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The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 93

The fairies always supplied me with flax for my spinning, and by great diligence I made enough cord for a ladder that would reach to the foot of the tower; but, alas! just as my prince was helping me to descend it, the crossest and ugliest of the old fairies flew in.

Who acts: fairies, I, ladder, prince, me, ugliest · What happens: supply, make, reach, help, descend, fly in · To what, where: me, enough cord, cord

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fairies, I, ladder, prince), 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

detnsubjadvmodobjcaseoblcasenmod:possoblpunctcccaseamodoblnsubjconjamodobjcasedetoblnsubjauxacl:relclcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccpunctdiscoursepunctadvmodmarknmod:possnsubjauxadvclobjmarkxcompobjpunctdetnsubjccnsubjcasedetamodoblconjadvmodpunctrootTheDETfairiesNOUNalwaysADVsuppliedVERBmePRONwithADPflaxNOUNforADPmyPRONspinningNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbyADPgreatADJdiligenceNOUNIPRONmadeVERBenoughADJcordNOUNforADPaDETladderNOUNthatPRONwouldAUXreachVERBtoADPtheDETfootNOUNofADPtheDETtowerNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTalasINTJ!PUNCTjustADVasSCONJmyPRONprinceNOUNwasAUXhelpingVERBmePRONtoPARTdescendVERBitPRON,PUNCTtheDETcrossestADJandCCONJugliestADJofADPtheDEToldADJfairiesNOUNflewVERBinADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 fairiesdet
2fairiesfairyNOUNNumber=Plur4 suppliednsubj
3alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot4 suppliedadvmod
4suppliedsupplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 suppliedobj
6withwithADP_7 flaxcase
7flaxflaxNOUNNumber=Sing4 suppliedobl
8forforADP_10 spinningcase
9mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 spinningnmod:poss
10spinningspinningNOUNNumber=Sing4 suppliedobl
11,,PUNCT_17 madepunct
12andandCCONJ_17 madecc
13bybyADP_15 diligencecase
14greatgreatADJDegree=Pos15 diligenceamod
15diligencediligenceNOUNNumber=Sing17 madeobl
16IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs17 madensubj
17mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 suppliedconj
18enoughenoughADJDegree=Pos19 cordamod
19cordcordNOUNNumber=Sing17 madeobj
20forforADP_22 laddercase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 ladderdet
22ladderladderNOUNNumber=Sing17 madeobl
23thatthatPRONPronType=Rel25 reachnsubj
24wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 reachaux
25reachreachVERBVerbForm=Inf22 ladderacl:relcl
26totoADP_28 footcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 footdet
28footfootNOUNNumber=Sing25 reachobl
29ofofADP_31 towercase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 towerdet
31towertowerNOUNNumber=Sing28 footnmod
32;;PUNCT_56 flewpunct
33butbutCCONJ_56 flewcc
34,,PUNCT_35 alaspunct
35alasalasINTJ_42 helpingdiscourse
36!!PUNCT_35 alaspunct
37justjustADV_42 helpingadvmod
38asasSCONJ_42 helpingmark
39mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 princenmod:poss
40princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing42 helpingnsubj
41wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 helpingaux
42helpinghelpVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part56 flewadvcl
43meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs42 helpingobj
44totoPART_45 descendmark
45descenddescendVERBVerbForm=Inf42 helpingxcomp
46ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 descendobj
47,,PUNCT_51 ugliestpunct
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 ugliestdet
49crossestcrossADJDegree=Sup51 ugliestnsubj
50andandCCONJ_51 ugliestcc
51ugliestuglyADJDegree=Sup56 flewnsubj
52ofofADP_55 fairiescase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 fairiesdet
54oldoldADJDegree=Pos55 fairiesamod
55fairiesfairyNOUNNumber=Plur51 ugliestobl
56flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 suppliedconj
57ininADV_56 flewadvmod
58..PUNCT_4 suppliedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1supplypastthe fairiesmewith flax; for my spinning; always propertyvn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Recipient with flax=Theme
2makepastIenough cordby great diligence; for a laddervn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent cord=Product for ladder=Asset
3reachwoulda ladderto the foot of the towervn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4helppast · progressivemy princemevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme
5descendto-infinitiveme not said herecordvn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
6fly inpastthe ugliestvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7spinmynom spinning «act 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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