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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 made | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 had | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 made | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | obj |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 had | xcomp |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 made | nsubj |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 made | obj |
| 10 | stoop | stoop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 made | xcomp |
| 11 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 stoop | compound:prt |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 smear | cc |
| 13 | smear | smear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 stoop | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 smear | obj |
| 15 | over | over | ADP | _ | 13 smear | compound:prt |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 brother | nmod:poss |
| 17 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 face | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 brother | case |
| 19 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 smear | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 taking | punct |
| 21 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 made | advcl |
| 22 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 taking | obj |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 while | det:predet |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 while | det |
| 25 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 taking | obl:unmarked |
| 26 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 28 loose | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 loose | mark |
| 28 | loose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 taking | advcl |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 hair | nmod:poss |
| 30 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 loose | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 drew | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 drew | cc |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 opened | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 man | det |
| 35 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 man | amod |
| 36 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 opened | nsubj |
| 37 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 drew | advcl |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 39 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 opened | obj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 youth | det |
| 41 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 drew | nsubj |
| 42 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 made | parataxis |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 sword | nmod:poss |
| 44 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 drew | obj |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 cut | cc |
| 46 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 drew | conj |
| 47 | off | off | ADP | _ | 49 head | case |
| 48 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 head | nmod:poss |
| 49 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 cut | obl |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 blow | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 blow | det |
| 52 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 blow | amod |
| 53 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 cut | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | man | length | safe property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | past | man | power | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stoop down | infinitive | power not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | smear over | infinitive | power not said here | length | man's brother's face obl | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 5 | take | gerund | man not said here | care | while | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | |||
| 6 | not lose | to-infinitive | man not said here | power's hair | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | open | past | the dead man | man's eyes | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | ||||
| 8 | draw | past | the youth | man's sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 9 | cut off | participle | the youth not said here | power's head | with a single blow | vn 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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