The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 40, sentence 4
And many of the other marvels were done likewise by Arthur and his knights, and at last it came to the fight with Trwyth the board, to obtain the comb and the scissors and the razor that lay between his ears.
Who acts: Arthur, last, razor · What happens: do, come, obtain, lie · To what, where: many, fight, comb, ears
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 (Arthur, last, razor), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 done | cc |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 done | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 marvels | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 marvels | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 marvels | amod |
| 6 | marvels | marvel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 many | nmod |
| 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 | likewise | likewise | ADV | _ | 8 done | advmod |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 Arthur | case |
| 11 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 done | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 knights | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 knights | nmod:poss |
| 14 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 Arthur | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 came | cc |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 last | case |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 came | nsubj |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 last | nsubj |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | parataxis |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 fight | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 fight | det |
| 23 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | obl |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 Trwyth | case |
| 25 | Trwyth | Trwyth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 fight | nmod |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 board | det |
| 27 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Trwyth | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 obtain | punct |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 obtain | mark |
| 30 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 came | conj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 comb | det |
| 32 | comb | comb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 obtain | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 scissors | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 scissors | det |
| 35 | scissors | scissors | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 comb | conj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 razor | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 razor | det |
| 38 | razor | razor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 comb | conj |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 lay | nsubj |
| 40 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 razor | acl:relcl |
| 41 | between | between | ADP | _ | 43 ears | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 ears | nmod:poss |
| 43 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 lay | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 done | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · passive | Arthur and Gwythyr's knights | many of the other marvels | likewise property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | come | past | last | the fight with Trwyth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to fight=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | obtain | to-infinitive | last not said here | the comb and the scissors and the razor | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset comb=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lie | past | the razor | Gwythyr's ears | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between ear=Location |
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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