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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 1, sentence 24

But the old woman was a witch, and she said to the girl, ‘There comes one out of the wood who has a wonderful treasure in his body which we must manage to possess ourselves of, darling daughter; we have more right to it than he.

Who acts: old woman, woman, wood, wonderful treasure, we · What happens: be, say, come, have, manage, possess · To what, where: witch, girl, one, wonderful treasure, body, ourselves · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Donkey Cabbage, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old woman, woman, wood, wonderful treasure), 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

ccdetamodnsubjcopdetpunctccnsubjparataxiscasedetoblpunctpunctexplconjoblcasecasedetnmodnsubjacl:relcldetamodobjcasenmod:possnmodnsubjnsubjauxacl:relclmarkxcompobjoblpunctadvclobjpunctnsubjparataxisamodxcompcaseoblcaseoblpunctrootButCCONJtheDEToldADJwomanNOUNwasAUXaDETwitchNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJshePRONsaidVERBtoADPtheDETgirlNOUN,PUNCT‘PUNCTTherePRONcomesVERBoneNUMoutADPofADPtheDETwoodNOUNwhoPRONhasVERBaDETwonderfulADJtreasureNOUNinADPhisPRONbodyNOUNwhichPRONwePRONmustAUXmanageVERBtoPARTpossessVERBourselvesPRONofADP,PUNCTdarlingVERBdaughterNOUN;PUNCTwePRONhaveVERBmoreADJrightADJtoADPitPRONthanADPhePRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_7 witchcc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 womandet
3oldoldADJDegree=Pos4 womanamod
4womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing7 witchnsubj
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 witchcop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 witchdet
7witchwitchNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8,,PUNCT_11 saidpunct
9andandCCONJ_11 saidcc
10sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 saidnsubj
11saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 witchparataxis
12totoADP_14 girlcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 girldet
14girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing11 saidobl
15,,PUNCT_18 comespunct
16‘'PUNCT_18 comespunct
17TheretherePRONPronType=Dem18 comesexpl
18comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 saidconj
19oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card18 comesobl
20outoutADP_23 woodcase
21ofofADP_23 woodcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 wooddet
23woodwoodNOUNNumber=Sing19 onenmod
24whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 hasnsubj
25hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 woodacl:relcl
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 treasuredet
27wonderfulwonderfulADJDegree=Pos28 treasureamod
28treasuretreasureNOUNNumber=Sing25 hasobj
29ininADP_31 bodycase
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 bodynmod:poss
31bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing28 treasurenmod
32whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel35 managensubj
33wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs35 managensubj
34mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin35 manageaux
35managemanageVERBVerbForm=Inf28 treasureacl:relcl
36totoPART_37 possessmark
37possesspossessVERBVerbForm=Inf35 managexcomp
38ourselvesourselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes37 possessobj
39ofofADP_37 possessobl
40,,PUNCT_41 darlingpunct
41darlingdarlVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part37 possessadvcl
42daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing41 darlingobj
43;;PUNCT_45 havepunct
44wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs45 havensubj
45havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 witchparataxis
46moremoreADJDegree=Cmp47 rightamod
47rightrightADJDegree=Pos45 havexcomp
48totoADP_49 itcase
49ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 rightobl
50thanthanADP_51 hecase
51hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 rightobl
52..PUNCT_7 witchpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastthe old womana witchtree rules
2say speech: assertpastwomanthe girlvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to girl=Recipient
3comepresentwoman not said hereone out the woodtherevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4havepresentthe wooda wonderful treasureHunter's bodyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Patient
5managemusta wonderful treasurevn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6possessto-infinitivea wonderful treasure not said hereourselvesvn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ourselves=Theme
7darlgerunda wonderful treasure not said heredaughtertree rules
8havepresentweright propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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