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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 2, sentence 8

And the first thing the young man did when his beard was grown was to take the road to the dragon’s house and on the way he met a beggar, whom he persuaded to change clothes with him, and in the beggar’s garments he went fearlessly forth to the dragon.

Who acts: first thing, beard, beggar · What happens: grow, be, meet, persuade, change, go · To what, where: young man, beggar, way, clothes, garments

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first thing, beard, beggar), 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

ccdetamodnsubjdetamodnsubjauxadvmodnmod:possnsubjaux:passacl:relclcopmarkdetobjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblcccasedetoblnsubjconjdetobjpunctobjnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompobjcaseoblpunctcccasedetnmod:posscaseoblnsubjconjadvmodadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootAndCCONJtheDETfirstADJthingNOUNtheDETyoungADJmanNOUNdidAUXwhenADVhisPRONbeardNOUNwasAUXgrownVERBwasAUXtoPARTtakeVERBtheDETroadNOUNtoADPtheDETdragonNOUN’sPARThouseNOUNandCCONJonADPtheDETwayNOUNhePRONmetVERBaDETbeggarNOUN,PUNCTwhomPRONhePRONpersuadedVERBtoPARTchangeVERBclothesNOUNwithADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJinADPtheDETbeggarNOUN’sPARTgarmentsNOUNhePRONwentVERBfearlesslyADVforthADVtoADPtheDETdragonNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_16 takecc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 thingdet
3firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord4 thingamod
4thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing16 takensubj
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 mandet
6youngyoungADJDegree=Pos7 manamod
7manmanNOUNNumber=Sing13 grownnsubj
8diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 grownaux
9whenwhenADVPronType=Int13 grownadvmod
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 beardnmod:poss
11beardbeardNOUNNumber=Sing13 grownnsubj
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 grownaux:pass
13growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 thingacl:relcl
14wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 takecop
15totoPART_16 takemark
16taketakeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 roaddet
18roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing16 takeobj
19totoADP_23 housecase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 dragondet
21dragondragonNOUNNumber=Sing23 housenmod:poss
22’s'sPART_21 dragoncase
23househouseNOUNNumber=Sing16 takeobl
24andandCCONJ_29 metcc
25ononADP_27 waycase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 waydet
27waywayNOUNNumber=Sing29 metobl
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 metnsubj
29metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 takeconj
30aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art31 beggardet
31beggarbeggarNOUNNumber=Sing29 metobj
32,,PUNCT_35 persuadedpunct
33whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel35 persuadedobj
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 persuadednsubj
35persuadedpersuadeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 beggaracl:relcl
36totoPART_37 changemark
37changechangeVERBVerbForm=Inf35 persuadedxcomp
38clothesclothesNOUNNumber=Ptan37 changeobj
39withwithADP_40 himcase
40himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 changeobl
41,,PUNCT_49 wentpunct
42andandCCONJ_49 wentcc
43ininADP_47 garmentscase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 beggardet
45beggarbeggarNOUNNumber=Sing47 garmentsnmod:poss
46’s'sPART_45 beggarcase
47garmentsgarmentNOUNNumber=Plur49 wentobl
48hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 wentnsubj
49wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 takeconj
50fearlesslyfearlesslyADV_51 forthadvmod
51forthforthADV_49 wentadvmod
52totoADP_54 dragoncase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 dragondet
54dragondragonNOUNNumber=Sing49 wentobl
55..PUNCT_16 takepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpast · passive · do-supportthe young manvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2ispastthe first thingto the dragon's house; take propertytree rules
3meetpastbearda beggarthe wayvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beggar=Co-Agent
4persuadepastbearda beggarvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent whom=Patient clause=Result
5changeto-infinitivea beggar not said hereclotheswith beardvn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme with he=Co-Agent
6gopastbeardthe beggar's garmentsto the dragon; forth propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dragon=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 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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