The Violet Fairy Book, The Grateful Prince, part 3, sentence 67
So, by the help of the magic ball, the maiden managed that he should put on the same clothes that he had been wearing at the time he had vanished, so that his father might know him more quickly.
Who acts: maiden, woodcutter, father · What happens: manage, put, wear, vanish, know, help · To what, where: same clothes, time, woodcutter, magic ball
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Prince, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, woodcutter, father), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 13 managed | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 So | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 help | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 help | det |
| 5 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 managed | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 ball | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ball | det |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ball | compound |
| 9 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 help | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 maiden | det |
| 12 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 managed | nsubj |
| 13 | managed | manage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 put | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 put | nsubj |
| 16 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 put | aux |
| 17 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 managed | ccomp |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 clothes | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 clothes | det |
| 20 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 clothes | amod |
| 21 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 17 put | obl |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 wearing | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 wearing | nsubj |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 wearing | aux |
| 25 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 wearing | aux |
| 26 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 put | advcl |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 time | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 time | det |
| 29 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wearing | obl |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 vanished | nsubj |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 vanished | aux |
| 32 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 time | acl:relcl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 know | punct |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 know | advmod |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 know | mark |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 father | nmod:poss |
| 37 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 know | nsubj |
| 38 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 know | aux |
| 39 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 managed | parataxis |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 know | obj |
| 41 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 42 quickly | advmod |
| 42 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 39 know | advmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 managed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | manage | past | the maiden | by the help of the magic ball | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | put | should | woodcutter | the same clothes | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | ||||
| 3 | wear | past · perfect · progressive | woodcutter | time | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | vanish | past · perfect | woodcutter | the time not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | know | might | woodcutter's father | woodcutter | quickly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | help | the magic ball | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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