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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 102

And when he had it safe he made her stoop down and smear it over his brother’s face, taking care all the while never to loose her hair, and when the dead man opened his eyes the youth drew his sword and cut off her head with a single blow.

Who acts: man, power, dead man, youth · What happens: have, make, stoop down, smear over, take, not lose · To what, where: length, power, care, hair, eyes, sword

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, power, dead man, youth), 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

ccadvmodnsubjadvclobjxcompnsubjobjxcompcompound:prtccconjobjcompound:prtnmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctadvclobjdet:predetdetobl:unmarkedadvmodmarkadvclnmod:possobjpunctccadvmoddetamodnsubjadvclnmod:possobjdetnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjccconjcasenmod:possoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootAndCCONJwhenADVhePRONhadVERBitPRONsafeADJhePRONmadeVERBherPRONstoopVERBdownADPandCCONJsmearVERBitPRONoverADPhisPRONbrotherNOUN’sPARTfaceNOUN,PUNCTtakingVERBcareNOUNallDETtheDETwhileNOUNneverADVtoPARTlooseVERBherPRONhairNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVtheDETdeadADJmanNOUNopenedVERBhisPRONeyesNOUNtheDETyouthNOUNdrewVERBhisPRONswordNOUNandCCONJcutVERBoffADPherPRONheadNOUNwithADPaDETsingleADJblowNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_8 madecc
2whenwhenADVPronType=Int4 hadadvmod
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 hadnsubj
4hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 madeadvcl
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 hadobj
6safesafeADJDegree=Pos4 hadxcomp
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 madensubj
8mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 madeobj
10stoopstoopVERBVerbForm=Inf8 madexcomp
11downdownADP_10 stoopcompound:prt
12andandCCONJ_13 smearcc
13smearsmearVERBVerbForm=Inf10 stoopconj
14ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 smearobj
15overoverADP_13 smearcompound:prt
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 brothernmod:poss
17brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing19 facenmod:poss
18’s'sPART_17 brothercase
19facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing13 smearobl
20,,PUNCT_21 takingpunct
21takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 madeadvcl
22carecareNOUNNumber=Sing21 takingobj
23allallDETPronType=Tot25 whiledet:predet
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 whiledet
25whilewhileNOUNNumber=Sing21 takingobl:unmarked
26neverneverADVPronType=Neg28 looseadvmod
27totoPART_28 loosemark
28looseloseVERBVerbForm=Inf21 takingadvcl
29herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 hairnmod:poss
30hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing28 looseobj
31,,PUNCT_42 drewpunct
32andandCCONJ_42 drewcc
33whenwhenADVPronType=Int37 openedadvmod
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 mandet
35deaddeadADJDegree=Pos36 manamod
36manmanNOUNNumber=Sing37 openednsubj
37openedopenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 drewadvcl
38hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 eyesnmod:poss
39eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur37 openedobj
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 youthdet
41youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing42 drewnsubj
42drewdrawVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 madeparataxis
43hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 swordnmod:poss
44swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing42 drewobj
45andandCCONJ_46 cutcc
46cutcutVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass42 drewconj
47offoffADP_49 headcase
48herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 headnmod:poss
49headheadNOUNNumber=Sing46 cutobl
50withwithADP_53 blowcase
51aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art53 blowdet
52singlesingleADJDegree=Pos53 blowamod
53blowblowNOUNNumber=Sing46 cutobl
54..PUNCT_8 madepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepastmanlengthsafe propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2makepastmanpowertree rules
3stoop downinfinitivepower not said herevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4smear overinfinitivepower not said herelengthman's brother's face oblvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5takegerundman not said herecarewhilevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
6not loseto-infinitiveman not said herepower's hairvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality
7openpastthe dead manman's eyesvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme
8drawpastthe youthman's swordvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
9cut offparticiplethe youth not said herepower's headwith a single blowvn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality

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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