The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 30
At these words the korigan cast his eyes for the first time on the colt, which he knew to be the one belonging to the magician, and began to think that the young man was speaking the truth.
Who acts: korigan, Peronnik, one, young man · What happens: cast, know, be, belong, begin, think · To what, where: eyes, words, colt, one, truth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (korigan, Peronnik, one, young man), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 words | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 words | det |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cast | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 korigan | det |
| 5 | korigan | korigan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cast | nsubj |
| 6 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cast | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 time | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 time | det |
| 11 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 time | amod |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cast | obl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 colt | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 colt | det |
| 15 | colt | colt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 time | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 knew | punct |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 knew | obj |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 knew | nsubj |
| 19 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 colt | acl:relcl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 one | mark |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 one | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 one | det |
| 23 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 knew | ccomp |
| 24 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 one | acl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 magician | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 magician | det |
| 27 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 belonging | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 began | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 began | cc |
| 30 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cast | conj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 think | mark |
| 32 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 began | xcomp |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 speaking | mark |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 man | det |
| 35 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 man | amod |
| 36 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 speaking | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 speaking | aux |
| 38 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 think | ccomp |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 truth | det |
| 40 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 speaking | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cast | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cast | past | the korigan | Peronnik's eyes | this words | time | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at word=Destination | ||
| 2 | know | past | Peronnik | the colt | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | the one | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | belong | gerund | the one not said here | to the magician | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | begin | past | the korigan not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | the korigan not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | speak speech: other | past · progressive | the young man | the truth | tree rules |
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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