The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 56
And he added that he was a prince enchanted by a powerful giant, but was only allowed to take his own shape at night, for all day he was forced to appear as the lion whom she had so often helped; and, more than this, it was the giant who had stolen the oxen and the asses and the pigs in revenge for her kindness.
Who acts: man, day, Lion, more · What happens: add, be, enchant, allow, take, force · To what, where: prince, own shape, man, lion, oxen, revenge · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, day, Lion, more), 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 | _ | 3 added | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 added | nsubj |
| 3 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 prince | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 prince | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 prince | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 added | ccomp |
| 9 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 prince | acl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 giant | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 giant | det |
| 12 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 giant | amod |
| 13 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enchanted | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 allowed | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 allowed | cc |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 allowed | aux:pass |
| 17 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 allowed | advmod |
| 18 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 added | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 take | mark |
| 20 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 allowed | xcomp |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 shape | nmod:poss |
| 22 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 shape | amod |
| 23 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 take | obj |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 night | case |
| 25 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 take | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 day | punct |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 day | case |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 day | det |
| 29 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 take | obl:unmarked |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 forced | aux:pass |
| 32 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 day | acl:relcl |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 appear | mark |
| 34 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 forced | xcomp |
| 35 | as | as | ADP | _ | 37 lion | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 lion | det |
| 37 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 appear | obl |
| 38 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 had | obj |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 had | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 lion | acl:relcl |
| 41 | so | so | ADV | _ | 42 often | advmod |
| 42 | often | often | ADV | _ | 43 helped | advmod |
| 43 | helped | help | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 had | xcomp |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 giant | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 giant | cc |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 more | punct |
| 47 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 54 giant | nsubj |
| 48 | than | than | ADP | _ | 49 this | case |
| 49 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 47 more | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 more | punct |
| 51 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 giant | nsubj |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 giant | cop |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 giant | det |
| 54 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 added | parataxis |
| 55 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 stolen | nsubj |
| 56 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 stolen | aux |
| 57 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 giant | conj |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 oxen | det |
| 59 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 stolen | obj |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 asses | cc |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 asses | det |
| 62 | asses | ass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 oxen | conj |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 pigs | cc |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 pigs | det |
| 65 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 oxen | conj |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 67 revenge | case |
| 67 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 stolen | obl |
| 68 | for | for | ADP | _ | 70 kindness | case |
| 69 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 70 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 stolen | obl |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 added | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past | man | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | man | a prince | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | enchant | participle | a prince not said here | by a powerful giant | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | allow | past · passive | man not said here | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | man not said here | man's own shape | day; night | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | |||
| 6 | force | past · passive | all day not said here | man | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | appear | to-infinitive | man not said here | as the lion | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | have | past | Lion | the lion | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | help | participle | the lion not said here | often property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | is | past | more | giant property | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | steal | past · perfect | the oxen and the asses and the pigs | revenge | for Lion's kindness | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ox=Theme for kindness=Beneficiary |
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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