The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 2

A sorceress, that had a beautiful daughter, wished me for her son-in-law; but the mother got power over me, and when I refused to wed her daughter she made me take the form of a bear by day, and I was to continue so till a lady would marry me of her own free will, and endure five years of great trials after.’

Who acts: sorceress, mother, I, me, lady · What happens: have, wish, get, refuse, not wed, make · To what, where: beautiful daughter, me, power, daughter, form, bear

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sorceress, mother, I, me), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sorceress	det
2	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wished	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sorceress	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 daughter	det
7	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 daughter	amod
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sorceress	punct
10	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 wished	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 son	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 son	nmod:poss
14	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wished	obl
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 law	punct
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 law	case
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 in	punct
18	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 son	nmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 got	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 got	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 mother	det
22	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 got	nsubj
23	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wished	parataxis
24	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 got	obj
25	over	over	ADP	_	26 me	case
26	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 got	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 refused	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 refused	cc
29	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 refused	advmod
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 refused	nsubj
31	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wished	parataxis
32	to	to	PART	_	33 wed	mark
33	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 refused	xcomp
34	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 daughter	nmod:poss
35	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 wed	obj
36	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 made	nsubj
37	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 daughter	acl:relcl
38	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 made	obj
39	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 made	xcomp
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 form	det
41	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 take	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 bear	case
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 bear	det
44	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 form	nmod
45	by	by	ADP	_	46 day	case
46	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 take	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 continue	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 continue	cc
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 continue	nsubj
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 continue	cop
51	to	to	PART	_	52 continue	mark
52	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wished	parataxis
53	so	so	ADV	_	52 continue	advmod
54	till	till	SCONJ	_	58 marry	mark
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 lady	det
56	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 marry	nsubj
57	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 marry	aux
58	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 continue	advcl
59	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 marry	obj
60	of	of	ADP	_	64 will	case
61	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 will	nmod:poss
62	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 free	amod
63	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 will	amod
64	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 marry	advcl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 endure	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 endure	cc
67	endure	endure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wished	parataxis
68	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	69 years	nummod
69	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 after	obl:unmarked
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 trials	case
71	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 trials	amod
72	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 years	nmod
73	after	after	ADV	_	67 endure	advmod
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	67 endure	punct
75	’	'	PUNCT	_	67 endure	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	a sorceress	a beautiful daughter			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
2	wish	past	a sorceress	me		for sorceress's son in law	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme
3	get	past	the mother	power		over me	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Stimulus
4	refuse	past	I				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not wed	to-infinitive	I not said here	sorceress's daughter			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
6	make	past	mother	me			tree rules
7	take	infinitive	me not said here	the form of a bear	day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
8	is	past	I			continue property	tree rules
9	marry	would	a lady	me			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient
10	endure	present				after property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	form			a bear			nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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