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The Blue Fairy Book, The Terrible Head, sentence 78

Then he took it off, and they each kissed him and wished him good fortune, and then they began again their eternal dance round the golden tree, for it is their business to guard it till the new times come, or till the world’s ending.

Who acts: boy, Fairies, Sword, new times, world · What happens: take off, kiss, wish, begin, be, guard · To what, where: Sword, boy, eternal dance

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Terrible Head. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, Fairies, Sword, new times), 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

advmodnsubjobjcompound:prtpunctccnsubjnsubjconjobjccconjobjamodobjpunctccadvmodnsubjconjadvmodnmod:possamodobjcasedetamodoblpunctcasensubjcopnmod:possparataxismarkaclobjmarkdetamodnsubjadvclpunctcccasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctrootThenADVhePRONtookVERBitPRONoffADP,PUNCTandCCONJtheyPRONeachDETkissedVERBhimPRONandCCONJwishedVERBhimPRONgoodADJfortuneNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVtheyPRONbeganVERBagainADVtheirPRONeternalADJdanceNOUNroundADPtheDETgoldenADJtreeNOUN,PUNCTforADPitPRONisAUXtheirPRONbusinessNOUNtoPARTguardVERBitPRONtillSCONJtheDETnewADJtimesNOUNcomeVERB,PUNCTorCCONJtillADPtheDETworldNOUN’sPARTendingNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem3 tookadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tooknsubj
3tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tookobj
5offoffADP_3 tookcompound:prt
6,,PUNCT_10 kissedpunct
7andandCCONJ_10 kissedcc
8theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 kissednsubj
9eacheachDETPronType=Tot10 kissednsubj
10kissedkissVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
11himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 kissedobj
12andandCCONJ_13 wishedcc
13wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
14himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 wishedobj
15goodgoodADJDegree=Pos16 fortuneamod
16fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing13 wishedobj
17,,PUNCT_21 beganpunct
18andandCCONJ_21 begancc
19thenthenADVPronType=Dem21 beganadvmod
20theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs21 begannsubj
21beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
22againagainADV_21 beganadvmod
23theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 dancenmod:poss
24eternaleternalADJDegree=Pos25 danceamod
25dancedanceNOUNNumber=Sing21 beganobj
26roundroundADP_29 treecase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 treedet
28goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos29 treeamod
29treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing21 beganobl
30,,PUNCT_35 businesspunct
31forforADP_35 businesscase
32ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 businessnsubj
33isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 businesscop
34theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 businessnmod:poss
35businessbusinessNOUNNumber=Sing21 beganparataxis
36totoPART_37 guardmark
37guardguardVERBVerbForm=Inf35 businessacl
38ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 guardobj
39tilltillSCONJ_43 comemark
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 timesdet
41newnewADJDegree=Pos42 timesamod
42timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur43 comensubj
43comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin37 guardadvcl
44,,PUNCT_50 endingpunct
45ororCCONJ_50 endingcc
46tilltillADP_50 endingcase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 worlddet
48worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing50 endingnmod:poss
49’s'sPART_48 worldcase
50endingendingNOUNNumber=Sing43 comeobl
51..PUNCT_3 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1take offpastboySwordthenvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2kisspastFairies = fairyboyvn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
3wishpastboy not said hereboytree rules
4beginpastFairies = fairyFairies's eternal dancethen; againround the golden treevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality
5ispresentSwordfor Fairies's businesstree rules
6guardto-infinitiveFairies = fairy not said hereSwordvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary
7comepresentthe new timestill the world's endingvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8danceFairies = fairynom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent
9endthe worldnom ending «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 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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