The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2, sentence 69
As soon as the eagle saw itself free from its tormentors it plucked a feather from its wing, and, handing it to the Prince, said: ‘Here, my kind benefactor, take this feather as a proof of my gratitude; should you ever be in need of my help blow this feather into the air, and I will help you as much as is in my power.’
Who acts: eagle, you, I, my · What happens: see, pluck, hand, say, take, be · To what, where: eagle, feather, wing, Prince, need, air · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagle, you, I, my), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 saw | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eagle | det |
| 5 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 saw | obj |
| 8 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 saw | xcomp |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 tormentors | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 tormentors | nmod:poss |
| 11 | tormentors | tormentor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 free | obl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 plucked | nsubj |
| 13 | plucked | pluck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 tormentors | acl:relcl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 feather | det |
| 15 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 plucked | obj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 wing | case |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 wing | nmod:poss |
| 18 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 feather | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 said | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 said | cc |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 handing | punct |
| 22 | handing | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 said | ccomp |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 handing | obj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 Prince | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Prince | det |
| 26 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 handing | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 handing | punct |
| 28 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 Here | punct |
| 30 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 Here | punct |
| 31 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 said | ccomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 benefactor | punct |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 benefactor | nmod:poss |
| 34 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 benefactor | amod |
| 35 | benefactor | benefactor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Here | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 take | punct |
| 37 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 said | ccomp |
| 38 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 feather | det |
| 39 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 take | obj |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 42 proof | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 proof | det |
| 42 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 take | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 gratitude | case |
| 44 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 gratitude | nmod:poss |
| 45 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 proof | nmod |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 blow | punct |
| 47 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 blow | aux |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 56 blow | nsubj |
| 49 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 52 need | advmod |
| 50 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 52 need | cop |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 need | case |
| 52 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 you | appos |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 help | case |
| 54 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 help | nmod:poss |
| 55 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 need | nmod |
| 56 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 saw | parataxis |
| 57 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 58 feather | det |
| 58 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 blow | obj |
| 59 | into | into | ADP | _ | 61 air | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 air | det |
| 61 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 blow | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 help | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 help | cc |
| 64 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 help | nsubj |
| 65 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 help | aux |
| 66 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 blow | advcl |
| 67 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 66 help | obj |
| 68 | as | as | ADV | _ | 69 much | advmod |
| 69 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 help | obj |
| 70 | as | as | ADP | _ | 74 power | case |
| 71 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 74 power | cop |
| 72 | in | in | ADP | _ | 74 power | case |
| 73 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 74 power | nmod:poss |
| 74 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 much | nmod |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 66 help | punct |
| 76 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 56 blow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the eagle | eagle | free, soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer itself=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | pluck | past | eagle | a feather | eagle's wing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from wing=Source | |||
| 3 | hand | gerund | eagle | the Prince | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to prince=Destination | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | the eagle not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | take | infinitive | this feather | as a proof of my gratitude | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent feather=Theme as proof=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | is | infinitive | need | ever | of my help | tree rules | |||
| 7 | blow | should | you | this feather | the air | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent feather=Material into air=Product | |||
| 8 | help | future | I | you | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | is | present | as my power | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | proof | my gratitude | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | help | my | nom help «act 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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