The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 1, sentence 57
But he never returned to the earth, for only the mighty eagle, who had been the guardian of the Princess and of the castle, could have carried on his wings the enormous treasure down to the world.
Who acts: youth, mighty eagle, guardian · What happens: not return, be, carry · To what, where: guardian, enormous treasure, wings
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass Mountain(16), 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 (youth, mighty eagle, guardian), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 returned | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 returned | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 returned | advmod |
| 4 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 earth | det |
| 7 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 returned | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 eagle | punct |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 eagle | case |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 eagle | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 eagle | det |
| 12 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 eagle | amod |
| 13 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 returned | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 guardian | punct |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 guardian | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 guardian | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 guardian | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 guardian | det |
| 19 | guardian | guardian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 eagle | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Princess | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Princess | det |
| 22 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 guardian | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 castle | cc |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 castle | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 castle | det |
| 26 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Princess | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 carried | punct |
| 28 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 carried | aux |
| 29 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 carried | aux |
| 30 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 guardian | acl |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 wings | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 wings | nmod:poss |
| 33 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 carried | obl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 treasure | det |
| 35 | enormous | enormous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 treasure | amod |
| 36 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carried | obl:unmarked |
| 37 | down | down | ADV | _ | 30 carried | advmod |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 world | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 world | det |
| 40 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carried | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 returned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not return | past | youth | to the earth result; for the mighty eagle | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result | ||||
| 2 | is a | past · perfect | the mighty eagle | the guardian | of the Princess and the castle | tree rules | |||
| 3 | carry | could · perfect | the guardian not said here | the enormous treasure | youth's wings | to the world; down property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to world=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 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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