The Yellow Fairy Book, The Dragon of the North(2), sentence 90
But these treasures were all produced by enchantment, for the maiden could make anything she wished appear by the help of King Solomon’s signet ring; only none of these things remained fixed; they passed away like the wind without leaving a trace behind.
Who acts: enchantment, maiden, anything, treasures · What happens: produce, make, wish, appear, remain, fix · To what, where: treasures, anything, things, trace, signet 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 (enchantment, maiden, anything, treasures), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 produced | cc |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 treasures | det |
| 3 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 produced | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 produced | aux:pass |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 produced | advmod |
| 6 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 enchantment | case |
| 8 | enchantment | enchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 produced | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 make | punct |
| 10 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 make | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 maiden | det |
| 12 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 make | nsubj |
| 13 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 make | aux |
| 14 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 produced | conj |
| 15 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 make | obj |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 wished | nsubj |
| 17 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 anything | acl:relcl |
| 18 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 make | xcomp |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 help | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 help | det |
| 21 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 appear | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 ring | case |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Solomon | compound |
| 24 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 ring | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 24 Solomon | case |
| 26 | signet | signet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 ring | compound |
| 27 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 help | nmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 none | punct |
| 29 | only | only | ADV | _ | 30 none | advmod |
| 30 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 6 produced | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 things | case |
| 32 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 33 things | det |
| 33 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 none | nmod |
| 34 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 things | acl |
| 35 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 remained | xcomp |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 passed | punct |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 passed | nsubj |
| 38 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 produced | conj |
| 39 | away | away | ADV | _ | 38 passed | advmod |
| 40 | like | like | ADP | _ | 42 wind | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 wind | det |
| 42 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 passed | obl |
| 43 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 44 leaving | mark |
| 44 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 passed | advcl |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 trace | det |
| 46 | trace | trace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 leaving | obj |
| 47 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 44 leaving | advmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 produced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | past · passive | enchantment | this treasures | none obl; all property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | |||
| 2 | make | could | the maiden | anything | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wish | past | maiden | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | appear | infinitive | anything not said here | by the help of King Solomon's signet ring | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by help=Location | ||||
| 5 | remain | participle | this things not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | fix | participle | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | pass away | past | treasures = treasure | like the wind; away property | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 8 | leave | gerund | treasures = treasure not said here | a trace | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Theme | |||
| 9 | help | King Solomon's signet ring | nom help «act 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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