Mova0.5 pre-release⌕
☰
home / corpora / tales / The Yellow Fairy Book / The Glass Mountain(16), part 3 / 47

The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 3, sentence 47

Then the youngest brother took his turn of guarding the windows, and to prevent his being overcome by sleep he placed a lot of thorns under his chin, so that if he felt drowsy and nodded his head, they would prick him and keep him awake.

Who acts: youngest brother, turn, sleep, BROTHERS · What happens: take, guard, prevent, overcome, place, feel · To what, where: turn, windows, sleep, lot, head

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass Mountain(16), part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youngest brother, turn, sleep, BROTHERS), 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

advmoddetamodnsubjnmod:possobjmarkacldetobjpunctccmarkconjnsubj:passaux:passxcompcaseoblnsubjacl:relcldetobjcasenmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctmarkfixedmarknsubjparataxisxcompccconjnmod:possobjpunctnsubjauxparataxisobjccconjobjxcomppunctrootThenADVtheDETyoungestADJbrotherNOUNtookVERBhisPRONturnNOUNofSCONJguardingVERBtheDETwindowsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTpreventVERBhisPRONbeingAUXovercomeVERBbyADPsleepNOUNhePRONplacedVERBaDETlotNOUNofADPthornsNOUNunderADPhisPRONchinNOUN,PUNCTsoSCONJthatSCONJifSCONJhePRONfeltVERBdrowsyADJandCCONJnoddedVERBhisPRONheadNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONwouldAUXprickVERBhimPRONandCCONJkeepVERBhimPRONawakeADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem5 tookadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 brotherdet
3youngestyoungADJDegree=Sup4 brotheramod
4brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing5 tooknsubj
5tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 turnnmod:poss
7turnturnNOUNNumber=Sing5 tookobj
8ofofSCONJ_9 guardingmark
9guardingguardVERBVerbForm=Ger7 turnacl
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 windowsdet
11windowswindowNOUNNumber=Plur9 guardingobj
12,,PUNCT_15 preventpunct
13andandCCONJ_15 preventcc
14totoPART_15 preventmark
15preventpreventVERBVerbForm=Inf5 tookconj
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 overcomensubj:pass
17beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part18 overcomeaux:pass
18overcomeovercomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part15 preventxcomp
19bybyADP_20 sleepcase
20sleepsleepNOUNNumber=Sing18 overcomeobl
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 placednsubj
22placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 sleepacl:relcl
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 lotdet
24lotlotNOUNNumber=Sing22 placedobj
25ofofADP_26 thornscase
26thornsthornNOUNNumber=Plur24 lotnmod
27underunderADP_29 chincase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 chinnmod:poss
29chinchinNOUNNumber=Sing26 thornsnmod
30,,PUNCT_35 feltpunct
31sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ35 feltmark
32thatthatSCONJ_31 sofixed
33ififSCONJ_35 feltmark
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 feltnsubj
35feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 tookparataxis
36drowsydrowsyADJDegree=Pos35 feltxcomp
37andandCCONJ_38 noddedcc
38noddednodVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 feltconj
39hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 headnmod:poss
40headheadNOUNNumber=Sing38 noddedobj
41,,PUNCT_44 prickpunct
42theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs44 pricknsubj
43wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin44 prickaux
44prickprickVERBVerbForm=Inf5 tookparataxis
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 prickobj
46andandCCONJ_47 keepcc
47keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf44 prickconj
48himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 keepobj
49awakeawakeADJDegree=Pos47 keepxcomp
50..PUNCT_5 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastthe youngest brothersleep's turnthenvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
2guardgerundsleep's turn not said herethe windowsvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Beneficiary
3preventto-infinitivethe youngest brother not said herevn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
4overcomegerund · passivesleepsleepvn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
5placepastsleepa lot of thorns under sleep's chinvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
6feelpastsleepdrowsy propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
7nodpastsleep not said heresleep's headvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
8prickwouldBROTHERS = brothersleepvn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient
9keepinfinitiveBROTHERS = brother not said heresleepawake propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/47/