The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29, sentence 37
‘Thou hast aimed well this time too,’ said the giant, as the king’s son laid his hand on her shoulder, ‘but perhaps we may meet some other way’; and though he pretended to laugh, the bride saw a gleam in his eye which warned her of danger.
Who acts: son, we, bride, eye · What happens: aim, say, lay, meet, pretend, laugh · To what, where: Thou, giant, hand, shoulder, other way, gleam · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, we, bride, eye), 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 | _ | 4 aimed | punct |
| 2 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 aimed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 aimed | aux:pass |
| 4 | aimed | aim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 aimed | advmod |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 aimed | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 aimed | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 aimed | punct |
| 10 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 giant | det |
| 13 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 said | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 laid | punct |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 laid | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 king | det |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 son | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 king | case |
| 19 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 laid | nsubj |
| 20 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 hand | nmod:poss |
| 22 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 laid | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 shoulder | case |
| 24 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 25 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 laid | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 meet | punct |
| 27 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 meet | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 meet | cc |
| 29 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 32 meet | advmod |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 meet | nsubj |
| 31 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 meet | aux |
| 32 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 laid | advcl |
| 33 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 35 way | det |
| 34 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 way | amod |
| 35 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 meet | obj |
| 36 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 meet | punct |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 saw | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 saw | cc |
| 39 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 41 pretended | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 pretended | nsubj |
| 41 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 saw | advcl |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 laugh | mark |
| 43 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 pretended | xcomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 pretended | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 bride | det |
| 46 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 saw | nsubj |
| 47 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 gleam | det |
| 49 | gleam | gleam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 saw | obj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 eye | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 eye | nmod:poss |
| 52 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 saw | obl |
| 53 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 warned | nsubj |
| 54 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 eye | acl:relcl |
| 55 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 warned | obj |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 danger | case |
| 57 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 warned | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aim | present · passive | Thou | time | well property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the giant | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | lay | past | the king's son | son's hand | giant's shoulder | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on shoulder=Destination | |||
| 4 | meet | may | we | some other way | perhaps property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Co-Agent | |||
| 5 | pretend | past | son | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | laugh | to-infinitive | son not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | see | past | the bride | a gleam | son's eye | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gleam=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | warn speech: warn | past | son's eye | bride | of danger | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient of danger=Topic |
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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