The Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, sentence 35

And his father had three sons—the first was Fafnir, the Dragon; the next was Otter, who could put on the shape of an otter when he liked; and the next was himself, Regin, and he was a great smith and maker of swords.

Who acts: father, next Otter, next · What happens: have, be, put, like · To what, where: three sons, first Fafnir, next Otter, shape, Sigurd, great smith

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Sigurd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, next Otter, next), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 had	cc
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 father	nmod:poss
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 sons	nummod
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 Fafnir	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 first	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 Fafnir	amod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 Fafnir	cop
11	Fafnir	Fafnir	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sons	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Dragon	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Dragon	det
14	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Fafnir	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 Otter	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 next	det
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Otter	amod
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 Otter	cop
19	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 had	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 put	punct
21	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 put	nsubj
22	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 put	aux
23	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 Otter	parataxis
24	on	on	ADP	_	26 shape	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 shape	det
26	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 put	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 otter	case
28	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 otter	det
29	otter	otter	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 shape	nmod
30	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	32 liked	advmod
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 liked	nsubj
32	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 put	advcl
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 himself	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 himself	cc
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 next	det
36	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 himself	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 himself	cop
38	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 had	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 Regin	punct
40	Regin	Regin	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 himself	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 smith	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 smith	cc
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 smith	nsubj
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 smith	cop
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 smith	det
46	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 smith	amod
47	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	parataxis
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 maker	cc
49	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 smith	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 swords	case
51	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 maker	nmod
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	past	Sigurd's father	three sons		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
2	is a	past		first Fafnir and the Dragon		tree rules
3	is a	past	Sigurd's father not said here	next Otter		tree rules
4	put	could	next Otter		the shape of a otter	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on shape=Destination
5	like	past	father			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
6	is a	past	the next	Sigurd		tree rules
7	is a	past	father	a great smith and maker of swords		tree rules

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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