The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 60
When he arrived at the gates of the castle he distributed the quarters of mutton among the four lions, and, passing through the midst of them bravely, got to the fountain, filled his bottle, and returned back as safe and sound as he went.
Who acts: Prince · What happens: arrive, distribute, pass, get, fill, return back · To what, where: gates, quarters, midst, bottle
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 arrived | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrived | nsubj |
| 3 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 distributed | advcl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 gates | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gates | det |
| 6 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 arrived | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 castle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 castle | det |
| 9 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gates | nmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 distributed | nsubj |
| 11 | distributed | distribute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 quarters | det |
| 13 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 distributed | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 mutton | case |
| 15 | mutton | mutton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 quarters | nmod |
| 16 | among | among | ADP | _ | 19 lions | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 lions | det |
| 18 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 lions | nummod |
| 19 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 mutton | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 got | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 got | cc |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 passing | punct |
| 23 | passing | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 got | ccomp |
| 24 | through | through | ADP | _ | 26 midst | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 midst | det |
| 26 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 passing | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 them | case |
| 28 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 midst | nmod |
| 29 | bravely | bravely | ADV | _ | 23 passing | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 passing | punct |
| 31 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 distributed | parataxis |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 fountain | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 fountain | det |
| 34 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 got | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 filled | punct |
| 36 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 got | conj |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 bottle | nmod:poss |
| 38 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 filled | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 returned | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 returned | cc |
| 41 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 distributed | conj |
| 42 | back | back | ADV | _ | 41 returned | advmod |
| 43 | as | as | ADP | _ | 44 safe | case |
| 44 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 returned | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 sound | cc |
| 46 | sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 11 distributed | conj |
| 47 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 went | mark |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 went | nsubj |
| 49 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 sound | advcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 distributed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | Prince | the gates of the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | distribute | past | Prince | the quarters of mutton among the four lions | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pass | gerund | the midst of Lions | bravely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through midst=Location | ||||
| 4 | get | past | to the fountain | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | fill | past | Prince's bottle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | |||||
| 6 | return back | past | Prince not said here | as safe | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | sound | present | Prince not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | go | past | Prince | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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