The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 82

He stood on the stairs, and when the North Wind came howling and roaring, and caught the roof and walls of the castle till they shook again, the Prince went out to see what was the matter; but as soon as he came the King took him by the neck and flung him out, and then the North Wind laid hold of him and carried him off.

Who acts: Wind, North Wind, roof, Prince, King · What happens: stand, come, howl, roar, catch, shook · To what, where: stairs, roof, Wind, hold, King

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 (Wind, North Wind, roof, 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 stairs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stairs	det
5	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stood	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 came	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 came	cc
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 came	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Wind	det
10	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Wind	compound
11	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
13	howling	howl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 came	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 roaring	cc
15	roaring	roar	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 howling	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 caught	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 caught	cc
18	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 roof	det
20	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 caught	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 walls	cc
22	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 roof	conj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 castle	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 castle	det
25	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 walls	nmod
26	till	till	SCONJ	_	28 shook	mark
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 shook	nsubj
28	shook	shook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 caught	advcl
29	again	again	ADV	_	28 shook	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 went	punct
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Prince	det
32	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 went	nsubj
33	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
34	out	out	ADV	_	33 went	advmod
35	to	to	PART	_	36 see	mark
36	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 went	xcomp
37	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	36 see	obj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 what	acl:relcl
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 matter	det
40	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 was	nsubj
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 came	punct
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	47 came	cc
43	as	as	ADV	_	44 soon	advmod
44	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	47 came	advmod
45	as	as	SCONJ	_	47 came	mark
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 came	nsubj
47	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	parataxis
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 King	det
49	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 took	nsubj
50	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 came	conj
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 took	obj
52	by	by	ADP	_	54 neck	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 neck	det
54	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 took	obl
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 flung	cc
56	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 took	conj
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 flung	obj
58	out	out	ADP	_	56 flung	compound:prt
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 laid	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 laid	cc
61	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	65 laid	advmod
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 Wind	det
63	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 Wind	compound
64	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 laid	nsubj
65	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 came	parataxis
66	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 laid	obj
67	of	of	ADP	_	68 him	case
68	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 hold	nmod
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 carried	cc
70	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 laid	conj
71	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 carried	obj
72	off	off	ADP	_	70 carried	compound:prt
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Wind			the stairs			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stair=Location
2	come	past	the North Wind						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	howl	gerund	the North Wind not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	roar	gerund	the North Wind not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	catch	past		the roof and walls of the castle					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Theme
6	shook	present	roof				again		tree rules
7	go out	past	the Prince					out property	tree rules
8	see	to-infinitive	the Prince not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
9	come	past	Wind					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	take	past	the King		Wind			by the neck	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
11	fling out	past	the King not said here	Wind					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
12	lay	past	the North Wind	hold of King			then		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result
13	carry off	past	the North Wind not said here	Wind					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
14	hold			King					nom hold «act transitive»: of=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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