The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 28

When the time came to call a halt, the Prince, who had after much consideration decided on his plan of action, caused a few twigs from the faggot he had brought with him to be planted in the snow, and then he sprinkled over them a pinch of the magic powder he had collected from the enchanted boat.

Who acts: time, Prince, much consideration, consideration · What happens: come, call, have, decide, cause, bring · To what, where: halt, few twigs, faggot, snow, pinch, magic powder · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (time, Prince, much consideration, consideration), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 came	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 time	det
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 had	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 call	mark
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 halt	det
8	halt	halt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Prince	det
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 had	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	after	after	SCONJ	_	18 decided	mark
16	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 consideration	amod
17	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 decided	nsubj
18	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 had	advcl
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 plan	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 plan	nmod:poss
21	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 decided	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 action	case
23	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 plan	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 caused	punct
25	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 had	parataxis
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 twigs	det
27	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 twigs	amod
28	twigs	twig	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 caused	obj
29	from	from	ADP	_	31 faggot	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 faggot	det
31	faggot	faggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 caused	obl
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 brought	nsubj
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 brought	aux
34	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 faggot	acl:relcl
35	with	with	ADP	_	36 him	case
36	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 brought	obl
37	to	to	PART	_	39 planted	mark
38	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	39 planted	aux:pass
39	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 brought	advcl
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 snow	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 snow	det
42	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 planted	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 sprinkled	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 sprinkled	cc
45	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	47 sprinkled	advmod
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 sprinkled	nsubj
47	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 had	conj
48	over	over	ADP	_	49 them	case
49	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 sprinkled	obl
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 pinch	det
51	pinch	pinch	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 sprinkled	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	55 powder	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 powder	det
54	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 powder	amod
55	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 pinch	nmod
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 collected	nsubj
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 collected	aux
58	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	55 powder	acl:relcl
59	from	from	ADP	_	62 boat	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 boat	det
61	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 boat	amod
62	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 collected	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the time					tree rules
2	call	to-infinitive	the time not said here	a halt				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent halt=Recipient
3	have	past	the Prince					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	decide	past	much consideration				on consideration's plan of action	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on plan=Topic
5	cause	past		a few twigs	the faggot			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition twig=Patient
6	bring	past · perfect	consideration	the faggot not said here			with track	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent faggot=Theme
7	plant	to-infinitive · passive	consideration not said here		the snow			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in snow=Destination
8	sprinkle	past	consideration	a pinch of the magic powder		then	over Princes = prince	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pinch=Theme over they=Destination
9	collect	past · perfect	consideration	the magic powder not said here	the enchanted boat			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent powder=Theme from boat=Source
10	enchant	participle						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
11	plan		consideration	action				nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
12	pinch			the magic powder				nom pinch «state 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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