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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

ccdetnsubjadvmodobjcasedetoblnsubjauxacl:relclpunctadvmodnsubjadvmodparataxisadvmodpunctmarkdetnsubjconjadvmodcasenmod:possoblmarkadvcladvmoddetobjcasenmodpunctamodcaseoblmarkobjauxadvclpunctrootButCCONJtheDETmagpieNOUNknewVERBnoADVmoreADJthanADPtheDETlessonNOUNhePRONhadAUXlearntVERB,PUNCTsoADVhePRONsoonADVflutteredVERBawayADV;PUNCTwhileSCONJtheDETprinceNOUNhurriedVERBbackADVtoADPhisPRONcastleNOUNtoPARTgatherVERBtogetherADVaDETtroopNOUNofADPhorsemenNOUN,PUNCTfullADJofADPcourageNOUNforSCONJwhateverPRONmightAUXbefallVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_4 knewcc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 magpiedet
3magpiemagpieNOUNNumber=Sing4 knewnsubj
4knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5nonoADV_6 moreadvmod
6moremoreADJDegree=Cmp4 knewobj
7thanthanADP_9 lessoncase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 lessondet
9lessonlessonNOUNNumber=Sing6 moreobl
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 learntnsubj
11hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 learntaux
12learntlearnVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part9 lessonacl:relcl
13,,PUNCT_17 flutteredpunct
14sosoADV_17 flutteredadvmod
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 flutterednsubj
16soonsoonADVDegree=Pos17 flutteredadvmod
17flutteredflutterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 knewparataxis
18awayawayADV_17 flutteredadvmod
19;;PUNCT_23 hurriedpunct
20whilewhileSCONJ_23 hurriedmark
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 princedet
22princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing23 hurriednsubj
23hurriedhurryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 flutteredconj
24backbackADV_23 hurriedadvmod
25totoADP_27 castlecase
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 castlenmod:poss
27castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing23 hurriedobl
28totoPART_29 gathermark
29gathergatherVERBVerbForm=Inf23 hurriedadvcl
30togethertogetherADV_29 gatheradvmod
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 troopdet
32trooptroopNOUNNumber=Sing29 gatherobj
33ofofADP_34 horsemencase
34horsemenhorsemanNOUNNumber=Plur32 troopnmod
35,,PUNCT_36 fullpunct
36fullfullADJDegree=Pos34 horsemenamod
37ofofADP_38 couragecase
38couragecourageNOUNNumber=Sing36 fullobl
39forforSCONJ_42 befallmark
40whateverwhateverPRONPronType=Rel42 befallobj
41mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin42 befallaux
42befallbefallVERBVerbForm=Inf36 fulladvcl
43..PUNCT_4 knewpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowpastthe magpiemorevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus
2learnpast · perfectmagpiethe lesson not said herevn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic
3flutter awaypastmagpieaway, soon propertyvn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4hurry backpastthe princemagpie's castlevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to castle=Destination
5gatherto-infinitivethe prince not said herea troop of horsementogether propertyvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troop=Theme
6befallmightthe prince not said herewhatevertree 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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