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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Dragon of the North(2), sentence 163

When the youth turned round he saw the point of the spear sticking up high above the Dragon’s upper jaw, and knew that the other end must be fastened firmly to the ground; but the Dragon had got his teeth fixed in the iron horse, which was now useless.

Who acts: youth, wisdom, spear, Dragon, teeth, iron horse · What happens: turn round, see, stick up, know, fasten, get · To what, where: point, upper jaw, other end, teeth, spear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Dragon of the North(2). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youth, wisdom, spear, Dragon), 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

markdetnsubjmarknsubjccompdetobjcasedetnmodaclcompound:prtadvmodcasedetnmod:posscaseamodoblpunctccconjmarkdetamodnsubj:passauxaux:passccompadvmodcasedetoblpunctccdetnsubjauxconjnmod:possobjxcompcasedetcompoundoblpunctnsubjcopadvmodconjpunctrootWhenSCONJtheDETyouthNOUNturnedVERBroundADPhePRONsawVERBtheDETpointNOUNofADPtheDETspearNOUNstickingVERBupADPhighADVaboveADPtheDETDragonPROPN’sPARTupperADJjawNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJknewVERBthatSCONJtheDETotherADJendNOUNmustAUXbeAUXfastenedVERBfirmlyADVtoADPtheDETgroundNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETDragonPROPNhadAUXgotVERBhisPRONteethNOUNfixedVERBinADPtheDETironNOUNhorseNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONwasAUXnowADVuselessADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_4 turnedmark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 youthdet
3youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing4 turnednsubj
4turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5roundroundADP_7 sawmark
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 sawnsubj
7sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 turnedccomp
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 pointdet
9pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing7 sawobj
10ofofADP_12 spearcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 speardet
12spearspearNOUNNumber=Sing9 pointnmod
13stickingstickVERBVerbForm=Ger12 spearacl
14upupADP_13 stickingcompound:prt
15highhighADVDegree=Pos13 stickingadvmod
16aboveaboveADP_21 jawcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Dragondet
18DragonDragonPROPNNumber=Sing21 jawnmod:poss
19’s'sPART_18 Dragoncase
20upperupperADJDegree=Pos21 jawamod
21jawjawNOUNNumber=Sing13 stickingobl
22,,PUNCT_24 knewpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 knewcc
24knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 turnedconj
25thatthatSCONJ_31 fastenedmark
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 enddet
27otherotherADJDegree=Pos28 endamod
28endendNOUNNumber=Sing31 fastenednsubj:pass
29mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin31 fastenedaux
30bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf31 fastenedaux:pass
31fastenedfastenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass24 knewccomp
32firmlyfirmlyADV_31 fastenedadvmod
33totoADP_35 groundcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 grounddet
35groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing31 fastenedobl
36;;PUNCT_41 gotpunct
37butbutCCONJ_41 gotcc
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 Dragondet
39DragonDragonPROPNNumber=Sing41 gotnsubj
40hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 gotaux
41gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part4 turnedconj
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 teethnmod:poss
43teethtoothNOUNNumber=Plur41 gotobj
44fixedfixVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass41 gotxcomp
45ininADP_48 horsecase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 horsedet
47ironironNOUNNumber=Sing48 horsecompound
48horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing44 fixedobl
49,,PUNCT_53 uselesspunct
50whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel53 uselessnsubj
51wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin53 uselesscop
52nownowADVPronType=Dem53 uselessadvmod
53uselessuselessADJDegree=Pos48 horseconj
54..PUNCT_4 turnedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turn roundpastthe youthtree rules
2seepastwisdomthe point of the spearvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer point=Stimulus
3stick upgerundthe spear not said herethe Dragon's upper jawhigh propertyvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme above jaw=Destination
4knowpastthe youth not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5fastenmust · passivethe other endto the ground; firmly propertyvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to ground=Co-Patient
6getpast · perfectthe Dragonwisdom's teethtree rules
7fixparticiplewisdom's teeth not said herein the iron horsevn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
8ispastthe iron horsenowuseless propertytree rules
9pointthe spearnom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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