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The Violet Fairy Book, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale), sentence 54

Rushing through the court to their master’s aid, the fox gnawed the cord in two that bound the prince’s thumbs behind his back, and the lion flung himself on the robber, and when he had killed him and torn him in pieces each of the beasts carried off a bone.

Who acts: fox, lion, each · What happens: rush, gnaw, bound, fling, kill, tear · To what, where: court, cord, two, thumbs, back, fox

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fox, lion, each), 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

advclcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctdetnsubjdetobjcaseoblnsubjacl:relcldetnmod:posscaseobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctccdetnsubjconjobjcasedetoblpunctccadvmodnsubj:passauxconjobjccconjobjcaseoblnsubjcasedetnmodacl:relclcompound:prtdetobjpunctrootRushingVERBthroughADPtheDETcourtNOUNtoADPtheirPRONmasterNOUN’sPARTaidNOUN,PUNCTtheDETfoxNOUNgnawedVERBtheDETcordNOUNinADPtwoNUMthatPRONboundVERBtheDETprinceNOUN’sPARTthumbsNOUNbehindADPhisPRONbackNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETlionNOUNflungVERBhimselfPRONonADPtheDETrobberNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVhePRONhadAUXkilledVERBhimPRONandCCONJtornVERBhimPRONinADPpiecesNOUNeachDETofADPtheDETbeastsNOUNcarriedVERBoffADPaDETboneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RushingrushVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 gnawedadvcl
2throughthroughADP_4 courtcase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 courtdet
4courtcourtNOUNNumber=Sing1 Rushingobl
5totoADP_9 aidcase
6theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 masternmod:poss
7mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing9 aidnmod:poss
8’s'sPART_7 mastercase
9aidaidNOUNNumber=Sing1 Rushingobl
10,,PUNCT_1 Rushingpunct
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 foxdet
12foxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing13 gnawednsubj
13gnawedgnawVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 corddet
15cordcordNOUNNumber=Sing13 gnawedobj
16ininADP_17 twocase
17twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 gnawedobl
18thatthatPRONPronType=Rel19 boundnsubj
19boundboundVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 twoacl:relcl
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 princedet
21princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing23 thumbsnmod:poss
22’s'sPART_21 princecase
23thumbsthumbNOUNNumber=Plur19 boundobj
24behindbehindADP_26 backcase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 backnmod:poss
26backbackNOUNNumber=Sing23 thumbsnmod
27,,PUNCT_31 flungpunct
28andandCCONJ_31 flungcc
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 liondet
30lionlionNOUNNumber=Sing31 flungnsubj
31flungflingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 gnawedconj
32himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes31 flungobj
33ononADP_35 robbercase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 robberdet
35robberrobberNOUNNumber=Sing31 flungobl
36,,PUNCT_41 killedpunct
37andandCCONJ_41 killedcc
38whenwhenADVPronType=Int41 killedadvmod
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 killednsubj:pass
40hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 killedaux
41killedkillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 gnawedconj
42himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 killedobj
43andandCCONJ_44 torncc
44torntearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 gnawedconj
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 tornobj
46ininADP_47 piecescase
47piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur44 tornobl
48eacheachDETPronType=Tot52 carriednsubj
49ofofADP_51 beastscase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 beastsdet
51beastsbeastNOUNNumber=Plur48 eachnmod
52carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 piecesacl:relcl
53offoffADP_52 carriedcompound:prt
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art55 bonedet
55boneboneNOUNNumber=Sing52 carriedobj
56..PUNCT_13 gnawedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rushgerundthe fox not said herethe courtto eyes's master's aid resultvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to aid=Result
2gnawpastthe foxthe cordtwovn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient
3boundpresentthe prince's thumbsmaster's backvn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location thumb=Theme
4flingpastthe lionfoxthe robbervn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on robber=Destination
5killpast · perfect · passivefoxvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result
6tearpastthe fox not said heremasterpiecesvn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location he=Theme
7carry offpasteacha bonevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme

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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