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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 25

She told him then that she was a princess whom the witch had stolen, and had changed to this shape, but with his kiss she had got her human form again; and if he would be faithful to her, and take her to wife, she could free them both from the witch’s power.

Who acts: witch, prince · What happens: tell, be, steal, change, get, take · To what, where: prince, princess, witch, human form · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (witch, prince), 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

nsubjiobjadvmodmarknsubjcopdetccompobldetnsubj:passauxparataxispunctccauxparataxiscasedetoblpunctcccasenmod:possoblnsubjauxconjnmod:possamodobjadvmodpunctccmarknsubjauxcopconjcaseoblpunctccparataxisobjmarkadvclpunctnsubjauxconjoblapposcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctrootShePRONtoldVERBhimPRONthenADVthatSCONJshePRONwasAUXaDETprincessNOUNwhomPRONtheDETwitchNOUNhadAUXstolenVERB,PUNCTandCCONJhadAUXchangedVERBtoADPthisDETshapeNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJwithADPhisPRONkissNOUNshePRONhadAUXgotVERBherPRONhumanADJformNOUNagainADV;PUNCTandCCONJifSCONJhePRONwouldAUXbeAUXfaithfulADJtoADPherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJtakeVERBherPRONtoPARTwifeNOUN,PUNCTshePRONcouldAUXfreeADJthemPRONbothDETfromADPtheDETwitchNOUN’sPARTpowerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 toldnsubj
2toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 toldiobj
4thenthenADVPronType=Dem9 princessadvmod
5thatthatSCONJ_9 princessmark
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 princessnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 princesscop
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 princessdet
9princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing2 toldccomp
10whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel14 stolenobl
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 witchdet
12witchwitchNOUNNumber=Sing14 stolennsubj:pass
13hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 stolenaux
14stolenstealVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 princessparataxis
15,,PUNCT_18 changedpunct
16andandCCONJ_18 changedcc
17hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 changedaux
18changedchangeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 toldparataxis
19totoADP_21 shapecase
20thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem21 shapedet
21shapeshapeNOUNNumber=Sing18 changedobl
22,,PUNCT_29 gotpunct
23butbutCCONJ_29 gotcc
24withwithADP_26 kisscase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 kissnmod:poss
26kisskissNOUNNumber=Sing29 gotobl
27sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 gotnsubj
28hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 gotaux
29gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part18 changedconj
30herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 formnmod:poss
31humanhumanADJDegree=Pos32 formamod
32formformNOUNNumber=Sing29 gotobj
33againagainADV_29 gotadvmod
34;;PUNCT_40 faithfulpunct
35andandCCONJ_40 faithfulcc
36ififSCONJ_40 faithfulmark
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 faithfulnsubj
38wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin40 faithfulaux
39bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf40 faithfulcop
40faithfulfaithfulADJDegree=Pos2 toldconj
41totoADP_42 hercase
42hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 faithfulobl
43,,PUNCT_45 takepunct
44andandCCONJ_45 takecc
45taketakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 toldparataxis
46hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 takeobj
47totoPART_48 wifemark
48wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing45 takeadvcl
49,,PUNCT_52 freepunct
50sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 freensubj
51couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin52 freeaux
52freefreeADJDegree=Pos2 toldconj
53themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs52 freeobl
54bothbothDETPronType=Tot53 themappos
55fromfromADP_59 powercase
56thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 witchdet
57witchwitchNOUNNumber=Sing59 powernmod:poss
58’s'sPART_57 witchcase
59powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing52 freeobl
60..PUNCT_2 toldpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpastwitchprincevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2is apastwitcha princessthentree rules
3stealpast · perfect · passivethe witcha princess oblvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4changepast · perfectto this shape resultvn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to shape=Result
5getpast · perfectwitchwitch's human formagainwith prince's kissvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus
6is a condition, not said to happenwouldprincewitchfaithful propertytree rules
7takeinfinitivewitchvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
8kissprincenom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent
9formwitchnom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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