The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 23
But the magpie knew no more than the lesson he had learnt, so he soon fluttered away; while the prince hurried back to his castle to gather together a troop of horsemen, full of courage for whatever might befall.
Who acts: magpie, prince · What happens: know, learn, flutter away, hurry back, gather, befall · To what, where: more, lesson, castle, troop, whatever
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (magpie, prince), 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 | _ | 4 knew | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 magpie | det |
| 3 | magpie | magpie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 knew | obj |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 lesson | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lesson | det |
| 9 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 more | obl |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 learnt | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 learnt | aux |
| 12 | learnt | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 lesson | acl:relcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 fluttered | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 fluttered | advmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fluttered | nsubj |
| 16 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 fluttered | advmod |
| 17 | fluttered | flutter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 knew | parataxis |
| 18 | away | away | ADV | _ | 17 fluttered | advmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 hurried | punct |
| 20 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 23 hurried | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 prince | det |
| 22 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 hurried | nsubj |
| 23 | hurried | hurry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 fluttered | conj |
| 24 | back | back | ADV | _ | 23 hurried | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 castle | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 castle | nmod:poss |
| 27 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 hurried | obl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 gather | mark |
| 29 | gather | gather | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 hurried | advcl |
| 30 | together | together | ADV | _ | 29 gather | advmod |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 troop | det |
| 32 | troop | troop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 gather | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 horsemen | case |
| 34 | horsemen | horseman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 troop | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 full | punct |
| 36 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 horsemen | amod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 courage | case |
| 38 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 full | obl |
| 39 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 42 befall | mark |
| 40 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 befall | obj |
| 41 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 befall | aux |
| 42 | befall | befall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 full | advcl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the magpie | more | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | learn | past · perfect | magpie | the lesson not said here | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic | ||||
| 3 | flutter away | past | magpie | away, soon property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | hurry back | past | the prince | magpie's castle | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to castle=Destination | ||||
| 5 | gather | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | a troop of horsemen | together property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troop=Theme | |||
| 6 | befall | might | the prince not said here | whatever | tree rules |
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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