The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 86
As he put his arms round her waist, the fairest in the world unwound the veil from her head and cast it to the ground, and then she drew a ring from her finger and flung it into the stream.
Who acts: Ciccu, fairest, princess · What happens: put, unwind, cast, draw, fling · To what, where: arms, veil, head, ground, ring, finger
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ciccu, fairest, princess), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 put | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 put | nsubj |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 fairest | advcl |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 arms | nmod:poss |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 put | obj |
| 6 | round | round | ADP | _ | 8 waist | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 waist | nmod:poss |
| 8 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 put | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fairest | det |
| 11 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 unwound | nsubj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 world | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 world | det |
| 14 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fairest | obl |
| 15 | unwound | unwind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 veil | det |
| 17 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 unwound | obj |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 head | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 head | nmod:poss |
| 20 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 unwound | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 cast | cc |
| 22 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 unwound | conj |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 cast | obj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 ground | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ground | det |
| 26 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 cast | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 drew | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 drew | cc |
| 29 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 drew | advmod |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 drew | nsubj |
| 31 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 unwound | parataxis |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 ring | det |
| 33 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 drew | obj |
| 34 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 finger | case |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 finger | nmod:poss |
| 36 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 drew | obl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 flung | cc |
| 38 | flung | fling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 drew | conj |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 flung | obj |
| 40 | into | into | ADP | _ | 42 stream | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 stream | det |
| 42 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 flung | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 unwound | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | Ciccu | Ciccu's arms | round princess's waist | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent arm=Goal | |||
| 2 | unwind | past | the fairest | the veil | princess's head | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent veil=Patient | |||
| 3 | cast | present | the fairest not said here | veil | the ground | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme to ground=Destination | |||
| 4 | draw | past | princess | a ring | princess's finger | then | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from finger=Initial_Location | ||
| 5 | fling | past | princess not said here | ring | the stream | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme into stream=Destination |
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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