Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 55
At this the Prince was very glad, and the two eaglets crossed their wings, on which he mounted; and they carried him far, far away over the thick jungles, until he came to the place where grew the circle of palm trees, in the midst of which stood the six chattees full of water.
Who acts: two eaglets, Prince, eaglets, midst · What happens: be, cross, mount, carry, come, grow · To what, where: wings, Prince, midst, circle, six chattees
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two eaglets, Prince, eaglets, midst), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 Prince | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 Prince | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 glad | obl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 glad | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 glad | advmod |
| 7 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 crossed | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 crossed | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 eaglets | det |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 eaglets | nummod |
| 12 | eaglets | eaglet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 crossed | nsubj |
| 13 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 glad | parataxis |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 wings | nmod:poss |
| 15 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 crossed | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 mounted | punct |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 which | case |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 mounted | obl |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 mounted | nsubj |
| 20 | mounted | mount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 crossed | conj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 carried | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 carried | cc |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 carried | nsubj |
| 24 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 glad | parataxis |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 carried | obj |
| 26 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 carried | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 away | punct |
| 28 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 29 away | advmod |
| 29 | away | away | ADV | _ | 24 carried | advmod |
| 30 | over | over | ADP | _ | 33 jungles | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 jungles | det |
| 32 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 jungles | amod |
| 33 | jungles | jungle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 away | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 came | punct |
| 35 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 37 came | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 came | nsubj |
| 37 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 carried | conj |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 place | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 place | det |
| 40 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 came | obl |
| 41 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 42 grew | advmod |
| 42 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 place | acl:relcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 circle | det |
| 44 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 grew | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 trees | case |
| 46 | palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 trees | compound |
| 47 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 circle | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 midst | punct |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 midst | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 midst | det |
| 51 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 came | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 which | case |
| 53 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 stood | nsubj |
| 54 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 midst | acl:relcl |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 chattees | det |
| 56 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 57 chattees | nummod |
| 57 | chattees | chattee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 stood | obj |
| 58 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 chattees | amod |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 water | case |
| 60 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 full | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 glad | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | at the Prince; glad property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cross | past | the two eaglets | eaglets's wings | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | ||||
| 3 | mount | past | Prince | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on which=Destination | |||||
| 4 | carry | past | eaglets = eaglet | Prince | away, far property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 5 | come | past | Prince | the midst | to the place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | grow | past | the circle of palm trees | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location circle=Theme | |||||
| 7 | stand | past | the midst | the six chattees | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chattee=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: «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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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