The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 31

On the third night a Troll came who had nine heads and nine rods, and he struck the lad and flogged him so long, that at last he swooned away; so the Troll took him up and flung him against the wall, and this made the flask of ointment fall down, and it splashed all over him, and he became as strong as ever again.

Who acts: Troll, flask, this, head · What happens: come, have, strike, flog, swoon away, take up · To what, where: nine heads, lad, last, flask, wall

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princesses of Whiteland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Troll, flask, this, head), 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	On	on	ADP	_	4 night	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 night	det
3	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 night	amod
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Troll	det
6	Troll	Troll	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	ccomp
10	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 heads	nummod
11	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 had	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rods	cc
13	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 rods	nummod
14	rods	rod	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 heads	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 struck	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 struck	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 struck	nsubj
18	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lad	det
20	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 struck	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 flogged	cc
22	flogged	flog	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 struck	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 flogged	obj
24	so	so	ADV	_	25 long	advmod
25	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 flogged	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 that	punct
27	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 struck	obl
28	at	at	ADP	_	29 last	case
29	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 struck	obl
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 swooned	nsubj
31	swooned	swoon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 last	acl:relcl
32	away	away	ADV	_	31 swooned	advmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 took	punct
34	so	so	ADV	_	37 took	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Troll	det
36	Troll	Troll	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 took	nsubj
37	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 took	obj
39	up	up	ADP	_	37 took	compound:prt
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 flung	cc
41	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 took	conj
42	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 flung	obj
43	against	against	ADP	_	45 wall	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 wall	det
45	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 flung	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 made	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 made	cc
48	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 made	nsubj
49	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 flask	det
51	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 fall	nsubj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 ointment	case
53	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 flask	nmod
54	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 made	parataxis
55	down	down	ADV	_	54 fall	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 splashed	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 splashed	cc
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 splashed	nsubj
59	splashed	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
60	all	all	ADV	_	62 him	advmod
61	over	over	ADP	_	62 him	case
62	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 splashed	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 became	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 became	cc
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 became	nsubj
66	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
67	as	as	ADV	_	68 strong	advmod
68	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 became	xcomp
69	as	as	ADP	_	71 again	case
70	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	71 again	advmod
71	again	again	ADV	_	68 strong	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a Troll				night		tree rules
2	have	past		nine heads and nine rods					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
3	strike	past	flask	the lad		last		that obl	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Patient
4	flog	past	flask not said here	flask				long property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5	swoon away	past	flask	last not said here				away property	tree rules
6	take up	past	the Troll		flask				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
7	fling	past	the Troll not said here	flask		the wall			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme against wall=Destination
8	make	past	this						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
9	fall down	present	the flask of ointment					down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	splash	past	head					over flask	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location
11	become	past	flask					strong property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 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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