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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 123

The same thing happened on the third day when the prince tried to get past: the lindorm said, with a threatening voice, that before the prince could get a bride he himself must find a mate.

Who acts: same thing, prince, lindorm · What happens: happen, try, get past, say, get, find · To what, where: that, mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (same thing, prince, lindorm), 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

detamodnsubjcasedetamodobladvmoddetnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompadvmodpunctdetnsubjparataxispunctcasedetcompoundoblpunctobjcasedetoblauxconjdetobjnsubjnmod:unmarkedauxacl:relcldetobjpunctrootTheDETsameADJthingNOUNhappenedVERBonADPtheDETthirdADJdayNOUNwhenADVtheDETprinceNOUNtriedVERBtoPARTgetVERBpastADV:PUNCTtheDETlindormNOUNsaidVERB,PUNCTwithADPaDETthreateningNOUNvoiceNOUN,PUNCTthatPRONbeforeADPtheDETprinceNOUNcouldAUXgetVERBaDETbrideNOUNhePRONhimselfPRONmustAUXfindVERBaDETmateNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 thingdet
2samesameADJDegree=Pos3 thingamod
3thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing4 happenednsubj
4happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ononADP_8 daycase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 daydet
7thirdthirdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord8 dayamod
8daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 happenedobl
9whenwhenADVPronType=Int12 triedadvmod
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 princedet
11princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing12 triednsubj
12triedtryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 dayacl:relcl
13totoPART_14 getmark
14getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf12 triedxcomp
15pastpastADV_14 getadvmod
16::PUNCT_19 saidpunct
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 lindormdet
18lindormlindormNOUNNumber=Sing19 saidnsubj
19saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 happenedparataxis
20,,PUNCT_24 voicepunct
21withwithADP_24 voicecase
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 voicedet
23threateningthreateningNOUNNumber=Sing24 voicecompound
24voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing19 saidobl
25,,PUNCT_31 getpunct
26thatthatPRONPronType=Rel31 getobj
27beforebeforeADP_29 princecase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 princedet
29princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing31 getobl
30couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin31 getaux
31getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf24 voiceconj
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art33 bridedet
33bridebrideNOUNNumber=Sing31 getobj
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 findnsubj
35himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes34 henmod:unmarked
36mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin37 findaux
37findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf33 brideacl:relcl
38aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 matedet
39matemateNOUNNumber=Sing37 findobj
40..PUNCT_4 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastthe same thingdayvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2trypastthe princevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3get past not said to happento-infinitivethe prince not said herepast propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4say speech: assertpastthe lindormwith a threatening voicevn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with voice=Manner
5getcouldthe lindorm not said herethatbefore the princevn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary bride=Theme
6findmustprincea matevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic

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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