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The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 3

As soon as the army could be got together it was marched to the frontier, where it met the opposing force headed by Brandatimor himself, who was full of fury, determined to avenge the insult to his Ambassador and to possess himself of the Princess Sabella.

Who acts: army, opposing force · What happens: get together, march, meet, oppose, head, be · To what, where: army, frontier, opposing force, Brandatimor, insult, Ambassador

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 (army, opposing force), 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

advmodadvmodmarkdetnsubjauxaux:passadvcladvmodnsubj:passaux:passcasedetoblpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisdetamodobjaclcaseobl:agentoblpunctnsubjcopparataxiscaseoblpunctconjmarkxcompdetobjcasenmod:possoblccmarkconjobjcasedetcompoundoblpunctrootAsADVsoonADVasSCONJtheDETarmyNOUNcouldAUXbeAUXgotVERBtogetherADVitPRONwasAUXmarchedVERBtoADPtheDETfrontierNOUN,PUNCTwhereADVitPRONmetVERBtheDETopposingVERBforceNOUNheadedVERBbyADPBrandatimorPROPNhimselfPRON,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXfullADJofADPfuryNOUN,PUNCTdeterminedVERBtoPARTavengeVERBtheDETinsultNOUNtoADPhisPRONAmbassadorPROPNandCCONJtoPARTpossessVERBhimselfPRONofADPtheDETPrincessPROPNSabellaPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADV_2 soonadvmod
2soonsoonADVDegree=Pos12 marchedadvmod
3asasSCONJ_8 gotmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 armydet
5armyarmyNOUNNumber=Sing8 gotnsubj
6couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin8 gotaux
7bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf8 gotaux:pass
8gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 marchedadvcl
9togethertogetherADV_8 gotadvmod
10ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 marchednsubj:pass
11wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 marchedaux:pass
12marchedmarchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
13totoADP_15 frontiercase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 frontierdet
15frontierfrontierNOUNNumber=Sing12 marchedobl
16,,PUNCT_19 metpunct
17wherewhereADVPronType=Rel19 metadvmod
18ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 metnsubj
19metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 marchedparataxis
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 forcedet
21opposingopposeVERBVerbForm=Ger22 forceamod
22forceforceNOUNNumber=Sing19 metobj
23headedheadVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass22 forceacl
24bybyADP_25 Brandatimorcase
25BrandatimorBrandatimorPROPNNumber=Sing23 headedobl:agent
26himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes23 headedobl
27,,PUNCT_30 fullpunct
28whowhoPRONPronType=Rel30 fullnsubj
29wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 fullcop
30fullfullADJDegree=Pos22 forceparataxis
31ofofADP_32 furycase
32furyfuryNOUNNumber=Sing30 fullobl
33,,PUNCT_34 determinedpunct
34determineddetermineVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 metconj
35totoPART_36 avengemark
36avengeavengeVERBVerbForm=Inf34 determinedxcomp
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 insultdet
38insultinsultNOUNNumber=Sing36 avengeobj
39totoADP_41 Ambassadorcase
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 Ambassadornmod:poss
41AmbassadorAmbassadorPROPNNumber=Sing36 avengeobl
42andandCCONJ_44 possesscc
43totoPART_44 possessmark
44possesspossessVERBVerbForm=Inf36 avengeconj
45himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes44 possessobj
46ofofADP_49 Sabellacase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 Sabelladet
48PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing49 Sabellacompound
49SabellaSabellaPROPNNumber=Sing44 possessobl
50..PUNCT_12 marchedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1get togethercould · passivethe armytogether propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2marchpast · passivearmythe frontiersoon propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to frontier=Trajectory
3meetpastarmythe opposing forcevn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Co-Agent
4opposegerundvn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
5headparticiplethe opposing force not said hereBrandatimorvn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6ispastthe opposing forceof fury; full propertytree rules
7determineparticiplearmy not said herevn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8avengeto-infinitivearmy not said herethe insultBrandatimor's Ambassadortree rules
9possessto-infinitivearmy not said hereAmbassadorof the Princess Sabellavn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme

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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