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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

ccnsubjadvmodcasedetoblpunctcaseadvmoddetamodoblpunctnsubjauxcopdetnmodcasedetnmodcccasedetconjpunctauxauxaclcasenmod:possobldetamodobl:unmarkedadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootButCCONJhePRONneverADVreturnedVERBtoADPtheDETearthNOUN,PUNCTforADPonlyADVtheDETmightyADJeagleNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXbeenAUXtheDETguardianNOUNofADPtheDETPrincessPROPNandCCONJofADPtheDETcastleNOUN,PUNCTcouldAUXhaveAUXcarriedVERBonADPhisPRONwingsNOUNtheDETenormousADJtreasureNOUNdownADVtoADPtheDETworldNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_4 returnedcc
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 returnednsubj
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg4 returnedadvmod
4returnedreturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5totoADP_7 earthcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 earthdet
7earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing4 returnedobl
8,,PUNCT_13 eaglepunct
9forforADP_13 eaglecase
10onlyonlyADV_13 eagleadvmod
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 eagledet
12mightymightyADJDegree=Pos13 eagleamod
13eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing4 returnedobl
14,,PUNCT_19 guardianpunct
15whowhoPRONPronType=Rel19 guardiannsubj
16hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 guardianaux
17beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part19 guardiancop
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 guardiandet
19guardianguardianNOUNNumber=Sing13 eaglenmod
20ofofADP_22 Princesscase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 Princessdet
22PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing19 guardiannmod
23andandCCONJ_26 castlecc
24ofofADP_26 castlecase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 castledet
26castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing22 Princessconj
27,,PUNCT_30 carriedpunct
28couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin30 carriedaux
29havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf30 carriedaux
30carriedcarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 guardianacl
31ononADP_33 wingscase
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 wingsnmod:poss
33wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur30 carriedobl
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 treasuredet
35enormousenormousADJDegree=Pos36 treasureamod
36treasuretreasureNOUNNumber=Sing30 carriedobl:unmarked
37downdownADV_30 carriedadvmod
38totoADP_40 worldcase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 worlddet
40worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing30 carriedobl
41..PUNCT_4 returnedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not returnpastyouthto the earth result; for the mighty eaglevn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result
2is apast · perfectthe mighty eaglethe guardianof the Princess and the castletree rules
3carrycould · perfectthe guardian not said herethe enormous treasureyouth's wingsto the world; down propertyvn 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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