The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 2

‘I shall certainly be condemned for one or other of them,’ thought he sadly; ‘and after all, if I have to die, I would rather choose my own death than leave it to my enemies,’ and as soon as he entered Evora he looked about for a place suitable for carrying out the plan he had made.

Who acts: I, brother, my · What happens: condemn, think, have, die, choose, leave · To what, where: I, own death, death, enemies, Evora, plan

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, brother, my), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 condemned	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 condemned	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 condemned	aux
4	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	6 condemned	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 condemned	aux:pass
6	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 condemned	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 other	cc
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 other	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thought	punct
14	’	'	PUNCT	_	15 thought	punct
15	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 condemned	advcl
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sadly	nsubj
17	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	15 thought	ccomp
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 suitable	punct
19	‘	'	PUNCT	_	58 suitable	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 suitable	cc
21	after	after	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	58 suitable	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 all	punct
24	if	if	SCONJ	_	26 have	mark
25	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 have	nsubj
26	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 all	advcl
27	to	to	PART	_	28 die	mark
28	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 have	xcomp
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 all	punct
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 choose	nsubj
31	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 choose	aux
32	rather	rather	ADV	_	33 choose	advmod
33	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 all	acl:relcl
34	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 death	nmod:poss
35	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 death	amod
36	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 choose	obj
37	than	than	SCONJ	_	38 leave	mark
38	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 choose	advcl
39	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 leave	obj
40	to	to	ADP	_	42 enemies	case
41	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 enemies	nmod:poss
42	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 leave	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 all	punct
44	’	'	PUNCT	_	22 all	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 looked	cc
46	as	as	ADV	_	47 soon	advmod
47	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 looked	advmod
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	50 entered	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 entered	nsubj
50	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 looked	advcl
51	Evora	Evora	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 entered	obj
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 looked	nsubj
53	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 all	conj
54	about	about	ADV	_	53 looked	advmod
55	for	for	ADP	_	57 place	case
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 place	det
57	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 looked	obl
58	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 condemned	parataxis
59	for	for	SCONJ	_	60 carrying	mark
60	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 suitable	advcl
61	out	out	ADP	_	60 carrying	compound:prt
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 plan	det
63	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 carrying	obj
64	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 made	nsubj
65	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 made	aux
66	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	63 plan	acl:relcl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 condemned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	condemn	shall · passive		I		for one; certainly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for one=Attribute
2	think speech: other	past					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have a condition, not said to happen	present	I				tree rules
4	die	to-infinitive	I not said here				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	choose	would	I	my own death			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme
6	leave	infinitive	I not said here	death	my enemies		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to enemy=Recipient
7	enter	past	brother		Evora		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evora=Destination
8	look	past	brother			for a place; about, soon property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for place=Theme
9	carry out	gerund		the plan			vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Eventuality
10	make	past · perfect	brother	the plan not said here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product
11	die		my				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 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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