The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 6, sentence 81

Now the children were forbidden to play more than a short distance from the door, as it was known that, away on the other side of the wood near the great river, there dwelt a witch who had a magic ball that she used as a means of stealing children.

Who acts: witch, wife, a · What happens: forbid, play, know, dwell, have, use · To what, where: children, more, door, witch, magic ball · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (witch, wife, a), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 forbidden	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 children	det
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forbidden	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forbidden	aux:pass
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forbidden	xcomp
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 play	obj
9	than	than	ADP	_	12 distance	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 distance	det
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 distance	amod
12	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 more	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 door	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 door	det
15	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 distance	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 known	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 known	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 known	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 known	aux:pass
20	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 forbidden	conj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 dwelt	mark
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 away	punct
23	away	away	ADV	_	37 dwelt	advmod
24	on	on	ADP	_	27 side	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 side	det
26	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 side	amod
27	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 away	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 wood	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 wood	det
30	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 side	nmod
31	near	near	ADP	_	34 river	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 river	det
33	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 river	amod
34	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 wood	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 dwelt	punct
36	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	37 dwelt	expl
37	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 known	advcl
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 witch	det
39	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 dwelt	obj
40	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 had	nsubj
41	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 witch	acl:relcl
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 ball	det
43	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ball	compound
44	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 had	obj
45	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 used	obj
46	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 used	nsubj
47	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 ball	acl:relcl
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	50 means	mark
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 means	nsubj
50	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 used	ccomp
51	of	of	SCONJ	_	52 stealing	mark
52	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	50 means	ccomp
53	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 stealing	obj
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 forbidden	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · passive		the children		now		tree rules
2	play	to-infinitive		more				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
3	know	past · passive		door				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
4	dwell	past		a witch	there		away property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme witch=Location
5	have	past	a witch	a magic ball				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient
6	use	past	wife	a magic ball				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent that=Theme clause=Eventuality
7	mean	present	a					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	steal	gerund		children				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme

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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