The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 112
She replied that the attempt to do so might cost her her own life, as the key of the stable in which the prince’s horse stood lay under the host’s pillow; but, as she herself was a prisoner there, she would help him to escape if he would take her along with him.
Who acts: murderer, attempt, horse, life · What happens: reply, do, cost, stand, be, help · To what, where: own life, murderer, key, life · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (murderer, attempt, horse, life), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 replied | nsubj |
| 2 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 cost | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 attempt | det |
| 5 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cost | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 attempt | acl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 do | advmod |
| 9 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 cost | aux |
| 10 | cost | cost | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 replied | ccomp |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cost | iobj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 life | nmod:poss |
| 13 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 life | amod |
| 14 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cost | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 key | punct |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 key | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 key | det |
| 18 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cost | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 stable | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 stable | det |
| 21 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 key | nmod |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 which | case |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 stood | obl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 prince | det |
| 25 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 horse | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 prince | case |
| 27 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stood | nsubj |
| 28 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 key | acl |
| 29 | lay | lay | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 28 stood | advmod |
| 30 | under | under | ADP | _ | 34 pillow | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 host | det |
| 32 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 pillow | nmod:poss |
| 33 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 32 host | case |
| 34 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lay | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 help | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 help | cc |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 but | punct |
| 38 | as | as | ADP | _ | 43 prisoner | case |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 prisoner | nsubj |
| 40 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 she | conj |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 prisoner | cop |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 prisoner | det |
| 43 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 help | obl |
| 44 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 prisoner | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 prisoner | punct |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 help | nsubj |
| 47 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 help | aux |
| 48 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 replied | advcl |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 help | obj |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 escape | mark |
| 51 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 help | xcomp |
| 52 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 55 take | mark |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 take | nsubj |
| 54 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 take | aux |
| 55 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 escape | ccomp |
| 56 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 take | obj |
| 57 | along | along | ADP | _ | 59 him | case |
| 58 | with | with | ADP | _ | 59 him | case |
| 59 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 take | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | past | murderer | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the attempt not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | cost | might | the attempt | murderer's own life | murderer | as the key of the stable | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme she=Beneficiary life=Value | ||
| 4 | stand | past | the prince's horse | the key of the stable | lay property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in which=Location | |||
| 5 | is | past | murderer | there | as a prisoner | tree rules | |||
| 6 | help | would | murderer | life | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 7 | escape | to-infinitive | life not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | take a condition, not said to happen | would | life | murderer | along prince | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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