The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 41
‘Here,’ continued the old man after he had made this proclamation--‘here is the list of all those Princes who, struck by the beauty of the Princess, have perished in the attempt to win her; and here is the list of these who have just entered upon the high emprise.’
Who acts: man, list, Princes · What happens: continue, make, be, strike, perish, win · To what, where: old man, proclamation, list, attempt, Princess, these
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, list, Princes), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 Here | punct |
| 2 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 continued | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Here | punct |
| 4 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 continued | punct |
| 5 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 continued | obj |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 made | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 made | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 made | aux |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 continued | advcl |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 proclamation | det |
| 14 | proclamation | proclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | obj |
| 15 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 17 here | punct |
| 16 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 here | punct |
| 17 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 made | advmod |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 here | cop |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 list | det |
| 20 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 here | nsubj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Princes | case |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 Princes | det:predet |
| 23 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 24 Princes | det |
| 24 | Princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 perished | obl |
| 25 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 struck | nsubj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 struck | punct |
| 27 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 Princes | acl:relcl |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 beauty | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 beauty | det |
| 30 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 struck | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Princess | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Princess | det |
| 33 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 beauty | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Princes | punct |
| 35 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 perished | aux |
| 36 | perished | perish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 list | acl:relcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 attempt | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 attempt | det |
| 39 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 perished | obl |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 win | mark |
| 41 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 attempt | acl |
| 42 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 win | obj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 here | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 here | cc |
| 45 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 continued | conj |
| 46 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 here | cop |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 list | det |
| 48 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 here | nsubj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 these | case |
| 50 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 48 list | nmod |
| 51 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 entered | nsubj:pass |
| 52 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 entered | aux |
| 53 | just | just | ADV | _ | 54 entered | advmod |
| 54 | entered | enter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 list | acl |
| 55 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 58 emprise | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 emprise | det |
| 57 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 emprise | amod |
| 58 | emprise | emprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 entered | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 continued | punct |
| 60 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | past | the old man | here | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | past · perfect | man | this proclamation | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Product | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the list | here property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | strike | participle | all Princes | by the beauty of the Princess | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by beauty=Location | ||||
| 5 | perish | present · perfect | the list not said here | the attempt | of all Princes | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of prince=Causer | |||
| 6 | win | to-infinitive | Princess | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | is | present | the list of these | here property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | enter | present · perfect · passive | the list of these | upon the high emprise | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 9 | list | these | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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