The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 40, sentence 11
In the end all the marvels were done, and Kilweh set forward, and with him Goreu, the son of Custennin, to Yspaddaden Penkawr, bearing in their hands the razor, the scissors and the comb, and Yspaddaden Penkawr was shaved by Kaw.
Who acts: Kilweh, Goreu, Kaw · What happens: do, set forward, bear, shave · To what, where: marvels, end, razor, hands, Yspaddaden
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kilweh, Goreu, Kaw), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 end | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 done | obl |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 marvels | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 marvels | det |
| 6 | marvels | marvel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 done | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | aux:pass |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 set | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 set | cc |
| 11 | Kilweh | Kilweh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 set | nsubj |
| 12 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | parataxis |
| 13 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 12 set | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 bearing | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 bearing | cc |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 Goreu | nmod |
| 18 | Goreu | Goreu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 bearing | nsubj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 son | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 son | det |
| 21 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Goreu | appos |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Custennin | case |
| 23 | Custennin | Custennin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 son | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Yspaddaden | punct |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 Yspaddaden | case |
| 26 | Yspaddaden | Yspaddaden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Goreu | conj |
| 27 | Penkawr | Penkawr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Yspaddaden | flat |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 bearing | punct |
| 29 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 set | advcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 hands | case |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 hands | nmod:poss |
| 32 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 bearing | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 razor | det |
| 34 | razor | razor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 bearing | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 scissors | punct |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 scissors | det |
| 37 | scissors | scissors | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 razor | appos |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 comb | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 comb | det |
| 40 | comb | comb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 scissors | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 shaved | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 shaved | cc |
| 43 | Yspaddaden | Yspaddaden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 shaved | nsubj |
| 44 | Penkawr | Penkawr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Yspaddaden | flat |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 shaved | aux:pass |
| 46 | shaved | shave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 done | conj |
| 47 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 Kaw | case |
| 48 | Kaw | Kaw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 shaved | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 done | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · passive | all marvels | in the end | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | set forward | past | Kilweh | forward property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | bear | gerund | Goreu with boar and Yspaddaden | the razor | Goreu's hands | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent razor=Patient | |||
| 4 | shave | past · passive | Kaw | Yspaddaden | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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