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The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4, sentence 104

Would the dragon with snaky locks be turned to stone, she wondered, like the dragon in an old story her nurse had told her; or would some fiery spark dart from the heart of the mirror, and strike him dead?

Who acts: princess, some · What happens: turn, wonder, tell, dart, strike · To what, where: dragon, stone, nurse, princess, old story, heart · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, some), 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

auxdetnsubj:passcaseamodnmodaux:passcaseoblpunctnsubjparataxispunctcasedetoblcasedetamodoblnmod:possnsubj:passauxconjiobjpunctccauxnsubjamodcompoundparataxiscasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctccconjobjxcomppunctrootWouldAUXtheDETdragonNOUNwithADPsnakyADJlocksNOUNbeAUXturnedVERBtoADPstoneNOUN,PUNCTshePRONwonderedVERB,PUNCTlikeADPtheDETdragonNOUNinADPanDEToldADJstoryNOUNherPRONnurseNOUNhadAUXtoldVERBherPRON;PUNCTorCCONJwouldAUXsomeDETfieryADJsparkNOUNdartNOUNfromADPtheDETheartNOUNofADPtheDETmirrorNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJstrikeVERBhimPRONdeadADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 dragonaux
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 dragondet
3dragondragonNOUNNumber=Sing8 turnednsubj:pass
4withwithADP_6 lockscase
5snakysnakyADJDegree=Pos6 locksamod
6lockslockNOUNNumber=Plur3 dragonnmod
7bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf8 turnedaux:pass
8turnedturnVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9totoADP_10 stonecase
10stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing8 turnedobl
11,,PUNCT_13 wonderedpunct
12sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 wonderednsubj
13wonderedwonderVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 turnedparataxis
14,,PUNCT_17 dragonpunct
15likelikeADP_17 dragoncase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 dragondet
17dragondragonNOUNNumber=Sing13 wonderedobl
18ininADP_21 storycase
19anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 storydet
20oldoldADJDegree=Pos21 storyamod
21storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing25 toldobl
22herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 nursenmod:poss
23nursenurseNOUNNumber=Sing25 toldnsubj:pass
24hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 toldaux
25toldtellVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 wonderedconj
26hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 toldiobj
27;;PUNCT_33 dartpunct
28ororCCONJ_33 dartcc
29wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin33 dartaux
30somesomeDETPronType=Ind33 dartnsubj
31fieryfieryADJDegree=Pos33 dartamod
32sparksparkNOUNNumber=Sing33 dartcompound
33dartdartNOUNNumber=Sing8 turnedparataxis
34fromfromADP_36 heartcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 heartdet
36heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing33 dartnmod
37ofofADP_39 mirrorcase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 mirrordet
39mirrormirrorNOUNNumber=Sing36 heartnmod
40,,PUNCT_42 strikepunct
41andandCCONJ_42 strikecc
42strikestrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 turnedconj
43himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 strikeobj
44deaddeadADJDegree=Pos42 strikexcomp
45??PUNCT_8 turnedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turninfinitive · passivethe dragon with snaky locksstonevn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory
2wonder speech: askpastprincesslike the dragonvn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3tell speech: assertpast · perfect · passiveprincess's nurseprincessa old storyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Topic
4dartwouldsomethe heart of the mirrortree rules
5strikepresentdragondead propertyvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument

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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