The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 81

I then began to think that my death was inevitable, considering that those who were capable of doing so much would soon end my life; but just as she had the stroke drawn that would terminate my fate, the cock crew, and the witches disappeared, having resumed their natural shapes for fear of being known, and I got safe off with my bags of gold.

Who acts: I, death, those, witches, my · What happens: begin, think, be, consider, do, end · To what, where: life, stroke, fate, resumed natural shapes, fear · Speech: someone speaks here

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, death, those, witches), 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	3 began	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 began	advmod
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 think	mark
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 inevitable	mark
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 death	nmod:poss
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inevitable	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 inevitable	cop
10	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 think	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 considering	punct
12	considering	consider	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 inevitable	advcl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 end	mark
14	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	24 end	nsubj
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 capable	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 capable	cop
17	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 those	acl:relcl
18	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 doing	mark
19	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 capable	advcl
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 much	advmod
21	much	much	ADV	_	19 doing	advmod
22	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 end	aux
23	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 end	advmod
24	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 considering	ccomp
25	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 life	nmod:poss
26	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 end	obj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 had	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 had	cc
29	just	just	ADV	_	32 had	advmod
30	as	as	SCONJ	_	32 had	mark
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 had	nsubj
32	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 began	parataxis
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 stroke	det
34	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 had	obj
35	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 stroke	acl
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 terminate	mark
37	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 terminate	aux
38	terminate	terminate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 drawn	advcl
39	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 fate	nmod:poss
40	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 terminate	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 crew	punct
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 crew	det
43	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 crew	compound
44	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 fate	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 disappeared	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 disappeared	cc
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 witches	det
48	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 disappeared	nsubj
49	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 had	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 having	punct
51	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 disappeared	advcl
52	resumed	resume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 shapes	amod
53	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 shapes	nmod:poss
54	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 shapes	amod
55	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 having	obj
56	for	for	ADP	_	57 fear	case
57	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 shapes	nmod
58	of	of	SCONJ	_	60 known	mark
59	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	60 known	aux:pass
60	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 fear	acl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 got	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 got	cc
63	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	64 got	nsubj
64	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 began	conj
65	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 got	xcomp
66	off	off	ADP	_	65 safe	compound:prt
67	with	with	ADP	_	69 bags	case
68	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 bags	nmod:poss
69	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 got	obl
70	of	of	ADP	_	71 gold	case
71	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 bags	nmod
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	I		then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive	I not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	my death			inevitable property	tree rules
4	consider	gerund	my death not said here				vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	is	past				capable property	tree rules
6	do	gerund					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	end	would	those	my life		soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality
8	have	past	death	the stroke			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Patient
9	draw	participle		the stroke not said here			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	terminate	would		my fate and the cock crew			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
11	disappear	past	the witches				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	have	gerund	the witches not said here	witches's resumed natural shapes		for fear	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
13	resume	participle					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
14	know	gerund · passive		fear not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»
15	get	past	I			with my bags of gold; safe property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
16	die		my				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent
17	fate		my				nom fate «event transitive»: poss=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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