The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 1, sentence 97
When the Hunter had washed his face, so that the changed ones might know him, he went into the yard, saying, ‘Now you shall receive a reward for your faithlessness.’
Who acts: Hunter, changed ones, you · What happens: wash, change, know, go, say, receive · To what, where: face, Hunter, reward · 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 (Hunter, changed ones, you), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 washed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Hunter | det |
| 3 | Hunter | Hunter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 washed | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 washed | aux |
| 5 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 face | nmod:poss |
| 7 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 washed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 went | punct |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 19 went | mark |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 know | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ones | det |
| 12 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 ones | amod |
| 13 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 know | nsubj |
| 14 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 know | aux |
| 15 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 went | advcl |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 know | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 know | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 went | nsubj |
| 19 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 washed | conj |
| 20 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 yard | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 yard | det |
| 22 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 went | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 saying | punct |
| 24 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 went | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 receive | punct |
| 26 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 receive | punct |
| 27 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 receive | advmod |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 receive | nsubj |
| 29 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 receive | aux |
| 30 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 saying | ccomp |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 reward | det |
| 32 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 receive | obj |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 faithlessness | case |
| 34 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 faithlessness | nmod:poss |
| 35 | faithlessness | faithlessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 receive | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 washed | punct |
| 37 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 washed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | past · perfect | the Hunter | Hunter's face | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | ||||
| 2 | change | participle | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | know | might | the changed ones | Hunter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | go | past | Hunter | into the yard | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into yard=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | Hunter not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | receive | shall | you | a reward | now | for your faithlessness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
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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