The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 64

There was a pause, and some of the faces looked a little frightened; for the new-comer was well known to them as a beggar, who was also said to be a wizard who cast spells over the cattle, and caused the corn to grow black, and old people to die, of what, nobody knew.

Who acts: some, wizard, old people, nobody · What happens: be, frighten, know, say, cast, cause · To what, where: little, Marzinne, beggar, wizard, spells, corn · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (some, wizard, old people, nobody), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 looked	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pause	det
4	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 looked	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 looked	cc
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 looked	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 faces	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 faces	det
10	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 some	nmod
11	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 little	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 frightened	obl:unmarked
14	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 looked	parataxis
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 known	punct
16	for	for	ADP	_	20 comer	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 comer	det
18	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 comer	amod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 new	punct
20	comer	comer	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 known	obl
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 known	aux:pass
22	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 known	advmod
23	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 looked	conj
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 them	case
25	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 known	obl
26	as	as	ADP	_	28 beggar	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 beggar	det
28	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 known	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 said	punct
30	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 said	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 said	aux:pass
32	also	also	ADV	_	33 said	advmod
33	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 beggar	acl:relcl
34	to	to	PART	_	37 wizard	mark
35	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 wizard	cop
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 wizard	det
37	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 said	ccomp
38	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 cast	nsubj
39	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 wizard	acl:relcl
40	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 cast	obj
41	over	over	ADP	_	43 cattle	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 cattle	det
43	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 cast	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 caused	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 caused	cc
46	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 looked	parataxis
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 corn	det
48	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 caused	obj
49	to	to	PART	_	50 grow	mark
50	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 corn	acl
51	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 grow	xcomp
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 die	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 die	cc
54	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 people	amod
55	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 die	nsubj
56	to	to	PART	_	57 die	mark
57	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 caused	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 what	punct
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 what	case
60	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	63 knew	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 knew	punct
62	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	63 knew	nsubj
63	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 die	ccomp
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	some			look property	tree rules
2	frighten	participle		a little			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	know	past · passive	some not said here		Marzinne	for the new comer; as a beggar; well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as beggar=Attribute
4	say speech: assert	past · passive		a beggar			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
5	is a	to-infinitive		a wizard			tree rules
6	cast	past	a wizard	spells		over the cattle	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme over cattle=Destination
7	cause	past		the corn			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition corn=Patient
8	grow	to-infinitive		the corn not said here		black property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	die	to-infinitive	old people				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
10	know	past	nobody				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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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