The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 85
And when she came near she touched him with the sprig of rosemary that she carried; and his memory came back, and he knew her, and kissed her, and declared that she was his true wife, and that he loved her and no other.
Who acts: maiden, memory · What happens: come, touch, carry, come back, know, kiss · To what, where: bridegroom, maiden, true wife
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, memory), 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 | _ | 7 touched | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 came | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 touched | advcl |
| 5 | near | near | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 touched | nsubj |
| 7 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 touched | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 sprig | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sprig | det |
| 11 | sprig | sprig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 touched | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 rosemary | case |
| 13 | rosemary | rosemary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sprig | nmod |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 carried | mark |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 carried | nsubj |
| 16 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 touched | advcl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 came | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 came | cc |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 memory | nmod:poss |
| 20 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 came | nsubj |
| 21 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 touched | conj |
| 22 | back | back | ADV | _ | 21 came | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 knew | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 knew | cc |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 knew | nsubj |
| 26 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 came | conj |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 knew | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 kissed | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 kissed | cc |
| 30 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 came | conj |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 kissed | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 declared | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 declared | cc |
| 34 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 came | conj |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 wife | mark |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 wife | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 wife | cop |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 wife | nmod:poss |
| 39 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 wife | amod |
| 40 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 declared | advcl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 loved | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 loved | cc |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 loved | mark |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 loved | nsubj |
| 45 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 came | parataxis |
| 46 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 loved | obj |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 other | cc |
| 48 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 49 other | det |
| 49 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 loved | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 touched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | maiden | near property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | touch | past | maiden | bridegroom | with the sprig of rosemary | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer with sprig=Instrument | |||
| 3 | carry | past | maiden | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | come back | past | bridegroom's memory | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | know | past | memory | maiden | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | kiss | past | bridegroom's memory not said here | maiden | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | declare speech: other | past | bridegroom's memory not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | is a | past | maiden | bridegroom's true wife | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | love | past | memory | maiden | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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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