The Red Fairy Book, The Three Dwarfs, part 1, sentence 14
On the morning after the wedding, when the two girls awoke, milk was standing for the man’s daughter to wash in and wine for her to drink; but for the woman’s daughter, only water to wash in and only water to drink.
Who acts: two girls, milk, daughter · What happens: awake, stand, wash, drink
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dwarfs, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two girls, milk, daughter), 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 | _ | 3 morning | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morning | det |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 awoke | obl |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 wedding | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wedding | det |
| 6 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 morning | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 awoke | punct |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 awoke | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 girls | det |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 girls | nummod |
| 11 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 awoke | nsubj |
| 12 | awoke | awake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 standing | punct |
| 14 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 standing | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 standing | aux |
| 16 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 awoke | advcl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 daughter | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 man | det |
| 19 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 19 man | case |
| 21 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 standing | obl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 wash | mark |
| 23 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 standing | advcl |
| 24 | in | in | ADV | _ | 23 wash | advmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 wine | cc |
| 26 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 wash | conj |
| 27 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 drink | mark |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 drink | nsubj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 drink | mark |
| 30 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 wash | advcl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 daughter | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 daughter | cc |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 daughter | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 woman | det |
| 35 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 36 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 35 woman | case |
| 37 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 awoke | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 water | punct |
| 39 | only | only | ADV | _ | 40 water | advmod |
| 40 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 daughter | conj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 wash | mark |
| 42 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 awoke | advcl |
| 43 | in | in | ADV | _ | 42 wash | advmod |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 water | cc |
| 45 | only | only | ADV | _ | 46 water | advmod |
| 46 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 in | conj |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 drink | mark |
| 48 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 wash | advcl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 awoke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | awake | past | the two girls | morning | for the woman's daughter and water | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | stand | past · progressive | milk | for the man's daughter | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for daughter=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | wash | to-infinitive | milk not said here | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | drink | to-infinitive | daughter | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | wash | to-infinitive | the two girls not said here | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | drink | to-infinitive | the two girls not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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