The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 54

And forthwith he lowered the sack from his shoulders and emptied its contents on the flames, and instantly the fire was extinguished; but at the same moment lo! and behold the lovely damsel turned into a Serpent, and, darting upon him, coiled itself round his neck, and whispered lovingly in his ear:

Who acts: life, fire, lovely damsel · What happens: lower, empty, be, turn, dart, coil · To what, where: sack, shoulders, contents, flames, Serpent, sand

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 (life, fire, lovely damsel), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 lowered	cc
2	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	4 lowered	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lowered	nsubj
4	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sack	det
6	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lowered	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 shoulders	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shoulders	nmod:poss
9	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lowered	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 emptied	cc
11	emptied	empty	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lowered	conj
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 contents	nmod:poss
13	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 emptied	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 flames	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 flames	det
16	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 emptied	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 extinguished	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 extinguished	cc
19	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	23 extinguished	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fire	det
21	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 extinguished	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 extinguished	cop
23	extinguished	extinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lowered	conj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 turned	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	37 turned	cc
26	at	at	ADP	_	29 moment	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 moment	det
28	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 moment	amod
29	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 turned	obl
30	lo	lo	INTJ	_	37 turned	discourse
31	!	!	PUNCT	_	30 lo	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 turned	cc
33	behold	behold	INTJ	_	37 turned	discourse
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 damsel	det
35	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 damsel	amod
36	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 turned	nsubj
37	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lowered	conj
38	into	into	ADP	_	40 Serpent	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 Serpent	det
40	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 turned	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 darting	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 darting	cc
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 darting	punct
44	darting	dart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 turned	advcl
45	upon	upon	ADP	_	46 him	case
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 darting	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 coiled	punct
48	coiled	coil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 turned	conj
49	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	48 coiled	obj
50	round	round	ADP	_	52 neck	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 neck	nmod:poss
52	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 coiled	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 whispered	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 whispered	cc
55	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 coiled	conj
56	lovingly	lovingly	ADV	_	55 whispered	advmod
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 ear	case
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 ear	nmod:poss
59	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 whispered	obl
60	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 lowered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	past	life	the sack	life's shoulders		forthwith property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme from shoulder=Destination
2	empty	past	life not said here	sand's contents	the flames			vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent contents=Source
3	is	past	the fire				extinguished, instantly property	tree rules
4	turn	past	the lovely damsel		a Serpent	moment		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into serpent=Trajectory
5	dart	gerund	the lovely damsel not said here				upon life	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Trajectory
6	coil	past	the lovely damsel not said here	sand	life's neck			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Theme round neck=Destination
7	whisper speech: assert	past	the lovely damsel not said here		life's ear		lovingly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location

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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