed	parataxis
48	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 passed	nsubj
49	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 one	acl:relcl
50	by	by	SCONJ	_	51 mocked	mark
51	mocked	mock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 passed	xcomp
52	at	at	ADP	_	53 them	case
53	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 mocked	obl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 changed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	Hábogi	a little magic			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer magic=Stimulus
2	guess	past · perfect	Hábogi not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	would	sisters = sister				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	change	past	Hábogi	the ashes		into roses result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent ash=Patient into rose=Result
5	cast	infinitive		a spell		over the sisters	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme over sister=Destination
6	not leave	could	sisters = sister	the spot	day		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme
7	pass	past	every one				tree rules
8	mock	participle	every one not said here			at sisters = sister	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 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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