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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 18

At this time the brother in the serpent-pit dreamed that his right sister had come swimming to the king’s palace in the shape of a duck, and that she could not regain her own form until her beak was cut off.

Who acts: brother, right sister, sister · What happens: dream, come, swim, not regain, cut off, form · To what, where: palace, own form, beak · 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 (brother, right sister, sister), 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

casedetobldetnsubjcasedetcompoundpunctnmodmarknmod:possamodnsubjauxccompxcompcasedetnmod:posscaseoblcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctccmarknsubjauxadvmodconjnmod:possamodobjmarknmod:possnsubj:passaux:passadvclcompound:prtpunctrootAtADPthisDETtimeNOUNtheDETbrotherNOUNinADPtheDETserpentNOUN-PUNCTpitNOUNdreamedVERBthatSCONJhisPRONrightADJsisterNOUNhadAUXcomeVERBswimmingVERBtoADPtheDETkingNOUN’sPARTpalaceNOUNinADPtheDETshapeNOUNofADPaDETduckNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJshePRONcouldAUXnotPARTregainVERBherPRONownADJformNOUNuntilSCONJherPRONbeakNOUNwasAUXcutVERBoffADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 timecase
2thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 timedet
3timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing11 dreamedobl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 brotherdet
5brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing11 dreamednsubj
6ininADP_10 pitcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 pitdet
8serpentserpentNOUNNumber=Sing10 pitcompound
9--PUNCT_8 serpentpunct
10pitpitNOUNNumber=Sing5 brothernmod
11dreameddreamVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12thatthatSCONJ_17 comemark
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 sisternmod:poss
14rightrightADJDegree=Pos15 sisteramod
15sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing17 comensubj
16hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 comeaux
17comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 dreamedccomp
18swimmingswimVERBVerbForm=Ger17 comexcomp
19totoADP_23 palacecase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 kingdet
21kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing23 palacenmod:poss
22’s'sPART_21 kingcase
23palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing18 swimmingobl
24ininADP_26 shapecase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 shapedet
26shapeshapeNOUNNumber=Sing23 palacenmod
27ofofADP_29 duckcase
28aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 duckdet
29duckduckNOUNNumber=Sing26 shapenmod
30,,PUNCT_36 regainpunct
31andandCCONJ_36 regaincc
32thatthatSCONJ_36 regainmark
33sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 regainnsubj
34couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin36 regainaux
35notnotPARTPolarity=Neg36 regainadvmod
36regainregainVERBVerbForm=Inf11 dreamedconj
37herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 formnmod:poss
38ownownADJDegree=Pos39 formamod
39formformNOUNNumber=Sing36 regainobj
40untiluntilSCONJ_44 cutmark
41herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 beaknmod:poss
42beakbeakNOUNNumber=Sing44 cutnsubj:pass
43wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 cutaux:pass
44cutcutVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 regainadvcl
45offoffADP_44 cutcompound:prt
46..PUNCT_11 dreamedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dreampastthe brother in the serpent pittimevn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2comepast · perfectbrother's right sistertree rules
3swimgerundbrother's right sister not said herethe king's palace in the shape of a duckvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to palace=Destination
4not regaincouldsistersister's own formvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
5cut offpast · passivesister's beakvn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
6formsisternom 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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