The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 77

There was Bedwyr the one-handed, Kai’s comrade and brother in arms, the swiftest man in Britain save Arthur; there was Kynddelig, who knew the paths in a land where he had never been as surely as he did those of his own country; there was Gwrhyr, that could speak all tongues; and Gwalchmai the son of Gwyar, who never returned till he had gained what he sought; and last of all there was Menw, who could weave a spell over them so that none might see them, while they could see everyone.

Who acts: Bedwyr, swiftest man, Kynddelig, man, son, Menw · What happens: be, hand, save, know, not be, do · To what, where: Gwalchmai, Arthur, paths, land, those, Menw

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bedwyr, swiftest man, Kynddelig, 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Bedwyr	Bedwyr	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 comrade	det
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 handed	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
7	handed	hand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 comrade	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 comrade	punct
9	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 comrade	nmod:poss
10	’s	's	PART	_	9 Kai	case
11	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 brother	cc
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 comrade	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 arms	case
15	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 brother	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 save	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 man	det
18	swiftest	swift	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 man	amod
19	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 save	nsubj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 Britain	case
21	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 man	nmod
22	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 comrade	acl:relcl
23	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 save	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 was	punct
25	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	26 was	expl
26	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
27	Kynddelig	Kynddelig	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 was	nsubj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 knew	punct
29	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 knew	nsubj
30	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 Kynddelig	acl:relcl
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 paths	det
32	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 knew	obj
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 land	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 land	det
35	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 knew	obl
36	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	58 speak	advmod
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 speak	nsubj
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 speak	aux
39	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	42 surely	advmod
40	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 surely	cop
41	as	as	ADV	_	42 surely	advmod
42	surely	surely	ADV	_	58 speak	advmod
43	as	as	SCONJ	_	45 did	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 did	nsubj
45	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 surely	advcl
46	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	45 did	obj
47	of	of	ADP	_	50 country	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 country	nmod:poss
49	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 country	amod
50	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 those	nmod
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 was	punct
52	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	53 was	expl
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 speak	cop
54	Gwrhyr	Gwrhyr	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 speak	nsubj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 speak	punct
56	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 speak	nsubj
57	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 speak	aux
58	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 land	acl:relcl
59	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	60 tongues	det
60	tongues	tongue	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 speak	obj
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 Gwalchmai	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 Gwalchmai	cc
63	Gwalchmai	Gwalchmai	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 son	det
65	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 Gwalchmai	appos
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 Gwyar	case
67	Gwyar	Gwyar	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 son	nmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 returned	punct
69	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 returned	nsubj
70	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	71 returned	advmod
71	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 son	conj
72	till	till	SCONJ	_	75 gained	mark
73	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 gained	nsubj
74	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 gained	aux
75	gained	gain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	71 returned	ccomp
76	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	75 gained	obj
77	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 sought	nsubj
78	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 what	acl:relcl
79	;	;	PUNCT	_	86 Menw	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 was	cc
81	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 was	nsubj
82	of	of	ADP	_	83 all	case
83	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	81 last	nmod
84	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	85 was	expl
85	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 Menw	cop
86	Menw	Menw	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 was	parataxis
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 weave	punct
88	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	90 weave	nsubj
89	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	90 weave	aux
90	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 Menw	parataxis
91	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	92 spell	det
92	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 weave	obj
93	over	over	ADP	_	94 them	case
94	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 weave	obl
95	so	so	SCONJ	_	99 see	mark
96	that	that	SCONJ	_	99 see	mark
97	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	99 see	nsubj
98	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	99 see	aux
99	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	90 weave	advcl
100	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 see	obj
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 see	punct
102	while	while	SCONJ	_	105 see	mark
103	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 see	nsubj
104	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	105 see	aux
105	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	99 see	conj
106	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	105 see	obj
107	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	Bedwyr	Gwalchmai	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hand	participle					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	save	past	the swiftest man in Britain	Arthur			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arthur=Theme
4	be	past	Kynddelig		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	know	past	Kynddelig	the paths	a land		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus
6	not is	participle				surely property	tree rules
7	do	past	man	those			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
8	is	could · past	man			speak property	tree rules
9	not return	past	the son of Gwyar				tree rules
10	gain	past · perfect	man				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
11	seek	past	man				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	is a	past		Menw			tree rules
13	weave	could	Menw	a spell		over comrade	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product
14	see	might	none	comrade			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
15	see	could	Bedwyr	everyone			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=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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