The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1, sentence 69

The Prince was rather taken aback by the old man’s words, and considered for a minute what he should do; then looking at his ring, and perceiving that it sparkled as brightly as ever, he called out: ‘If this wood held even more terrible things than it does, I cannot help myself, for I must go through it.’

Who acts: words, Prince, ring, I, old man · What happens: take, consider, do, look, perceive, sparkle · To what, where: Prince, words, minute, myself, ring

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch and Her Servants(22), 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 (words, Prince, ring, I), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 taken	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux:pass
4	rather	rather	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	aback	aback	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	12 words	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 words	nmod:poss
11	’s	's	PART	_	10 man	case
12	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 considered	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 considered	cc
15	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 words	acl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 minute	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 minute	det
18	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 considered	obl
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 do	obj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 do	nsubj
21	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 do	aux
22	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 minute	acl:relcl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 looking	punct
24	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 looking	advmod
25	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 taken	conj
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 ring	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 ring	nmod:poss
28	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 looking	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 perceiving	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 perceiving	cc
31	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 looking	conj
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 sparkled	mark
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 sparkled	nsubj
34	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 perceiving	advcl
35	as	as	ADV	_	36 brightly	advmod
36	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	34 sparkled	advmod
37	as	as	ADP	_	38 ever	case
38	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	36 brightly	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 called	punct
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 called	nsubj
41	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 looking	conj
42	out	out	ADP	_	41 called	compound:prt
43	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 taken	punct
44	‘	'	PUNCT	_	47 wood	punct
45	If	if	SCONJ	_	47 wood	mark
46	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	47 wood	det
47	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	parataxis
48	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 things	amod
49	even	even	ADV	_	50 more	advmod
50	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	51 terrible	advmod
51	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 things	amod
52	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 wood	nmod
53	than	than	SCONJ	_	55 does	mark
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 does	nsubj
55	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 help	advcl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 does	punct
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 help	nsubj
58	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 help	aux
59	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	60 help	advmod
60	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 things	parataxis
61	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	60 help	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 go	punct
63	for	for	SCONJ	_	66 go	mark
64	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 go	nsubj
65	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	66 go	aux
66	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 help	conj
67	through	through	ADP	_	68 it	case
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 go	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	47 wood	punct
70	’	'	PUNCT	_	47 wood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	the old man's words	the Prince			aback property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination
2	consider	participle		the old man's words not said here		minute		vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
3	do	should	Prince	a minute				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	look	gerund	the old man's words not said here			then	at Prince's ring	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ring=Theme
5	perceive	gerund	the old man's words not said here					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
6	sparkle	past	ring				brightly property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	call out speech: assert	past	Prince					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	hold	participle						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	do	present	ring					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	not help	can	I	myself				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Beneficiary
11	go	must	I		ring			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through it=Initial_Location
12	word		the old man					nom word «communication 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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