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The Violet Fairy Book, Virgilius the Sorcerer, sentence 109

The moment he appeared the sultan’s passion broke forth, and he accused his captive of the crime of conveying the princess into distant lands without his leave.

Who acts: moment, passion, sultan, crime · What happens: appear, break, accuse, convey · To what, where: captive, distant lands, princess

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Virgilius the Sorcerer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moment, passion, sultan, crime), 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

detnsubjnsubjdetnmod:posscasensubjccompadvmodpunctccnsubjconjnmod:possobjcasedetnmodmarkacldetobjcaseamodoblcasenmod:possoblpunctrootTheDETmomentNOUNhePRONappearedVERBtheDETsultanNOUN’sPARTpassionNOUNbrokeVERBforthADV,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONaccusedVERBhisPRONcaptiveNOUNofADPtheDETcrimeNOUNofSCONJconveyingVERBtheDETprincessNOUNintoADPdistantADJlandsNOUNwithoutADPhisPRONleaveNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 momentdet
2momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing4 appearednsubj
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 appearednsubj
4appearedappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 sultandet
6sultansultanNOUNNumber=Sing8 passionnmod:poss
7’s'sPART_6 sultancase
8passionpassionNOUNNumber=Sing9 brokensubj
9brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 appearedccomp
10forthforthADV_9 brokeadvmod
11,,PUNCT_14 accusedpunct
12andandCCONJ_14 accusedcc
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 accusednsubj
14accusedaccuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 appearedconj
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 captivenmod:poss
16captivecaptiveNOUNNumber=Sing14 accusedobj
17ofofADP_19 crimecase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 crimedet
19crimecrimeNOUNNumber=Sing16 captivenmod
20ofofSCONJ_21 conveyingmark
21conveyingconveyVERBVerbForm=Ger19 crimeacl
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 princessdet
23princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing21 conveyingobj
24intointoADP_26 landscase
25distantdistantADJDegree=Pos26 landsamod
26landslandNOUNNumber=Plur14 accusedobl
27withoutwithoutADP_29 leavecase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 leavenmod:poss
29leaveleaveNOUNNumber=Sing14 accusedobl
30..PUNCT_4 appearedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1appearpastthe momentvn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2breakpastthe sultan's passionforth propertyvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3accusepastsultansultan's captive of the crimedistant landswithout sultan's leavevn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent captive=Theme
4conveygerundthe crime not said herethe princessvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic

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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