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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 4, sentence 19

The old Abbess then gave the Prince her blessing, and he set out upon his enterprise, arrived at the Serpent’s castle by following the secret passage which she had shown him, and by carefully attending to all her directions he happily succeeded in killing the monster.

Who acts: old Abbess, monster, Abbess · What happens: give, set out, arrive, follow, show, attend · To what, where: blessing, Prince, castle, secret passage, directions, monster

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Donkey Cabbage, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Abbess, monster, Abbess), 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

detamodnsubjadvmoddetobjnmod:possobjpunctccnsubjconjcompound:prtcasenmod:possoblpunctconjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblmarkadvcldetamodobjnsubj:passnsubjauxacl:relclobjpunctccmarkadvmodadvclcasedet:predetnmod:possoblnsubjadvmodacl:relclmarkadvcldetobjpunctrootTheDEToldADJAbbessPROPNthenADVgaveVERBtheDETPrincePROPNherPRONblessingNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONsetVERBoutADPuponADPhisPRONenterpriseNOUN,PUNCTarrivedVERBatADPtheDETSerpentPROPN’sPARTcastleNOUNbySCONJfollowingVERBtheDETsecretADJpassageNOUNwhichPRONshePRONhadAUXshownVERBhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJbySCONJcarefullyADVattendingVERBtoADPallDETherPRONdirectionsNOUNhePRONhappilyADVsucceededVERBinSCONJkillingVERBtheDETmonsterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Abbessdet
2oldoldADJDegree=Pos3 Abbessamod
3AbbessAbbessPROPNNumber=Sing5 gavensubj
4thenthenADVPronType=Dem5 gaveadvmod
5gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Princedet
7PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing5 gaveobj
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 blessingnmod:poss
9blessingblessingNOUNNumber=Sing5 gaveobj
10,,PUNCT_13 setpunct
11andandCCONJ_13 setcc
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 setnsubj
13setsetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 gaveconj
14outoutADP_13 setcompound:prt
15uponuponADP_17 enterprisecase
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 enterprisenmod:poss
17enterpriseenterpriseNOUNNumber=Sing13 setobl
18,,PUNCT_19 arrivedpunct
19arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 gaveconj
20atatADP_24 castlecase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 Serpentdet
22SerpentSerpentPROPNNumber=Sing24 castlenmod:poss
23’s'sPART_22 Serpentcase
24castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing19 arrivedobl
25bybySCONJ_26 followingmark
26followingfollowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 arrivedadvcl
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 passagedet
28secretsecretADJDegree=Pos29 passageamod
29passagepassageNOUNNumber=Sing26 followingobj
30whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel33 shownnsubj:pass
31sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 shownnsubj
32hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 shownaux
33shownshowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 passageacl:relcl
34himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 shownobj
35,,PUNCT_39 attendingpunct
36andandCCONJ_39 attendingcc
37bybySCONJ_39 attendingmark
38carefullycarefullyADV_39 attendingadvmod
39attendingattendVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 gaveadvcl
40totoADP_43 directionscase
41allallDETPronType=Tot43 directionsdet:predet
42herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 directionsnmod:poss
43directionsdirectionNOUNNumber=Plur39 attendingobl
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 succeedednsubj
45happilyhappilyADV_46 succeededadvmod
46succeededsucceedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 directionsacl:relcl
47ininSCONJ_48 killingmark
48killingkillVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part46 succeededadvcl
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 monsterdet
50monstermonsterNOUNNumber=Sing48 killingobj
51..PUNCT_5 gavepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepastthe old AbbessAbbess's blessingthe Princethenvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient blessing=Theme
2set outpastmonsterupon monster's enterprisevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3arrivepastthe old Abbess not said herethe Serpent's castlevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4followgerundthe old Abbess not said herethe secret passagevn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme
5showpast · perfect · passivethe secret passagevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic
6attendgerundthe old Abbess not said hereto Abbess's directions; carefully propertyvn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to direction=Theme
7succeedpastmonsterAbbess's directions not said herehappily propertytree rules
8killgerundmonster not said herethe monstervn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Theme
9blessAbbessnom blessing «act 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 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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