The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 201
Then Martin summoned the twelve youths, spoke to them, saying, ‘Build up my castle again, and join it to the King’s Palace with a crystal bridge; do not forget the trees with the golden and silver apples, and with the birds of Paradise in the branches; and put back the church with the five cupolas, and let the bells ring out, summoning the people from the four corners of the kingdom.
Who acts: Martin, bells · What happens: summon, speak, say, build up, join, not forget · To what, where: twelve youths, branches, counsellors, castle, Palace, trees · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Martin, bells), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 summoned | advmod |
| 2 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 summoned | nsubj |
| 3 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 youths | det |
| 5 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 youths | nummod |
| 6 | youths | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 summoned | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 spoke | punct |
| 8 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 summoned | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 spoke | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saying | punct |
| 12 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 summoned | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Build | punct |
| 14 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 Build | punct |
| 15 | Build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 saying | ccomp |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 Build | compound:prt |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 castle | nmod:poss |
| 18 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Build | obj |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 Build | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 join | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 join | cc |
| 22 | join | join | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 Build | conj |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 join | obj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 Palace | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 King | det |
| 26 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Palace | nmod:poss |
| 27 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 26 King | case |
| 28 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 join | obl |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 bridge | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 bridge | det |
| 31 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 bridge | amod |
| 32 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 join | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 forget | punct |
| 34 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 36 forget | aux |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 forget | advmod |
| 36 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 Build | conj |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 trees | det |
| 38 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 forget | obj |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 apples | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 apples | det |
| 41 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 apples | amod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 silver | cc |
| 43 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 golden | conj |
| 44 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 forget | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 birds | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 birds | cc |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 birds | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 birds | det |
| 49 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 summoned | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 Paradise | case |
| 51 | Paradise | Paradise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 birds | nmod |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 branches | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 branches | det |
| 54 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 summoned | obl |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 put | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 put | cc |
| 57 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 summoned | conj |
| 58 | back | back | ADV | _ | 57 put | advmod |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 church | det |
| 60 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 put | obj |
| 61 | with | with | ADP | _ | 64 cupolas | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 cupolas | det |
| 63 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 64 cupolas | nummod |
| 64 | cupolas | cupola | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 church | nmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 let | punct |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 let | cc |
| 67 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 57 put | conj |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 bells | det |
| 69 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 ring | nsubj |
| 70 | ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 67 let | ccomp |
| 71 | out | out | ADP | _ | 70 ring | compound:prt |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 summoning | punct |
| 73 | summoning | summon | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 70 ring | advcl |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 people | det |
| 75 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 summoning | obj |
| 76 | from | from | ADP | _ | 79 corners | case |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 corners | det |
| 78 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 79 corners | nummod |
| 79 | corners | corner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 summoning | obl |
| 80 | of | of | ADP | _ | 82 kingdom | case |
| 81 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 82 kingdom | det |
| 82 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 corners | nmod |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 summoned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | summon | past | Martin | the twelve youths | the branches | then | with the birds of Paradise | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient | |
| 2 | speak speech: other | past | Martin not said here | counsellors = counsellor | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | Martin not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | build up | infinitive | my castle | again | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer castle=Patient | ||||
| 5 | join | infinitive | castle | the King's Palace | with a crystal bridge | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to palace=Co-Patient | |||
| 6 | not forget | infinitive · do-support | the trees | with the golden apples | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | put back | infinitive | Martin not said here | the church | with the five cupolas | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent church=Goal | |||
| 8 | let | infinitive | Martin not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | ring out | present | the bells | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | summon | gerund | the bells not said here | the people | the four corners of the kingdom | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
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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