The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3, sentence 43
The man in the cauldron of boiling pitch, whom you set free, is a mighty magician; through your curiosity and thoughtlessness Militza came into his power, and he has transported her and her castle and belongings into a distant country.
Who acts: you, man, curiosity · What happens: set, be, come, transport · To what, where: mighty magician, power, man, distant country
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch and Her Servants(22), 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 (you, man, curiosity), 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 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 magician | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cauldron | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cauldron | det |
| 5 | cauldron | cauldron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 man | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 pitch | case |
| 7 | boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pitch | compound |
| 8 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cauldron | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 whom | punct |
| 10 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 cauldron | conj |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 set | nsubj |
| 12 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 whom | acl:relcl |
| 13 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 set | xcomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 man | punct |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 magician | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 magician | det |
| 17 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 magician | amod |
| 18 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 curiosity | punct |
| 20 | through | through | ADP | _ | 22 curiosity | case |
| 21 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 curiosity | nmod:poss |
| 22 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 came | nsubj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 thoughtlessness | cc |
| 24 | thoughtlessness | thoughtlessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 curiosity | conj |
| 25 | Militza | Militza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 thoughtlessness | appos |
| 26 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 magician | parataxis |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 29 power | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 power | nmod:poss |
| 29 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 came | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 transported | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 transported | cc |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 transported | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 transported | aux |
| 34 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 came | conj |
| 35 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 transported | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 castle | cc |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 castle | nmod:poss |
| 38 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 transported | conj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 belongings | cc |
| 40 | belongings | belonging | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 castle | conj |
| 41 | into | into | ADP | _ | 44 country | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 country | det |
| 43 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 country | amod |
| 44 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 transported | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 magician | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | present | you | free property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the man in the cauldron of boiling pitch | a mighty magician | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come | past | your curiosity and thoughtlessness | man's power | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into power=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | transport | present · perfect · passive | man | a distant country | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result |
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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