The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5, sentence 69
As to the old witch, in the end she died of rage at seeing her prey escape her; and at the moment she drew her last breath the castle of Albatroz fell into ruins with a great noise.
Who acts: dragon, prey, castle · What happens: die, see, escape, draw, fall · To what, where: prey, dragon, last breath, ruins
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 (dragon, prey, castle), 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 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 5 witch | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 witch | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 witch | amod |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 died | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 witch | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 died | obl |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 died | nsubj |
| 11 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 rage | case |
| 13 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 died | obl |
| 14 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 15 seeing | mark |
| 15 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 died | advcl |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 prey | nmod:poss |
| 17 | prey | prey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 seeing | obj |
| 18 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 seeing | xcomp |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 escape | obj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 drew | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 drew | cc |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 moment | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 moment | det |
| 24 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 drew | obl |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 drew | nsubj |
| 26 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 died | conj |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 breath | nmod:poss |
| 28 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 breath | amod |
| 29 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 drew | obj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 castle | det |
| 31 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fell | nsubj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Albatroz | case |
| 33 | Albatroz | Albatroz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 castle | nmod |
| 34 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 drew | conj |
| 35 | into | into | ADP | _ | 36 ruins | case |
| 36 | ruins | ruin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 fell | obl |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 noise | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 noise | det |
| 39 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 noise | amod |
| 40 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fell | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 died | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | dragon | in the end | as the old witch; of rage | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in end=Attribute | |||
| 2 | see | gerund | dragon not said here | dragon's prey | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | escape | infinitive | dragon's prey not said here | dragon | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | draw | past | dragon | dragon's last breath | moment | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | |||
| 5 | fall | past | the castle of Albatroz | into ruins result; with a great noise | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into ruin=Result |
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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