The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5, sentence 67
She then told the young man what had become of his brother, and he went down into the dungeon, and brought up his body and the bodies of the other victims who lay there, and when they were all washed in the magic water their strength was restored to them.
Who acts: bade, young man, man, other victims · What happens: tell, become, go down, bring up, lie, wash · To what, where: young man, dungeon, body, victims, magic water, strength · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bade, young man, man, other victims), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 told | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 told | advmod |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 told | obj |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 become | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 become | aux |
| 9 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 man | acl:relcl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 brother | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brother | nmod:poss |
| 12 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 become | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 went | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 went | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 went | nsubj |
| 16 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 told | conj |
| 17 | down | down | ADV | _ | 16 went | advmod |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 dungeon | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 dungeon | det |
| 20 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 went | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 brought | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 brought | cc |
| 23 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 told | conj |
| 24 | up | up | ADP | _ | 23 brought | compound:prt |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 body | nmod:poss |
| 26 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 brought | obj |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 bodies | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 bodies | det |
| 29 | bodies | body | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 body | conj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 victims | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 victims | det |
| 32 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 victims | amod |
| 33 | victims | victim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 bodies | nmod |
| 34 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 lay | nsubj |
| 35 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 victims | acl:relcl |
| 36 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 lay | advmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 washed | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 washed | cc |
| 39 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 washed | advmod |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 washed | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 washed | aux:pass |
| 42 | all | all | ADV | _ | 43 washed | advmod |
| 43 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 told | parataxis |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 water | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 water | det |
| 46 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 water | compound |
| 47 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 washed | obl |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 strength | nmod:poss |
| 49 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 restored | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 restored | aux:pass |
| 51 | restored | restore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 washed | conj |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 them | case |
| 53 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 restored | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | bade | the young man | then | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | |||
| 2 | become | past · perfect | the young man | of man's brother | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | go down | past | man | the dungeon | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 4 | bring up | past | bade not said here | man's body and the bodies of the other victims | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient | ||||
| 5 | lie | past | the other victims | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | wash | past · passive | victims = victim | the magic water | all property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 7 | restore | past · passive | victims's strength | victims = victim | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to they=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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