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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 76

It drew in its breath and would have sucked the prince into its maw, but when he was within striking distance he drew his sword and, having committed himself to God, struck a mighty blow which cut the creature’s neck down to the gullet.

Who acts: dragon, prince, striking distance, mighty blow · What happens: draw, suck, strike, have, cut · To what, where: breath, prince, maw, sword, God, mighty blow

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 (dragon, prince, striking distance, mighty blow), 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

nsubjcasenmod:possoblccauxauxconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodnsubjauxmarkamodnsubjnsubjconjnmod:possobjccpunctconjxcompoblcaseoblpunctconjdetamodobjnsubjacl:relcldetnmod:posscaseobjadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootItPRONdrewVERBinADPitsPRONbreathNOUNandCCONJwouldAUXhaveAUXsuckedVERBtheDETprinceNOUNintoADPitsPRONmawNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJwhenADVhePRONwasAUXwithinADPstrikingVERBdistanceNOUNhePRONdrewVERBhisPRONswordNOUNandCCONJ,PUNCThavingVERBcommittedADJhimselfPRONtoADPGodPROPN,PUNCTstruckVERBaDETmightyADJblowNOUNwhichPRONcutVERBtheDETcreatureNOUN’sPARTneckNOUNdownADVtoADPtheDETgulletNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 drewnsubj
2drewdrawVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_5 breathcase
4itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 breathnmod:poss
5breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing2 drewobl
6andandCCONJ_9 suckedcc
7wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin9 suckedaux
8havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf9 suckedaux
9suckedsuckVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 drewconj
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 princedet
11princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing9 suckedobj
12intointoADP_14 mawcase
13itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 mawnmod:poss
14mawmawNOUNNumber=Sing9 suckedobl
15,,PUNCT_24 drewpunct
16butbutCCONJ_24 drewcc
17whenwhenADVPronType=Int21 strikingadvmod
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 strikingnsubj
19wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 strikingaux
20withinwithinADP_21 strikingmark
21strikingstrikeVERBVerbForm=Ger22 distanceamod
22distancedistanceNOUNNumber=Sing24 drewnsubj
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 drewnsubj
24drewdrawVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 drewconj
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 swordnmod:poss
26swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing24 drewobj
27andandCCONJ_29 havingcc
28,,PUNCT_29 havingpunct
29havinghaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 drewconj
30committedcommittedADJDegree=Pos29 havingxcomp
31himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes30 committedobl
32totoADP_33 Godcase
33GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing29 havingobl
34,,PUNCT_35 struckpunct
35struckstrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 drewconj
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 blowdet
37mightymightyADJDegree=Pos38 blowamod
38blowblowNOUNNumber=Sing35 struckobj
39whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel40 cutnsubj
40cutcutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 blowacl:relcl
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 creaturedet
42creaturecreatureNOUNNumber=Sing44 necknmod:poss
43’s'sPART_42 creaturecase
44neckneckNOUNNumber=Sing40 cutobj
45downdownADV_40 cutadvmod
46totoADP_48 gulletcase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 gulletdet
48gulletgulletNOUNNumber=Sing45 downobl
49..PUNCT_2 drewpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1drawpastdragondragon's breathvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in breath=Destination
2suckwould · perfectdragon not said herethe princedragon's mawvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent prince=Source
3strikepast · progressiveprincevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
4drawpaststriking distanceprince's swordvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
5havegerundstriking distance not said hereGodcommitted propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6strikepastdragon not said herea mighty blowvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient
7cutpasta mighty blowthe creature's neckdown propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset neck=Product

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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