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The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 13

He met Brandatimor in single combat, and succeeded in taking him prisoner; but he did not live to reach the Court, to which Mannikin had sent him: his pride killed him at the thought of appearing before Sabella under these altered circumstances.

Who acts: counsel, Mannikin, pride, thought · What happens: meet, succeed, take, not live, reach, send · To what, where: Brandatimor, single combat, counsel, Court, thought, altered circumstances

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, 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 (counsel, Mannikin, pride, thought), 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

nsubjobjcaseamodoblpunctccconjmarkadvclobjobjpunctccnsubjauxadvmodparataxismarkxcompdetobjpunctcaseoblnsubjauxadvclobjpunctnmod:possnsubjconjobjcasedetoblmarkaclcaseoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootHePRONmetVERBBrandatimorPROPNinADPsingleADJcombatNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsucceededVERBinSCONJtakingVERBhimPRONprisonerNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONdidAUXnotPARTliveVERBtoPARTreachVERBtheDETCourtNOUN,PUNCTtoADPwhichPRONMannikinPROPNhadAUXsentVERBhimPRON:PUNCThisPRONprideNOUNkilledVERBhimPRONatADPtheDETthoughtNOUNofSCONJappearingVERBbeforeADPSabellaPROPNunderADPtheseDETalteredVERBcircumstancesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 metnsubj
2metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3BrandatimorBrandatimorPROPNNumber=Sing2 metobj
4ininADP_6 combatcase
5singlesingleADJDegree=Pos6 combatamod
6combatcombatNOUNNumber=Sing2 metobl
7,,PUNCT_9 succeededpunct
8andandCCONJ_9 succeededcc
9succeededsucceedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 metconj
10ininSCONJ_11 takingmark
11takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part9 succeededadvcl
12himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 takingobj
13prisonerprisonerNOUNNumber=Sing11 takingobj
14;;PUNCT_19 livepunct
15butbutCCONJ_19 livecc
16hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 livensubj
17diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 liveaux
18notnotPARTPolarity=Neg19 liveadvmod
19liveliveVERBVerbForm=Inf2 metparataxis
20totoPART_21 reachmark
21reachreachVERBVerbForm=Inf19 livexcomp
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Courtdet
23CourtcourtNOUNNumber=Sing21 reachobj
24,,PUNCT_29 sentpunct
25totoADP_26 whichcase
26whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel29 sentobl
27MannikinMannikinPROPNNumber=Sing29 sentnsubj
28hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 sentaux
29sentsendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part21 reachadvcl
30himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 sentobj
31::PUNCT_34 killedpunct
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 pridenmod:poss
33prideprideNOUNNumber=Sing34 killednsubj
34killedkillVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 liveconj
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 killedobj
36atatADP_38 thoughtcase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 thoughtdet
38thoughtthoughtNOUNNumber=Sing34 killedobl
39ofofSCONJ_40 appearingmark
40appearingappearVERBVerbForm=Ger38 thoughtacl
41beforebeforeADP_42 Sabellacase
42SabellaSabellaPROPNNumber=Sing40 appearingobl
43underunderADP_46 circumstancescase
44thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem46 circumstancesdet
45alteredalterVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 circumstancesamod
46circumstancescircumstanceNOUNNumber=Plur40 appearingobl
47..PUNCT_2 metpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meetpastcounselBrandatimorsingle combatvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brandatimor=Co-Agent
2succeedpastcounsel not said herevn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3takegerundcounsel not said herecounselvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme prisoner=Destination
4not livepast · do-supportcounseltree rules
5reachto-infinitivecounsel not said herethe Courtvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent court=Theme
6sendpast · perfectMannikincounselvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to which=Destination
7killpastcounsel's pridecounselthe thoughtvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8appeargerundthe thought not said herethis altered circumstancesbefore Sabellavn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before sabella=Location
9alterparticiplevn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
10pridecounselnom pride «feeling 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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