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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 68

The prince felt sure this must be the place of the Simurgh.” he dismounted, turned his horse loose to graze, ate some of the food Jamila had given him, drank of the stream and lay down to sleep.

Who acts: prince, this, horse · What happens: feel, be, dismount, turn, loose, graze · To what, where: place, some, horse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, 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 (prince, this, horse), 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

detnsubjxcompnsubjauxcopdetccompcasedetnmodpunctpunctnsubjparataxispunctconjnmod:possnsubjccompmarkxcomppunctconjnsubj:passcasedetnmodapposauxccompiobjpunctparataxiscasedetoblccconjadvmodmarkadvclpunctrootTheDETprinceNOUNfeltVERBsureADJthisPRONmustAUXbeAUXtheDETplaceNOUNofADPtheDETSimurghPROPN.PUNCT”PUNCThePRONdismountedVERB,PUNCTturnedVERBhisPRONhorseNOUNlooseVERBtoPARTgrazeVERB,PUNCTateVERBsomeDETofADPtheDETfoodNOUNJamilaPROPNhadAUXgivenVERBhimPRON,PUNCTdrankVERBofADPtheDETstreamNOUNandCCONJlayVERBdownADVtoPARTsleepVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 princedet
2princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing3 feltnsubj
3feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4suresureADJDegree=Pos3 feltxcomp
5thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 placensubj
6mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin9 placeaux
7bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf9 placecop
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 placedet
9placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing4 sureccomp
10ofofADP_12 Simurghcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Simurghdet
12SimurghSimurghPROPNNumber=Sing9 placenmod
13..PUNCT_3 feltpunct
14”"PUNCT_3 feltpunct
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 dismountednsubj
16dismounteddismountVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 feltparataxis
17,,PUNCT_18 turnedpunct
18turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 dismountedconj
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 horsenmod:poss
20horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing21 loosensubj
21looselooseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 turnedccomp
22totoPART_23 grazemark
23grazegrazeVERBVerbForm=Inf21 loosexcomp
24,,PUNCT_25 atepunct
25ateeatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 dismountedconj
26somesomeDETPronType=Ind32 givennsubj:pass
27ofofADP_29 foodcase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 fooddet
29foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing26 somenmod
30JamilaJamilaPROPNNumber=Sing29 foodappos
31hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 givenaux
32givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 ateccomp
33himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 giveniobj
34,,PUNCT_35 drankpunct
35drankdrinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 dismountedparataxis
36ofofADP_38 streamcase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 streamdet
38streamstreamNOUNNumber=Sing35 drankobl
39andandCCONJ_40 laycc
40laylayVERBVerbForm=Inf35 drankconj
41downdownADV_40 layadvmod
42totoPART_43 sleepmark
43sleepsleepVERBVerbForm=Inf40 layadvcl
44..PUNCT_3 feltpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelpastthe princesure propertyvn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2is amustthisthe placeof the Simurghtree rules
3dismount in a quotepastprincevn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4turn in a quotepastprince not said heretree rules
5loose in a quotepastprince's horsetree rules
6graze in a quoteto-infinitiveprince's horse not said herevn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7eat in a quotepastprince not said heretree rules
8give in a quotepast · perfect · passivesomehorsevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme
9drink in a quotepastof the streamvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of stream=Source
10lay down in a quoteinfinitivedown propertyvn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11sleep in a quoteto-infinitivevn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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