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The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 91

When they had got there, the West Wind asked him if he could tell her the way to the castle that lay east of the sun and west of the moon, for she was the girl who ought to marry the Prince who lived there.

Who acts: curtains, West Wind, Wind, castle, girl, Prince · What happens: get, ask, tell, lie, be, marry · To what, where: bundle, way, girl, sun · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (curtains, West Wind, Wind, castle), 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

advmodnsubjauxadvmodpunctdetcompoundnsubjparataxisiobjmarknsubjauxxcompiobjdetobjcasedetoblnsubjacl:relcladvmodcasedetobjccadvmodcasedetconjpunctcasensubjcopdetadvclnsubjauxmarkacl:relcldetnsubjnsubjccompadvmodpunctrootWhenADVtheyPRONhadAUXgotVERBthereADV,PUNCTtheDETWestPROPNWindPROPNaskedVERBhimPRONifSCONJhePRONcouldAUXtellVERBherPRONtheDETwayNOUNtoADPtheDETcastleNOUNthatPRONlayVERBeastADVofADPtheDETsunNOUNandCCONJwestADVofADPtheDETmoonNOUN,PUNCTforADPshePRONwasAUXtheDETgirlNOUNwhoPRONoughtAUXtoPARTmarryVERBtheDETPrincePROPNwhoPRONlivedVERBthereADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 gotadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 gotnsubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 gotaux
4gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5therethereADVPronType=Dem4 gotadvmod
6,,PUNCT_10 askedpunct
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Winddet
8WestWestPROPNNumber=Sing9 Windcompound
9WindWindPROPNNumber=Sing10 askednsubj
10askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 gotparataxis
11himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 askediobj
12ififSCONJ_15 tellmark
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 tellnsubj
14couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin15 tellaux
15telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf10 askedxcomp
16hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 telliobj
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 waydet
18waywayNOUNNumber=Sing15 tellobj
19totoADP_21 castlecase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 castledet
21castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing15 tellobl
22thatthatPRONPronType=Rel23 laynsubj
23laylieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 castleacl:relcl
24easteastADV_27 sunadvmod
25ofofADP_27 suncase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 sundet
27sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing23 layobj
28andandCCONJ_32 mooncc
29westwestADV_32 moonadvmod
30ofofADP_32 mooncase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 moondet
32moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing27 sunconj
33,,PUNCT_38 girlpunct
34forforADP_38 girlcase
35sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 girlnsubj
36wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 girlcop
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 girldet
38girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing10 askedadvcl
39whowhoPRONPronType=Rel42 marrynsubj
40oughtoughtAUXVerbForm=Fin42 marryaux
41totoPART_42 marrymark
42marrymarryVERBVerbForm=Inf38 girlacl:relcl
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 Princedet
44PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing46 livednsubj
45whowhoPRONPronType=Rel46 livednsubj
46livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 marryccomp
47therethereADVPronType=Dem46 livedadvmod
48..PUNCT_4 gotpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpast · perfectcurtains = curtaintherevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2ask speech: askpastthe West Windbundlevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happencouldWindthe waygirlto the castlevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient way=Topic
4liepastthe castlethe sun and the moonvn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sun=Theme
5ispastgirlfor the girltree rules
6marryoughtthe girltree rules
7livepastthe Princetherevn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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