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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 124

But the witch replied that she could work no harm against the young prince, because he was under the protection of his godmother, whose power was greater than her own.

Who acts: witch, prince, power · What happens: reply, work, be · To what, where: harm, protection · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (witch, prince, power), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

ccdetnsubjmarknsubjauxccompdetobjcasedetamodoblpunctmarknsubjcopcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctnmod:possnsubjcopamodcasenmod:possoblpunctrootButCCONJtheDETwitchNOUNrepliedVERBthatSCONJshePRONcouldAUXworkVERBnoDETharmNOUNagainstADPtheDETyoungADJprinceNOUN,PUNCTbecauseSCONJhePRONwasAUXunderADPtheDETprotectionNOUNofADPhisPRONgodmotherNOUN,PUNCTwhosePRONpowerNOUNwasAUXgreaterADJthanADPherPRONownADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_4 repliedcc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 witchdet
3witchwitchNOUNNumber=Sing4 repliednsubj
4repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thatthatSCONJ_8 workmark
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 worknsubj
7couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin8 workaux
8workworkVERBVerbForm=Inf4 repliedccomp
9nonoDETPronType=Neg10 harmdet
10harmharmNOUNNumber=Sing8 workobj
11againstagainstADP_14 princecase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 princedet
13youngyoungADJDegree=Pos14 princeamod
14princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing8 workobl
15,,PUNCT_21 protectionpunct
16becausebecauseSCONJ_21 protectionmark
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 protectionnsubj
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 protectioncop
19underunderADP_21 protectioncase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 protectiondet
21protectionprotectionNOUNNumber=Sing8 workobl
22ofofADP_24 godmothercase
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 godmothernmod:poss
24godmothergodmotherNOUNNumber=Sing21 protectionnmod
25,,PUNCT_29 greaterpunct
26whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel27 powernmod:poss
27powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing29 greaternsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 greatercop
29greatergreatADJDegree=Cmp24 godmotheramod
30thanthanADP_32 owncase
31herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 ownnmod:poss
32ownownADJDegree=Pos29 greaterobl
33..PUNCT_4 repliedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reply speech: assertpastthe witchvn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2workcouldwitchno harmagainst the young princevn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent harm=Material
3ispastprincethe protectionof prince's godmothertree rules
4ispastpowerthan witch's own; great propertytree rules

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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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