The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 46
‘Like you, we came to the isle of Lok to seek our fortunes, and like you we consented to marry the Groac’h, and no sooner was the ceremony over than she turned us into fishes, as she had done to all our forerunners, who are in the fish-pond still, where you will shortly join them.’
Who acts: we, you, ceremony, forerunners · What happens: come, seek, consent, marry, be, turn · To what, where: isle, fortunes, Groac’h, ceremony, us, fish pond
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 (we, you, ceremony, forerunners), 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 came | punct |
| 2 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 6 came | discourse |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 Like | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Like | punct |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 isle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 isle | det |
| 9 | isle | isle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Lok | case |
| 11 | Lok | Lok | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 isle | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 seek | mark |
| 13 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 came | advcl |
| 14 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 fortunes | nmod:poss |
| 15 | fortunes | fortune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 seek | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 consented | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 consented | cc |
| 18 | like | like | ADP | _ | 19 you | case |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 consented | nsubj |
| 20 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 consented | nsubj |
| 21 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 marry | mark |
| 23 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 consented | xcomp |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Groac’h | det |
| 25 | Groac’h | Groac'h | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 marry | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 turned | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 turned | cc |
| 28 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 32 ceremony | det |
| 29 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 32 ceremony | advmod |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 ceremony | cop |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 ceremony | det |
| 32 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 turned | nsubj |
| 33 | over | over | ADV | _ | 36 turned | advmod |
| 34 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 36 turned | mark |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 turned | nsubj |
| 36 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | parataxis |
| 37 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 turned | obj |
| 38 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 fishes | case |
| 39 | fishes | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 turned | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 done | punct |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 done | mark |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 done | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 done | aux |
| 44 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 turned | conj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 forerunners | case |
| 46 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 48 forerunners | det:predet |
| 47 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 forerunners | nmod:poss |
| 48 | forerunners | forerunner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 done | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 pond | punct |
| 50 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 pond | nsubj |
| 51 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 pond | cop |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 pond | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 pond | det |
| 54 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 pond | compound |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 fish | punct |
| 56 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 forerunners | conj |
| 57 | still | still | ADV | _ | 44 done | advmod |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 join | punct |
| 59 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 63 join | advmod |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 63 join | nsubj |
| 61 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 join | aux |
| 62 | shortly | shortly | ADV | _ | 63 join | advmod |
| 63 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 done | conj |
| 64 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 join | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 66 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | we | the isle of Lok | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to isle=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | seek | to-infinitive | we not said here | our fortunes | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | ||||
| 3 | consent | past | you | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | marry | to-infinitive | you not said here | the Groac’h | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent groac'h=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | no ceremony | soon property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | turn | past | no ceremony | us | into fishes result; over property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent we=Theme into fish=Result | |||
| 7 | do | past · perfect | ceremony | still | to our forerunners and the fish pond | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | is | present | our forerunners and the fish pond | the fish pond | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | join | future | you | fortunes = fortune | shortly property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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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