The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 50
But although his anger made him cruel enough for anything so dreadful, the king felt that he could not turn his great sword on the helpless baby, who he was sure must soon die in this solitary place without its mother; so he left it in the cave where it was, and, mounting his camel, rode home as fast as he could.
Who acts: anger, king, helpless baby · What happens: make, feel, not turn, be, die, leave · To what, where: king, great sword, helpless baby, sword, cave, camel
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (anger, king, helpless baby), 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 | _ | 16 felt | cc |
| 2 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 5 made | mark |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 anger | nmod:poss |
| 4 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 felt | advcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 made | xcomp |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 made | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 anything | case |
| 10 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 made | obl |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 dreadful | advmod |
| 12 | dreadful | dreadful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 made | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 felt | nsubj |
| 16 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 turn | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 turn | nsubj |
| 19 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 turn | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 turn | advmod |
| 21 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 felt | ccomp |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 sword | nmod:poss |
| 23 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 sword | amod |
| 24 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 turn | obj |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 baby | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 baby | det |
| 27 | helpless | helpless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 baby | amod |
| 28 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 turn | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 sure | punct |
| 30 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 sure | nsubj |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 sure | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 sure | cop |
| 33 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 baby | parataxis |
| 34 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 die | aux |
| 35 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 die | advmod |
| 36 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 sure | ccomp |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 place | case |
| 38 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 place | det |
| 39 | solitary | solitary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 place | amod |
| 40 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 die | obl |
| 41 | without | without | ADP | _ | 43 mother | case |
| 42 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 mother | nmod:poss |
| 43 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 die | obl |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 left | punct |
| 45 | so | so | ADV | _ | 47 left | advmod |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 left | nsubj |
| 47 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 felt | conj |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 left | obj |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 cave | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 cave | det |
| 51 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 left | obl |
| 52 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 54 was | advmod |
| 53 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 was | nsubj |
| 54 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 cave | acl:relcl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 mounting | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 mounting | cc |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 mounting | punct |
| 58 | mounting | mount | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 left | advcl |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 camel | nmod:poss |
| 60 | camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 mounting | obj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 rode | punct |
| 62 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 left | conj |
| 63 | home | home | ADV | _ | 62 rode | advmod |
| 64 | as | as | ADV | _ | 65 fast | advmod |
| 65 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 62 rode | advmod |
| 66 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 68 could | mark |
| 67 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 could | nsubj |
| 68 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 65 fast | advcl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 felt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | king's anger | king | for anything; cruel, dreadful, enough property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent he=Product for anything=Asset | |||
| 2 | feel | past | the king | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not turn | could | king | king's great sword | the helpless baby | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | |||
| 4 | is | past | the helpless baby | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | die | must | the helpless baby not said here | without sword's mother; in this solitary place; soon property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | leave | past | king | sword | the cave | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cave=Location | |||
| 7 | mount | gerund | king not said here | king's camel | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camel=Patient | ||||
| 8 | ride | past | king not said here | fast, home property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | anger | king | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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