The Yellow Fairy Book, Hermod and Hadvor (32), sentence 59

The prince became a Giant again, and asked Hadvor to cut the pieces out of his legs for the dogs; but she refused until he told her that Hermod was in a desert island, which she could not reach unless she took the skin off the soles of his feet and made shoes out of that; with these shoes she could travel both on land and sea.

Who acts: prince, Hadvor, Hermod · What happens: become, ask, cut, refuse, tell, be · To what, where: Hadvor, pieces, legs, desert island, skin, soles · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod and Hadvor (32). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, Hadvor, Hermod), 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 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Giant	det
5	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	xcomp
6	again	again	ADV	_	5 Giant	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asked	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asked	cc
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
10	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 asked	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 cut	mark
12	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asked	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pieces	det
14	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cut	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	18 legs	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 legs	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 legs	nmod:poss
18	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cut	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 dogs	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dogs	det
21	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cut	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 refused	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 refused	cc
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 refused	nsubj
25	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	parataxis
26	until	until	SCONJ	_	28 told	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 told	nsubj
28	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 refused	advcl
29	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 told	iobj
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 island	mark
31	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 island	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 island	cop
33	in	in	ADP	_	36 island	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 island	det
35	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 island	compound
36	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 told	ccomp
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 reach	punct
38	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 reach	obj
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 reach	nsubj
40	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 reach	aux
41	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	42 reach	advmod
42	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 island	acl:relcl
43	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	45 took	mark
44	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 took	nsubj
45	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 reach	ccomp
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 skin	det
47	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 took	obj
48	off	off	ADP	_	50 soles	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 soles	det
50	soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 took	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 feet	case
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 feet	nmod:poss
53	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 soles	nmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 made	cc
55	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 took	conj
56	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 made	obj
57	out	out	ADP	_	59 that	case
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 that	case
59	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 made	obl
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 travel	punct
61	with	with	ADP	_	63 shoes	case
62	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	63 shoes	det
63	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 travel	obl
64	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 travel	nsubj
65	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	66 travel	aux
66	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 refused	conj
67	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	66 travel	obj
68	on	on	ADP	_	69 land	case
69	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 travel	obl
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 sea	cc
71	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 land	conj
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past	the prince				giant property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	past	the prince not said here		Hadvor			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent hadvor=Recipient clause=Topic
3	cut not said to happen	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	the pieces		prince's legs	for the dogs	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent piece=Product for dog=Beneficiary
4	refuse	past	Hadvor					vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	tell speech: assert	past	prince		Hadvor			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
6	is	past	Hermod			a desert island		tree rules
7	not reach	could	Hadvor	a desert island				tree rules
8	take a condition, not said to happen	past	Hadvor	the skin		the soles of Hermod's feet		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent skin=Theme off sole=Initial_Location
9	make	past	Hadvor not said here	shoes		that		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shoe=Product
10	travel	could	Hadvor	both		land and sea	with this shoes	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme both=Trajectory

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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