The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3, sentence 122
The matter ended in a great war between the two princes, which was known in history as the ‘Herb War.’
Who acts: matter · What happens: end, know · To what, where: great war, two princes, history
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, 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 (matter), 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 matter | det |
| 2 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ended | nsubj |
| 3 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 war | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 war | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 war | amod |
| 7 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ended | obl |
| 8 | between | between | ADP | _ | 11 princes | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 princes | det |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 princes | nummod |
| 11 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 war | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 known | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 known | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 known | aux:pass |
| 15 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 princes | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 history | case |
| 17 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 known | obl |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 War | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 War | det |
| 20 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 War | punct |
| 21 | Herb | Herb | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 War | compound |
| 22 | War | War | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 known | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ended | punct |
| 24 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 ended | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past | the matter | a great war between the two princes | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | know | past · passive | the two princes | history | as the Herb War | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as war=Attribute |
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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