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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 15

The prince drank from the king’s own cup, and when his head was hot with wine he took a lute from one of the musicians and placed himself on the carpet border and sang and sang till he witched away the sense of all who listened.

Who acts: prince, head · What happens: drink, be, take, place, sing, witch away · To what, where: own cup, lute, prince, carpet border, sense

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

detnsubjcasedetnmod:posscaseamodoblpunctccadvmodnmod:possnsubjcopconjcaseoblnsubjparataxisdetobjcaseoblcasedetnmodccconjobjcasedetcompoundoblccconjccconjmarknsubjadvcladvmoddetobjcasenmodnsubjacl:relclpunctrootTheDETprinceNOUNdrankVERBfromADPtheDETkingNOUN’sPARTownADJcupNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVhisPRONheadNOUNwasAUXhotADJwithADPwineNOUNhePRONtookVERBaDETluteNOUNfromADPoneNUMofADPtheDETmusiciansNOUNandCCONJplacedVERBhimselfPRONonADPtheDETcarpetNOUNborderNOUNandCCONJsangVERBandCCONJsangVERBtillSCONJhePRONwitchedVERBawayADVtheDETsenseNOUNofADPallDETwhoPRONlistenedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 princedet
2princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing3 dranknsubj
3drankdrinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4fromfromADP_9 cupcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 kingdet
6kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing9 cupnmod:poss
7’s'sPART_6 kingcase
8ownownADJDegree=Pos9 cupamod
9cupcupNOUNNumber=Sing3 drankobl
10,,PUNCT_16 hotpunct
11andandCCONJ_16 hotcc
12whenwhenADVPronType=Int16 hotadvmod
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 headnmod:poss
14headheadNOUNNumber=Sing16 hotnsubj
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 hotcop
16hothotADJDegree=Pos3 drankconj
17withwithADP_18 winecase
18winewineNOUNNumber=Sing16 hotobl
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 tooknsubj
20tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 drankparataxis
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 lutedet
22luteluteNOUNNumber=Sing20 tookobj
23fromfromADP_24 onecase
24oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card20 tookobl
25ofofADP_27 musicianscase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 musiciansdet
27musiciansmusicianNOUNNumber=Plur24 onenmod
28andandCCONJ_29 placedcc
29placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 tookconj
30himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes29 placedobj
31ononADP_34 bordercase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 borderdet
33carpetcarpetNOUNNumber=Sing34 bordercompound
34borderborderNOUNNumber=Sing29 placedobl
35andandCCONJ_36 sangcc
36sangsingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 tookconj
37andandCCONJ_38 sangcc
38sangsingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 sangconj
39tilltillSCONJ_41 witchedmark
40hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 witchednsubj
41witchedwitchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 sangadvcl
42awayawayADV_41 witchedadvmod
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 sensedet
44sensesenseNOUNNumber=Sing41 witchedobj
45ofofADP_46 allcase
46allallDETPronType=Tot44 sensenmod
47whowhoPRONPronType=Rel48 listenednsubj
48listenedlistenVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 allacl:relcl
49..PUNCT_3 drankpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1drinkpastthe princethe king's own cupvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from cup=Source
2ispastprince's headwith wine; hot propertytree rules
3takepastprincea lutefrom one of the musiciansvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent lute=Theme from one=Initial_Location
4placepastprince not said hereprincethe carpet bordervn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on border=Destination
5sing speech: expresspastprince not said herevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6sing speech: expresspastprince not said herevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7witch awaypastprincethe sense of allaway propertytree rules
8listenpastvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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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