The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 47
Hand in hand they wandered about the enchanted garden, and gathered the golden apples from the trees, and when they were tired of this amusement the princess led her friend through all the wonderful rooms of the palace, until at last they came to the one in which were kept all the marvellous dresses and ornaments the gnome had given to his hoped-for bride.
Who acts: Brunhilda, princess · What happens: wander, enchant, gather, be, lead, come · To what, where: Hand, golden apples, trees, friend, wonderful rooms, one
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brunhilda, princess), 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 | Hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wandered | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 hand | case |
| 3 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hand | nmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wandered | nsubj |
| 5 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 garden | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 garden | det |
| 8 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 garden | amod |
| 9 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wandered | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gathered | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 gathered | cc |
| 12 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wandered | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 apples | det |
| 14 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 apples | amod |
| 15 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 gathered | obj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 trees | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 trees | det |
| 18 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 gathered | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 tired | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 tired | cc |
| 21 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 24 tired | mark |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 tired | nsubj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 tired | cop |
| 24 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wandered | parataxis |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 amusement | case |
| 26 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 amusement | det |
| 27 | amusement | amusement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 tired | obl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 princess | det |
| 29 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 led | nsubj |
| 30 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wandered | parataxis |
| 31 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 friend | nmod:poss |
| 32 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 led | obj |
| 33 | through | through | ADP | _ | 37 rooms | case |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 rooms | det:predet |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 rooms | det |
| 36 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 rooms | amod |
| 37 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 led | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 palace | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 palace | det |
| 40 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 rooms | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 came | punct |
| 42 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 46 came | mark |
| 43 | at | at | ADP | _ | 44 last | case |
| 44 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 came | obl |
| 45 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 came | nsubj |
| 46 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 led | conj |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 one | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 one | det |
| 49 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 came | obl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 which | case |
| 51 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 kept | obl |
| 52 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 kept | aux:pass |
| 53 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 one | acl:relcl |
| 54 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 57 dresses | det:predet |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 dresses | det |
| 56 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 dresses | amod |
| 57 | dresses | dress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 kept | obj |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 ornaments | cc |
| 59 | ornaments | ornament | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 dresses | conj |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 gnome | det |
| 61 | gnome | gnome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 given | nsubj:pass |
| 62 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 given | aux |
| 63 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 kept | parataxis |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 69 bride | case |
| 65 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 bride | nmod:poss |
| 66 | hoped | hoped | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 bride | amod |
| 67 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 69 bride | punct |
| 68 | for | for | ADP | _ | 69 bride | case |
| 69 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 given | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wandered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander | past | Brunhilda | Hand in hand | about the enchanted garden | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about garden=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | gather | past | Brunhilda not said here | the golden apples | the trees | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from tree=Source | |||
| 4 | is | past | Brunhilda | of this amusement; tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | lead | past | the princess | princess's friend | all wonderful rooms of the palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent friend=Theme through room=Destination | |||
| 6 | come | past | Brunhilda | the one | last | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to one=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | keep | past · passive | all marvellous dresses and ornaments | in the one | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: dress=Theme in which=Location | ||||
| 8 | give | past · perfect · passive | the gnome | gnome's hoped bride | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to bride=Recipient |
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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