The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 50

I am after that steed myself these seven years, and can never steal him on account of a silk covering he has on him in the stable, with sixty bells fixed to it, and whenever you approach the place he quickly observes it and shakes himself; which, by the sound of the bells, not only alarms the prince and his guards, but the whole country round, so that it is impossible ever to get him, and those that are so unfortunate as to be taken by the Knight of the Glen are boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace.’

Who acts: I, silk, Thief, you, those, Knight · What happens: be, not steal, cover, have, fix, approach · To what, where: Thief, account, stable, sixty bells, place, silk

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, silk, Thief, you), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 steed	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 steed	cop
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 steed	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 steed	det
5	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 steed	nmod:poss
7	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 years	det
8	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 myself	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 steal	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 steal	cc
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 steal	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 steal	advmod
14	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 steed	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 steal	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 account	case
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 steal	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 silk	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 silk	det
20	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 account	nmod
21	covering	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 silk	acl
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 has	nsubj
23	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 covering	ccomp
24	on	on	ADP	_	25 him	case
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 has	obl
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 stable	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 stable	det
28	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 has	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 bells	punct
30	with	with	ADP	_	32 bells	case
31	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	32 bells	nummod
32	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 stable	appos
33	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 bells	acl
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 it	case
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 fixed	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 observes	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 observes	cc
38	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	40 approach	advmod
39	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	40 approach	nsubj
40	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 observes	advcl
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 place	det
42	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 approach	obj
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 observes	nsubj
44	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	45 observes	advmod
45	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 steed	parataxis
46	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 observes	obj
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 shakes	cc
48	shakes	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 observes	conj
49	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	48 shakes	obj
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 sound	punct
51	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 sound	nsubj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 sound	punct
53	by	by	ADP	_	55 sound	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 sound	det
55	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 steed	conj
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 bells	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 bells	det
58	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 sound	nmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 alarms	punct
60	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	62 alarms	advmod
61	only	only	ADV	_	62 alarms	advmod
62	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 bells	conj
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 prince	det
64	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 alarms	appos
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 guards	cc
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 guards	nmod:poss
67	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 bells	conj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 country	punct
69	but	but	CCONJ	_	72 country	cc
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 country	det
71	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 country	amod
72	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 steed	conj
73	round	round	ADV	_	72 country	advmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 impossible	punct
75	so	so	ADV	_	79 impossible	advmod
76	that	that	SCONJ	_	79 impossible	mark
77	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 impossible	expl
78	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 impossible	cop
79	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	102 boiled	advcl
80	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	79 impossible	advmod
81	to	to	PART	_	82 get	mark
82	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	79 impossible	csubj
83	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 get	obj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 unfortunate	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 unfortunate	cc
86	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	90 unfortunate	nsubj
87	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	90 unfortunate	nsubj
88	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	90 unfortunate	cop
89	so	so	ADV	_	90 unfortunate	advmod
90	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 impossible	conj
91	as	as	SCONJ	_	94 taken	mark
92	to	to	PART	_	94 taken	mark
93	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	94 taken	aux:pass
94	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	90 unfortunate	advcl
95	by	by	ADP	_	97 Knight	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 Knight	det
97	Knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 taken	obl
98	of	of	ADP	_	100 Glen	case
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 Glen	det
100	Glen	Glen	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 Knight	nmod
101	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	102 boiled	aux:pass
102	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 steed	parataxis
103	in	in	ADP	_	109 furnace	case
104	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	109 furnace	det
105	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	109 furnace	amod
106	-	-	PUNCT	_	105 red	punct
107	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	109 furnace	amod
108	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	109 furnace	amod
109	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 boiled	obl
110	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 steed	punct
111	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 steed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I				after myself's steed and the sound of the bells and alarms and Thief's guards but the whole country		tree rules
2	not steal	can	I not said here	Thief		account of a silk			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme
3	cover	gerund	a silk not said here						tree rules
4	have	present	Thief			the stable		on youngest = young	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	fix	participle		sixty bells not said here	stable				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient
6	approach	present	you	the place				whenever property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
7	observe	present	Thief	place				quickly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
8	shake	present	Thief not said here	Thief					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
9	is	present					ever	impossible property	tree rules
10	get	to-infinitive		Thief					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
11	is	present	those					unfortunate property	tree rules
12	take	to-infinitive · passive	the Knight of the Glen						vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
13	boil	present · passive						in a red hot fiery furnace	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: in furnace=Instrument
14	account			a silk					nom account «communication 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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