The Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Mountains, sentence 50

The first thing he said then was that he was a fool to go on getting himself killed for anyone he ever saw, and was determined to be off and stay there no longer, When the Princess learned his intention she entreated him to stay, reminding him that another night would free her from the spell.

Who acts: thing, first thing, Princess, daylight · What happens: say, be, go, get, kill, see · To what, where: first thing, fool, thing, intention, daylight · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Mountains. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, first thing, Princess, daylight), 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	3 thing	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 thing	amod
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 learned	nsubj:outer
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thing	acl:relcl
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 fool	advmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fool	cop
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 fool	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fool	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fool	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fool	det
12	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 fool	acl
15	on	on	SCONJ	_	16 getting	mark
16	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 go	advcl
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 getting	obj
18	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 getting	xcomp
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 anyone	case
20	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 killed	obl:agent
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 saw	nsubj
22	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	23 saw	advmod
23	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 anyone	acl:relcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 determined	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 determined	cc
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 determined	cop
27	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	ccomp
28	to	to	PART	_	30 off	mark
29	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	30 off	cop
30	off	off	ADP	_	27 determined	compound:prt
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 stay	cc
32	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	27 determined	conj
33	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 stay	advmod
34	no	no	ADV	_	35 longer	advmod
35	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	32 stay	advmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 learned	punct
37	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	40 learned	advmod
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Princess	det
39	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 learned	nsubj
40	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 intention	nmod:poss
42	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 learned	obj
43	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 entreated	nsubj
44	entreated	entreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 learned	ccomp
45	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 entreated	obj
46	to	to	PART	_	47 stay	mark
47	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 entreated	xcomp
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 reminding	punct
49	reminding	remind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 stay	advcl
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 reminding	obj
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 free	mark
52	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	53 night	det
53	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 free	nsubj
54	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 free	aux
55	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 reminding	advcl
56	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 free	obj
57	from	from	ADP	_	59 spell	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 spell	det
59	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 free	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	40 learned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	thing	the first thing not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	is a	past	thing	a fool			then		tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	thing not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	get	gerund	thing not said here	thing					tree rules
5	kill	participle	thing not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	see	past	thing				ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	is	past						determined property	tree rules
8	stay	infinitive				there		long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	learn	past	the first thing	daylight's intention					tree rules
10	entreat	past	Princess	daylight					vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
11	stay	to-infinitive	Princess not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	remind speech: other	gerund	Princess not said here		daylight				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
13	intend		daylight						nom intention «cognition 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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