The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 79

Again the other knights called to him, and said that he might just as well give up the attempt to ride up the glass hill, for it was useless to try; but the knight paid no heed to that, but rode straight away to the glass hill, and went still farther up than the knight in copper armor had gone; but when he had ridden two-thirds of the way up he turned his horse around, and rode down again.

Who acts: knight, it · What happens: call, say, give up, ride up, be, try · To what, where: other knights, knight, attempt, glass hill, heed, copper armor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knight, it), 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	Again	again	ADV	_	4 knights	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knights	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knights	amod
4	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 knights	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 knights	parataxis
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 give	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 give	nsubj
13	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 give	aux
14	just	just	ADV	_	17 give	advmod
15	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	17 give	cc
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 as	fixed
17	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 give	compound:prt
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 attempt	det
20	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 give	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 ride	mark
22	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 attempt	acl
23	up	up	ADP	_	22 ride	compound:prt
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 hill	det
25	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 hill	compound
26	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 ride	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 useless	punct
28	for	for	ADP	_	31 useless	case
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 useless	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 useless	cop
31	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 ride	advcl
32	to	to	PART	_	33 try	mark
33	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 useless	xcomp
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 paid	punct
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 paid	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 knight	det
37	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 paid	nsubj
38	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	conj
39	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	40 heed	det
40	heed	heed	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 paid	obj
41	to	to	ADP	_	42 that	case
42	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	38 paid	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 rode	punct
44	but	but	CCONJ	_	45 rode	cc
45	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 paid	conj
46	straight	straight	ADV	_	47 away	advmod
47	away	away	ADV	_	45 rode	advmod
48	to	to	ADP	_	51 hill	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 hill	det
50	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 hill	compound
51	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 away	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 went	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 went	cc
54	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 rode	conj
55	still	still	ADV	_	56 farther	advmod
56	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	54 went	advmod
57	up	up	ADP	_	56 farther	compound:prt
58	than	than	ADP	_	60 knight	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 knight	det
60	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 farther	obl
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 armor	case
62	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 armor	compound
63	armor	armor	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 gone	obl
64	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 gone	aux
65	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	60 knight	acl:relcl
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	71 ridden	punct
67	but	but	CCONJ	_	71 ridden	cc
68	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	71 ridden	advmod
69	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 ridden	nsubj
70	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 ridden	aux
71	ridden	ride	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 knights	conj
72	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	74 thirds	nummod
73	-	-	PUNCT	_	72 two	punct
74	thirds	third	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 ridden	obj
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 way	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 way	det
77	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 thirds	nmod
78	up	up	ADV	_	80 turned	advmod
79	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 turned	nsubj
80	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 ridden	advcl
81	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	82 horse	nmod:poss
82	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 turned	obj
83	around	around	ADV	_	80 turned	advmod
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 rode	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 rode	cc
86	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 turned	conj
87	down	down	ADP	_	86 rode	compound:prt
88	again	again	ADV	_	86 rode	advmod
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 knights	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		the other knights not said here	knight				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give up	might	knight	the attempt					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Source
4	ride up	to-infinitive	knight not said here	the glass hill					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Theme
5	is	past	it					useless property	tree rules
6	try	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	pay	past	the knight	no heed				to that	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset
8	ride	past	the knight not said here					away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
9	go	past	the knight not said here					far property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	go	past · perfect		the knight not said here		copper armor			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in armor=Location
11	ride	past · perfect	knight	two thirds of the way					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent third=Theme
12	turn around	past	knight	knight's horse				around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
13	ride down	past	knight not said here				again		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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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