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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 73

‘She is not really your daughter, who was stolen away at her birth, but an evil spirit that has taken her form,’ said he solemnly.

Who acts: mistake, daughter · What happens: not be, steal away, take, say, form · To what, where: daughter, birth, evil spirit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mistake, daughter), 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

punctnsubjcopadvmodadvmodnmod:possnsubjpunctnsubjaux:passacladvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctccdetamodconjnsubj:passauxacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctpunctnsubjccomppunctroot‘PUNCTShePRONisAUXnotPARTreallyADVyourPRONdaughterNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXstolenVERBawayADVatADPherPRONbirthNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJanDETevilADJspiritNOUNthatPRONhasAUXtakenVERBherPRONformNOUN,PUNCT’PUNCTsaidVERBhePRONsolemnlyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1‘'PUNCT_7 daughterpunct
2SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 daughternsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 daughtercop
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 daughteradvmod
5reallyreallyADV_7 daughteradvmod
6youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 daughternmod:poss
7daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing28 saidnsubj
8,,PUNCT_11 stolenpunct
9whowhoPRONPronType=Rel11 stolennsubj
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 stolenaux:pass
11stolenstealVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 daughteracl
12awayawayADV_11 stolenadvmod
13atatADP_15 birthcase
14herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 birthnmod:poss
15birthbirthNOUNNumber=Sing11 stolenobl
16,,PUNCT_20 spiritpunct
17butbutCCONJ_20 spiritcc
18anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 spiritdet
19evilevilADJDegree=Pos20 spiritamod
20spiritspiritNOUNNumber=Sing7 daughterconj
21thatthatPRONPronType=Rel23 takennsubj:pass
22hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 takenaux
23takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 spiritacl:relcl
24herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 formnmod:poss
25formformNOUNNumber=Sing23 takenobj
26,,PUNCT_7 daughterpunct
27’'PUNCT_7 daughterpunct
28saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 solemnlynsubj
30solemnlysolemnlyADV_28 saidccomp
31..PUNCT_28 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is apresentmistakeyour daughter but a evil spirittree rules
2steal awaypast · passiveyour daughter but a evil spiritmistake's birthaway propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3takepresent · perfect · passivea evil spiritvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme form=Destination
4say speech: assertpastyour daughter but a evil spiritvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5formmistakenom form «communication 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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