The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 33

So again the heads talked together about what they should do for this girl who was so ill-tempered and full of her own importance, and they agreed that she should have a nose that was four ells long, and a jaw that was three ells, and a fir bush in the middle of her forehead, and every time she spoke ashes should fall from her mouth.

Who acts: heads, coins, head, nose, that, time · What happens: talk, do, temper, agree, have, be · To what, where: girl, nose, three ells, ashes, mouth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Bushy Bride. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heads, coins, head, nose), 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 again	advmod
2	again	again	ADV	_	5 talked	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 heads	det
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 talked	nsubj
5	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 talked	advmod
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 what	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 talked	obl
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 do	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 do	aux
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 what	acl:relcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 girl	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 girl	det
14	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 do	obl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 tempered	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 tempered	aux:pass
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 tempered	advmod
18	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 tempered	amod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 ill	punct
20	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 girl	acl:relcl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 full	cc
22	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 tempered	conj
23	of	of	ADP	_	26 importance	case
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 importance	nmod:poss
25	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 importance	amod
26	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 full	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 agreed	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 agreed	cc
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 agreed	nsubj
30	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 talked	conj
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 have	mark
32	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 have	nsubj
33	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 have	aux
34	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 agreed	ccomp
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 nose	det
36	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 have	obj
37	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 long	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 long	cop
39	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	40 ells	nummod
40	ells	ell	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 long	obl:unmarked
41	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 nose	acl:relcl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 jaw	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 jaw	cc
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 jaw	det
45	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talked	parataxis
46	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 ells	nsubj
47	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 ells	cop
48	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	49 ells	nummod
49	ells	ell	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 jaw	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 bush	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 bush	cc
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 bush	det
53	fir	fir	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 bush	compound
54	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talked	parataxis
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 middle	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 middle	det
57	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 bush	nmod
58	of	of	ADP	_	60 forehead	case
59	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 forehead	nmod:poss
60	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 middle	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 fall	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 fall	cc
63	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	64 time	det
64	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 fall	nsubj
65	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 spoke	nsubj
66	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 time	acl:relcl
67	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 spoke	obj
68	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	69 fall	aux
69	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 talked	parataxis
70	from	from	ADP	_	72 mouth	case
71	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 mouth	nmod:poss
72	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 fall	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 talked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	the heads			again	together property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about what=Topic
2	do	should	coins = coin				for this girl	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	temper	past · passive		this girl				tree rules
4	agree speech: agree	past	coins = coin					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	have	should	head	a nose				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient
6	is	past	a nose				four ells obl:unmarked; long property	tree rules
7	is a	past	that	three ells				tree rules
8	speak speech: other	past	head	ashes				tree rules
9	fall	should	every time		head's mouth			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mouth=Initial_Location

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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