The Red Fairy Book, The Enchanted Pig, sentence 154
After the mother of the Wind had given the Princess a chicken to eat, and had warned her to take care of the bones, she advised her to go by the Milky Way, which at night lies across the sky, and to wander on till she reached her goal.
Who acts: mother, wind · What happens: give, eat, warn, take, advise, go · To what, where: chicken, Princess, mother, care, wind, Milky Way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, wind), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 mother | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mother | det |
| 3 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Wind | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Wind | det |
| 6 | Wind | Wind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obl |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | aux |
| 8 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Princess | det |
| 10 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 chicken | det |
| 12 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 eat | mark |
| 14 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 chicken | acl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 warned | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 warned | cc |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 warned | aux |
| 18 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | conj |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 warned | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 take | mark |
| 21 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 warned | ccomp |
| 22 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 take | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 bones | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 bones | det |
| 25 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 take | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 advised | punct |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 advised | nsubj |
| 28 | advised | advise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 warned | conj |
| 29 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 advised | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 go | mark |
| 31 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 advised | xcomp |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 Way | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Way | det |
| 34 | Milky | milky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 Way | amod |
| 35 | Way | Way | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 go | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 lies | punct |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 lies | obj |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 night | case |
| 39 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lies | obl |
| 40 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 Way | advcl |
| 41 | across | across | ADP | _ | 43 sky | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 sky | det |
| 43 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lies | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 wander | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 wander | cc |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 wander | mark |
| 47 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 warned | conj |
| 48 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 51 reached | mark |
| 49 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 51 reached | mark |
| 50 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 reached | nsubj |
| 51 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 wander | advcl |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 goal | nmod:poss |
| 53 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 reached | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · perfect | a chicken | the Princess | after the mother | of the Wind | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient chicken=Theme | ||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | a chicken not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | warn speech: warn | past | mother | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | take | to-infinitive | care | of the bones | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of bone=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | advise speech: other | past | mother | wind | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | wind not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | lie | present | wind not said here | the Milky Way | the sky | night | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme | ||
| 8 | wander | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 9 | reach | past | mother | mother's goal | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent goal=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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