The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4, sentence 35
He wandered for a long while through the forests, where he met nothing but fearful monsters; he climbed rock after rock, steered his way from tree to tree, till at length he arrived at the edge of the sea, at the foot of a mountain that he remembered to have seen in the cabinet of the present, where Rosalie was held captive.
Who acts: Prince · What happens: wander, meet, climb, steer, arrive, remember · To what, where: forests, nothing, rock, way, tree, edge · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), 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 (Prince), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wandered | nsubj |
| 2 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 while | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 while | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 while | amod |
| 6 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wandered | obl |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 forests | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 forests | det |
| 9 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wandered | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 met | punct |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 met | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 met | nsubj |
| 13 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 forests | acl:relcl |
| 14 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 met | obj |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 monsters | cc |
| 16 | fearful | fearful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 monsters | amod |
| 17 | monsters | monster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 nothing | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 climbed | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 climbed | nsubj |
| 20 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wandered | parataxis |
| 21 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 climbed | obj |
| 22 | after | after | ADP | _ | 23 rock | case |
| 23 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 climbed | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 steered | punct |
| 25 | steered | steer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 climbed | conj |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 way | nmod:poss |
| 27 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 steered | obj |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 tree | case |
| 29 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 steered | obl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 tree | case |
| 31 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 steered | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 arrived | punct |
| 33 | till | till | ADP | _ | 35 length | case |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 length | case |
| 35 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 arrived | obl |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 arrived | nsubj |
| 37 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 climbed | conj |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 40 edge | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 edge | det |
| 40 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 arrived | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 sea | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 sea | det |
| 43 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 edge | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 foot | punct |
| 45 | at | at | ADP | _ | 47 foot | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 foot | det |
| 47 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 arrived | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 mountain | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 mountain | det |
| 50 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 foot | nmod |
| 51 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 remembered | mark |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 remembered | nsubj |
| 53 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 arrived | advcl |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 seen | mark |
| 55 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 56 seen | aux |
| 56 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 remembered | ccomp |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 cabinet | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 cabinet | det |
| 59 | cabinet | cabinet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 seen | obl |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 present | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 present | det |
| 62 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 cabinet | nmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 held | punct |
| 64 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 67 held | advmod |
| 65 | Rosalie | Rosalie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 held | nsubj |
| 66 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 held | aux:pass |
| 67 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 present | acl:relcl |
| 68 | captive | captive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 held | xcomp |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wandered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander | past | Prince | the forests | while | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | meet | past | Prince | nothing | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | climb | past | Prince | rock | after rock | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location rock=Theme | |||
| 4 | steer | past | Prince not said here | Prince's way | tree | to tree | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme from tree=Destination | ||
| 5 | arrive | past | Prince | the edge of the sea | till length | at the foot of a mountain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 6 | remember | past | Prince | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | see | to-infinitive · perfect | the cabinet of the present | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | hold | past · passive | Rosalie | captive property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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