The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 16
And when the great serpent lay dead at his feet he loosed the bonds of the king’s daughter, and she flung herself into his arms and said, ‘You have saved me from that monster, and now you shall be my husband, for my father has made a proclamation that whoever could slay the serpent should have his daughter to wife.’
Who acts: great serpent, serpent, daughter, You, father, proclamation · What happens: lay, loose, fling, say, save, be · To what, where: feet, bonds, daughter, arms, me, husband · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (great serpent, serpent, daughter, You), 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 | _ | 12 loosed | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 lay | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 serpent | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 serpent | amod |
| 5 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lay | nsubj |
| 6 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 loosed | advcl |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lay | xcomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 feet | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 feet | nmod:poss |
| 10 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lay | obl |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 loosed | nsubj |
| 12 | loosed | loose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bonds | det |
| 14 | bonds | bond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 loosed | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 daughter | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 king | det |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 king | case |
| 19 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bonds | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 flung | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 flung | cc |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 flung | nsubj |
| 23 | flung | fling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 loosed | conj |
| 24 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 23 flung | obj |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 arms | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 arms | nmod:poss |
| 27 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 flung | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 said | cc |
| 29 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 flung | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 saved | punct |
| 31 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 saved | punct |
| 32 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 saved | nsubj |
| 33 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 saved | aux |
| 34 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 said | ccomp |
| 35 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 saved | obj |
| 36 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 monster | case |
| 37 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 monster | det |
| 38 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 saved | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 husband | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 husband | cc |
| 41 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 46 husband | advmod |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 husband | nsubj |
| 43 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 husband | aux |
| 44 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 46 husband | cop |
| 45 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 husband | nmod:poss |
| 46 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 loosed | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 made | punct |
| 48 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 52 made | mark |
| 49 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 father | nmod:poss |
| 50 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 made | nsubj |
| 51 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 made | aux |
| 52 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 loosed | conj |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 proclamation | det |
| 54 | proclamation | proclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 have | nsubj |
| 55 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 slay | nsubj |
| 56 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 slay | nsubj |
| 57 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 slay | aux |
| 58 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 proclamation | acl:relcl |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 serpent | det |
| 60 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 slay | obj |
| 61 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 have | aux |
| 62 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 made | parataxis |
| 63 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 64 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 have | obj |
| 65 | to | to | PART | _ | 66 wife | mark |
| 66 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 daughter | acl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 loosed | punct |
| 68 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 loosed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | present | the great serpent | serpent's feet | dead property | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at foot=Destination | |||
| 2 | loose | past | serpent | the bonds of the king's daughter | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bond=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fling | past | daughter | daughter | serpent's arms | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into arm=Destination | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | daughter not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | save | present · perfect | You | me | from that monster | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent i=Theme from monster=Source | |||
| 6 | is a | shall | you | my husband | now | tree rules | |||
| 7 | make | present · perfect | my father | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | slay | could | a proclamation | the serpent | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Patient | ||||
| 9 | have | should | a proclamation | serpent's daughter | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | ||||
| 10 | bond | the king's daughter | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
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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