The Yellow Fairy Book, The Dragon of the North(2), sentence 201
And now after his long suffering came prosperity, which lasted to the end of his life; but he never got back the magic ring, nor has it ever again been seen by mortal eyes.
Who acts: prosperity, magician, mortal eyes · What happens: come, last, not get back, have, see, suffer · To what, where: prosperity, magic ring, ring
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 (prosperity, magician, mortal eyes), 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 | _ | 7 came | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 came | advmod |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 suffering | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 suffering | nmod:poss |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 suffering | amod |
| 6 | suffering | suffering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | prosperity | prosperity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lasted | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 lasted | nsubj |
| 11 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 prosperity | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lasted | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 life | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 life | nmod:poss |
| 17 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 end | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 got | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 got | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 got | nsubj |
| 21 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 22 got | advmod |
| 22 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 23 | back | back | ADV | _ | 22 got | advmod |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ring | det |
| 25 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 ring | amod |
| 26 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 got | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 has | punct |
| 28 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 29 has | cc |
| 29 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 seen | advcl |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 has | obj |
| 31 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 34 seen | advmod |
| 32 | again | again | ADV | _ | 34 seen | advmod |
| 33 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 seen | aux:pass |
| 34 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 got | parataxis |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 eyes | case |
| 36 | mortal | mortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 eyes | amod |
| 37 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 seen | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | prosperity | after magician's long suffering; now | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prosperity=Theme | ||||
| 2 | last | past | prosperity | to the end of magician's life | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not get back | past | magician | the magic ring | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | have | present | mortal eyes not said here | ring | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 5 | see | participle · passive | mortal eyes | ever; again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | suffer | magician | nom suffering «state intransitive»: 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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