The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 70

The gratitude of the sailors was extreme, and they willingly promised to land the Prince upon any coast he pleased; but, when he questioned them about the extraordinary thing that had happened to them and to their ship, they could in no way explain it, except that they said that, as they were passing along a thickly wooded coast, a sudden gust of wind had reached them from the land and enveloped them in a dense cloud of dust, after which everything in the boat that was not metal had sprouted and blossomed, as the Prince had seen, and that they themselves had grown gradually numb and heavy, and had finally lost all consciousness.

Who acts: gratitude, sailors, Prince, extraordinary thing · What happens: be, promise, land, question, happen, explain · To what, where: Prince, sailors, gratitude, way, thickly wooded coast, sudden gust · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (gratitude, sailors, Prince, extraordinary thing), 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 gratitude	det
2	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 extreme	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sailors	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sailors	det
5	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gratitude	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 extreme	cop
7	extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 promised	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 promised	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 promised	nsubj
11	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	12 promised	advmod
12	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 extreme	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 land	mark
14	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 promised	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Prince	det
16	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 land	obj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 coast	case
18	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	19 coast	det
19	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 land	obl
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pleased	nsubj
21	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 coast	acl:relcl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 explain	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	48 explain	cc
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 but	punct
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 questioned	advmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 questioned	nsubj
27	questioned	question	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 could	advcl
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 questioned	obj
29	about	about	ADP	_	32 thing	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 thing	det
31	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 thing	amod
32	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 questioned	obl
33	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	35 happened	nsubj
34	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 happened	aux
35	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 thing	acl:relcl
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 them	case
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 happened	obl
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 ship	cc
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 ship	case
40	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 ship	nmod:poss
41	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 them	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 questioned	punct
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 could	nsubj
44	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 explain	aux
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 way	case
46	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	47 way	det
47	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 explain	obl
48	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 extreme	parataxis
49	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 explain	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 said	punct
51	except	except	ADP	_	54 said	mark
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 said	mark
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 said	nsubj
54	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 explain	parataxis
55	that	that	ADV	_	54 said	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 passing	punct
57	as	as	SCONJ	_	60 passing	mark
58	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 passing	nsubj
59	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 passing	aux
60	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	73 reached	advcl
61	along	along	ADP	_	65 coast	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 coast	det
63	thickly	thickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 coast	amod
64	wooded	wood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 coast	amod
65	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 passing	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 gust	punct
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 gust	det
68	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 gust	amod
69	gust	gust	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 reached	nsubj:pass
70	of	of	ADP	_	71 wind	case
71	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 gust	nmod
72	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 reached	aux
73	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 said	ccomp
74	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 reached	obj
75	from	from	ADP	_	77 land	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 land	det
77	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 reached	obl
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 enveloped	cc
79	enveloped	envelop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 said	conj
80	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 enveloped	obj
81	in	in	ADP	_	84 cloud	case
82	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	84 cloud	det
83	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 cloud	amod
84	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 enveloped	obl
85	of	of	ADP	_	86 dust	case
86	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 cloud	nmod
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 which	punct
88	after	after	ADP	_	89 which	case
89	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 enveloped	obj
90	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	89 which	nsubj
91	in	in	ADP	_	93 boat	case
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 boat	det
93	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 everything	nmod
94	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	99 sprouted	obj
95	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	99 sprouted	aux:pass
96	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	97 metal	advmod
97	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 sprouted	nsubj:pass
98	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	99 sprouted	aux
99	sprouted	sprout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	93 boat	acl:relcl
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 blossomed	cc
101	blossomed	blossom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	99 sprouted	conj
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	107 seen	punct
103	as	as	SCONJ	_	107 seen	mark
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 Prince	det
105	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	107 seen	nsubj
106	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	107 seen	aux
107	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	99 sprouted	advcl
108	,	,	PUNCT	_	114 grown	punct
109	and	and	CCONJ	_	114 grown	cc
110	that	that	SCONJ	_	114 grown	mark
111	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	114 grown	nsubj:pass
112	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	111 they	nmod:unmarked
113	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	114 grown	aux
114	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	107 seen	conj
115	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	116 numb	advmod
116	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	114 grown	xcomp
117	and	and	CCONJ	_	118 heavy	cc
118	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	116 numb	conj
119	,	,	PUNCT	_	123 lost	punct
120	and	and	CCONJ	_	123 lost	cc
121	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	123 lost	aux
122	finally	finally	ADV	_	123 lost	advmod
123	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 explain	conj
124	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	125 consciousness	det
125	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	123 lost	obj
126	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 extreme	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the gratitude of the sailors				extreme property	tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	past	sailors = sailor				willingly property	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	land not said to happen	to-infinitive	sailors = sailor not said here		the Prince		upon any coast	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme prince=Destination
4	question speech: other	past	Prince	sailors = sailor			about the extraordinary thing	vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient about thing=Topic
5	happen	past · perfect	the extraordinary thing		sailors = sailor			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	explain speech: assert	could		gratitude		no way		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
7	say speech: assert	past	sailors = sailor				that property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	pass	past · progressive	sailors = sailor			a thickly wooded coast		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along coast=Location
9	wood	participle						tree rules
10	reach	past · perfect · passive		a sudden gust of wind		the land		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme
11	envelop	past	sailors = sailor not said here	sailors = sailor		a dense cloud of dust		tree rules
12	sprout	past · perfect · passive		metal				tree rules
13	blossom	participle						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
14	see	past · perfect	the Prince					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
15	grow	past · perfect · passive		sailors = sailor			numb property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
16	lose	past · perfect		all consciousness			finally property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consciousness=Eventuality
17	cloud			dust				nom cloud «phenomenon 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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