The Violet Fairy Book, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale), sentence 69
Then the prince took counsel with his beasts, and as the dragon approached the shore the fox drew his brush through the water and blinded the dragon by scattering the salt water in his eyes, while the bear and the lion threw up more water with their paws, so that the monster was bewildered and could see nothing.
Who acts: prince, dragon, fox, bear · What happens: take, approach, draw, blind, scatter, throw up · To what, where: counsel, shore, brush, water, dragon, salt water
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 (prince, dragon, fox, bear), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 took | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 beasts | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 beasts | nmod:poss |
| 8 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 took | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 approached | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 approached | cc |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 approached | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 dragon | det |
| 13 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 approached | nsubj |
| 14 | approached | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 shore | det |
| 16 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 approached | obj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 fox | det |
| 18 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 drew | nsubj |
| 19 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 approached | parataxis |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 brush | nmod:poss |
| 21 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 drew | obj |
| 22 | through | through | ADP | _ | 24 water | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 water | det |
| 24 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 drew | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 blinded | cc |
| 26 | blinded | blind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 drew | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 dragon | det |
| 28 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 blinded | obj |
| 29 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 30 scattering | mark |
| 30 | scattering | scatter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 blinded | advcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 water | det |
| 32 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 water | compound |
| 33 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 scattering | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 eyes | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 36 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 scattering | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 threw | punct |
| 38 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 44 threw | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 bear | det |
| 40 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 threw | nsubj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 lion | cc |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 lion | det |
| 43 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 bear | conj |
| 44 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 blinded | parataxis |
| 45 | up | up | ADP | _ | 44 threw | compound:prt |
| 46 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 47 water | amod |
| 47 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 threw | obj |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 paws | case |
| 49 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 paws | nmod:poss |
| 50 | paws | paw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 threw | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 bewildered | punct |
| 52 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 57 bewildered | mark |
| 53 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 so | fixed |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 monster | det |
| 55 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 bewildered | nsubj:pass |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 bewildered | aux:pass |
| 57 | bewildered | bewilder | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 threw | conj |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 see | cc |
| 59 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 see | aux |
| 60 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 bewildered | conj |
| 61 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 60 see | obj |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the prince | counsel | then | with shore's beasts | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | ||
| 2 | approach | past | the dragon | the shore | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Theme | ||||
| 3 | draw | past | the fox | shore's brush | the water | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Theme | |||
| 4 | blind | past | the fox not said here | the dragon | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | scatter | gerund | the fox not said here | the salt water | shore's eyes | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme in eye=Destination | |||
| 6 | throw up | past | the bear and the lion | more water | with princes's paws | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | |||
| 7 | bewilder | past · passive | the monster | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | see | could | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
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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