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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 29, sentence 43

Long, long ago, I was enchanted by a wicked fairy, and condemned to keep the shape of a ball till I should meet with two maidens, who would take me to their own home.

Who acts: wicked fairy, I, two maidens · What happens: enchant, condemn, keep, meet, take · To what, where: I, shape, me, own home

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wicked fairy, I, two maidens), 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

advclpunctadvmodadvmodpunctnsubjaux:passcasedetamodoblpunctccconjmarkxcompdetobjcasedetnmodmarknsubjauxadvclcasenummodoblpunctnsubjauxacl:relclobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootLongADJ,PUNCTlongADVagoADV,PUNCTIPRONwasAUXenchantedVERBbyADPaDETwickedADJfairyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcondemnedVERBtoPARTkeepVERBtheDETshapeNOUNofADPaDETballNOUNtillSCONJIPRONshouldAUXmeetVERBwithADPtwoNUMmaidensNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwouldAUXtakeVERBmePRONtoADPtheirPRONownADJhomeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LonglongADJDegree=Pos8 enchantedadvcl
2,,PUNCT_4 agopunct
3longlongADVDegree=Pos4 agoadvmod
4agoagoADV_1 Longadvmod
5,,PUNCT_8 enchantedpunct
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs8 enchantednsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 enchantedaux:pass
8enchantedenchantVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9bybyADP_12 fairycase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 fairydet
11wickedwickedADJDegree=Pos12 fairyamod
12fairyfairyNOUNNumber=Sing8 enchantedobl
13,,PUNCT_15 condemnedpunct
14andandCCONJ_15 condemnedcc
15condemnedcondemnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 enchantedconj
16totoPART_17 keepmark
17keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf15 condemnedxcomp
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 shapedet
19shapeshapeNOUNNumber=Sing17 keepobj
20ofofADP_22 ballcase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 balldet
22ballballNOUNNumber=Sing19 shapenmod
23tilltillSCONJ_26 meetmark
24IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs26 meetnsubj
25shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin26 meetaux
26meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf17 keepadvcl
27withwithADP_29 maidenscase
28twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card29 maidensnummod
29maidensmaidenNOUNNumber=Plur26 meetobl
30,,PUNCT_33 takepunct
31whowhoPRONPronType=Rel33 takensubj
32wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin33 takeaux
33taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf29 maidensacl:relcl
34meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs33 takeobj
35totoADP_38 homecase
36theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 homenmod:poss
37ownownADJDegree=Pos38 homeamod
38homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing33 takeobl
39..PUNCT_8 enchantedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1enchantpast · passivea wicked fairyIvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2condemnpasta wicked fairy not said herevn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3keepto-infinitivea wicked fairy not said herethe shape of a ballvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme
4meetshouldIwith two maidensvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with maiden=Co-Agent
5takewouldtwo maidensmemaidens's own homevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to home=Destination

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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