The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5, sentence 31
When this terrible execution was over Schaibar came out of the council-hall into the midst of the courtyard with the iron bar upon his shoulder, and, looking hard at the grand vizier, who owed his life to Prince Ahmed, he said: “I know here is a certain magician, who is a greater enemy of my brother-in-law than all these base favorites I have chastised.
Who acts: terrible execution, grand vizier, Schaibar, certain magician · What happens: come out, look, owe, say, know, be · To what, where: council hall, midst, life, Prince Ahmed, certain magician, greater enemy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (terrible execution, grand vizier, Schaibar, certain magician), 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 | 8 came | advmod |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 execution | det |
| 3 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 execution | amod |
| 4 | execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 over | cop |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 Schaibar | case |
| 7 | Schaibar | Schaibar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 execution | nmod |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 said | advcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 hall | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hall | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hall | det |
| 12 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hall | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 council | punct |
| 14 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 midst | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 midst | det |
| 17 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 courtyard | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 courtyard | det |
| 20 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 midst | nmod |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 bar | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bar | det |
| 23 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bar | compound |
| 24 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 courtyard | nmod |
| 25 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 27 shoulder | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 27 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bar | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 looking | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 looking | cc |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 looking | punct |
| 31 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 came | advcl |
| 32 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 looking | advmod |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 vizier | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 vizier | det |
| 35 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 vizier | amod |
| 36 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 looking | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 owed | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 owed | nsubj |
| 39 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 vizier | acl:relcl |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 life | nmod:poss |
| 41 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 owed | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 Ahmed | case |
| 43 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Ahmed | compound |
| 44 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 owed | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 said | nsubj |
| 47 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 48 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 51 know | punct |
| 49 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 know | punct |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 know | nsubj |
| 51 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 magician | parataxis |
| 52 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 51 know | advmod |
| 53 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 magician | cop |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 magician | det |
| 55 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 magician | amod |
| 56 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 said | ccomp |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 enemy | punct |
| 58 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 enemy | nsubj |
| 59 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 enemy | cop |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 enemy | det |
| 61 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 62 enemy | amod |
| 62 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 magician | conj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 brother | case |
| 64 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 brother | nmod:poss |
| 65 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 enemy | nmod |
| 66 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 69 law | punct |
| 67 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 law | case |
| 68 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 67 in | punct |
| 69 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 brother | conj |
| 70 | than | than | ADP | _ | 74 favorites | case |
| 71 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 74 favorites | det:predet |
| 72 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 74 favorites | det |
| 73 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 favorites | compound |
| 74 | favorites | favorite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 enemy | nmod |
| 75 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 77 chastised | nsubj |
| 76 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 77 chastised | aux |
| 77 | chastised | chastise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 74 favorites | acl:relcl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 47 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | this terrible execution over Schaibar | the council hall | the midst of the courtyard with the iron bar upon Schaibar's shoulder | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient hall=Result | |||
| 2 | look | gerund | this terrible execution over Schaibar not said here | at the grand vizier; hard property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at vizier=Theme | ||||
| 3 | owe | past | the grand vizier | Schaibar's life | Prince Ahmed | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent life=Theme to ahmed=Goal | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Schaibar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | know in a quote | present | Schaibar | here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | a certain magician and a greater enemy | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | is a in a quote | present | a certain magician and a greater enemy | a greater enemy | of my brother and law; than all base favorites | tree rules | |||
| 8 | chastise in a quote | present · perfect | Schaibar | all base favorites not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favorite=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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