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The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 18

After they were read I was requested to swear to perform them in the method prescribed by their laws, which was to hold my right foot in my left hand, and to place the middle finger of my right hand on the crown of my head, and my thumb on the top of my right ear.

Who acts: I, laws · What happens: read, be, swear, perform, prescribe, crown · To what, where: conditions, method, left hand, head

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, laws), 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

marknsubjaux:passnsubjcopconjmarkxcompmarkxcompobjcasedetoblaclcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjcopmarkacl:relclnmod:possamodobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctccmarkparataxisdetamodobjcasenmod:possamodnmodcasedetnmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctccnmod:possconjcasedetnmodcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctrootAfterSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXreadVERBIPRONwasAUXrequestedVERBtoPARTswearVERBtoPARTperformVERBthemPRONinADPtheDETmethodNOUNprescribedVERBbyADPtheirPRONlawsNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONwasAUXtoPARTholdVERBmyPRONrightADJfootNOUNinADPmyPRONleftADJhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTplaceNOUNtheDETmiddleADJfingerNOUNofADPmyPRONrightADJhandNOUNonADPtheDETcrownNOUNofADPmyPRONheadNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJmyPRONthumbNOUNonADPtheDETtopNOUNofADPmyPRONrightADJearNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AfterafterSCONJ_4 readmark
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 readnsubj
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 readaux:pass
4readreadVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 requestednsubj
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 requestedcop
7requestedrequestVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 readconj
8totoPART_9 swearmark
9swearswearVERBVerbForm=Inf7 requestedxcomp
10totoPART_11 performmark
11performperformVERBVerbForm=Inf9 swearxcomp
12themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs11 performobj
13ininADP_15 methodcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 methoddet
15methodmethodNOUNNumber=Sing11 performobl
16prescribedprescribeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 methodacl
17bybyADP_19 lawscase
18theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 lawsnmod:poss
19lawslawNOUNNumber=Plur16 prescribedobl
20,,PUNCT_24 holdpunct
21whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel24 holdnsubj
22wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 holdcop
23totoPART_24 holdmark
24holdholdVERBVerbForm=Inf19 lawsacl:relcl
25mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 footnmod:poss
26rightrightADJDegree=Pos27 footamod
27footfootNOUNNumber=Sing24 holdobj
28ininADP_31 handcase
29mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 handnmod:poss
30leftleftADJDegree=Pos31 handamod
31handhandNOUNNumber=Sing24 holdobl
32,,PUNCT_35 placepunct
33andandCCONJ_35 placecc
34totoPART_35 placemark
35placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing4 readparataxis
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 fingerdet
37middlemiddleADJDegree=Pos38 fingeramod
38fingerfingerNOUNNumber=Sing35 placeobj
39ofofADP_42 handcase
40mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 handnmod:poss
41rightrightADJDegree=Pos42 handamod
42handhandNOUNNumber=Sing38 fingernmod
43ononADP_45 crowncase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 crowndet
45crowncrownNOUNNumber=Sing42 handnmod
46ofofADP_48 headcase
47mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 headnmod:poss
48headheadNOUNNumber=Sing45 crownnmod
49,,PUNCT_52 thumbpunct
50andandCCONJ_52 thumbcc
51mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 thumbnmod:poss
52thumbthumbNOUNNumber=Sing35 placeconj
53ononADP_55 topcase
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 topdet
55toptopNOUNNumber=Sing52 thumbnmod
56ofofADP_59 earcase
57mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs59 earnmod:poss
58rightrightADJDegree=Pos59 earamod
59earearNOUNNumber=Sing55 topnmod
60..PUNCT_4 readpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readpast · passiveconditions = conditionvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2ispastIrequest propertytree rules
3swearto-infinitiveI not said herevn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4performto-infinitiveI not said hereconditions = conditionthe methodvn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5prescribeparticiplethe method not said hereby conditions's lawstree rules
6ispastconditions's lawsmy left handhold propertytree rules
7crownmy headnom crown «communication transitive»: of=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 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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