The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 170

The Enchanter’s first thought was to defend himself when he saw Melinette appear, but she slipped round his blind side, and catching him by the eyelashes dragged him off to the ceiling of the hall, where she held him kicking for a while just to give him a lesson, and then touching him with her wand she imprisoned him for a thousand years in a crystal ball which hung from the roof.

Who acts: first thought, enchanter, Melinette, catching, crystal ball · What happens: be, see, appear, slip, catch, drag off · To what, where: enchanter, ceiling, lesson, roof · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first thought, enchanter, Melinette, catching), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Enchanter	det
2	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 thought	nmod:poss
3	’s	's	PART	_	2 Enchanter	case
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 thought	amod
5	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 defend	nsubj:outer
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 defend	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 defend	mark
8	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 defend	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 saw	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 defend	advcl
13	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 appear	nsubj
14	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 saw	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 slipped	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 slipped	cc
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 slipped	nsubj
18	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 defend	parataxis
19	round	round	ADP	_	22 side	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 side	nmod:poss
21	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 side	amod
22	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 slipped	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 dragged	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 dragged	cc
25	catching	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 dragged	csubj
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 catching	obj
27	by	by	ADP	_	29 eyelashes	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 eyelashes	det
29	eyelashes	eyelash	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 catching	obl
30	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 slipped	conj
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 dragged	obj
32	off	off	ADP	_	30 dragged	compound:prt
33	to	to	ADP	_	35 ceiling	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 ceiling	det
35	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 dragged	obl
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 hall	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 hall	det
38	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 ceiling	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 held	punct
40	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	42 held	advmod
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 held	nsubj
42	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 hall	acl:relcl
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 held	obj
44	kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 held	advcl
45	for	for	ADP	_	47 while	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 while	det
47	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 kicking	obl
48	just	just	ADV	_	50 give	advmod
49	to	to	PART	_	50 give	mark
50	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 kicking	advcl
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 give	iobj
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 lesson	det
53	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 give	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 touching	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 touching	cc
56	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	57 touching	advmod
57	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 slipped	advcl
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 touching	obj
59	with	with	ADP	_	61 wand	case
60	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 wand	nmod:poss
61	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 touching	obl
62	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 imprisoned	nsubj
63	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 wand	acl:relcl
64	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 imprisoned	obj
65	for	for	ADP	_	68 years	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 thousand	det
67	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	68 years	nummod
68	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 imprisoned	obl
69	in	in	ADP	_	72 ball	case
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 ball	det
71	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 ball	compound
72	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 years	nmod
73	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	74 hung	nsubj
74	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 ball	acl:relcl
75	from	from	ADP	_	77 roof	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 roof	det
77	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 hung	obl
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 defend	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Enchanter's first thought					defend property	tree rules
2	see	past	enchanter						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	appear	present	Melinette						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	slip	past	Melinette					round enchanter's blind side	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	catch	gerund		enchanter				by the eyelashes	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
6	drag off	past	catching	enchanter		the ceiling of the hall			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ceiling=Destination
7	hold	past	Melinette	enchanter					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	kick	gerund	Melinette not said here				while		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
9	give	to-infinitive	Melinette not said here	a lesson	enchanter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lesson=Theme
10	touch	gerund	Melinette not said here	enchanter			then	with Melinette's wand	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer with wand=Instrument
11	imprison	past	Melinette	enchanter			year		vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
12	hang	past	a crystal ball			the roof			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	think		the Enchanter						nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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