The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 113
‘You have broken the spell that held me, and now come and get your reward,’ and, dismounting from his chariot, he led them down into the caves filled with gold and jewels, and bade Bellah and Houarn take as much as they wanted.
Who acts: You, spell, dwarf, bade, cabbage, your · What happens: break, hold, come, get, dismount, lead down · To what, where: spell, me, reward, cabbage, caves, much
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, spell, dwarf, bade), 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 broken | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 broken | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spell | det |
| 6 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 held | nsubj |
| 8 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 spell | acl:relcl |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 held | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 come | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 come | cc |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 come | advmod |
| 13 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 broken | parataxis |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 get | cc |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 come | conj |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 reward | nmod:poss |
| 17 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 get | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 get | punct |
| 19 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 get | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 dismounting | cc |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 dismounting | punct |
| 22 | dismounting | dismount | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 get | conj |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 chariot | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 chariot | nmod:poss |
| 25 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 dismounting | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 led | punct |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 led | nsubj |
| 28 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | conj |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 led | obj |
| 30 | down | down | ADP | _ | 28 led | compound:prt |
| 31 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 caves | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 caves | det |
| 33 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 led | obl |
| 34 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 caves | acl |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 gold | case |
| 36 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 filled | obl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 jewels | cc |
| 38 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 gold | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 take | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 take | cc |
| 41 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 take | nsubj |
| 42 | Bellah | Bellah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 bade | appos |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 Houarn | cc |
| 44 | Houarn | Houarn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Bellah | conj |
| 45 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | conj |
| 46 | as | as | ADV | _ | 47 much | advmod |
| 47 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 take | obj |
| 48 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 50 wanted | mark |
| 49 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 wanted | nsubj |
| 50 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 much | advcl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 broken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · perfect | You | the spell | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spell=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hold | past | the spell | me | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | infinitive | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | get | infinitive | your reward | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reward=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | dismount | gerund | from dwarf's chariot | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent from chariot=Co-Patient | |||||
| 6 | lead down | past | dwarf | cabbage | the caves | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into cave=Destination | |||
| 7 | fill | participle | the caves not said here | with gold and jewels | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gold=Instrument | ||||
| 8 | take | present | bade | much | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | ||||
| 9 | want | past | cabbage | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 10 | reward | your | nom reward «event transitive»: 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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