The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 36

Now the difficulty became immense, for if they maintained enough heat to keep themselves alive they were in danger every moment of melting the blocks of solid ice of which the palace was entirely built, and bringing the whole structure down upon their heads; but cautiously and quickly they traversed courtyards and halls, until they found themselves at the foot of a vast throne, where, upon a cushion of snow, lay an enormous and brilliantly sparkling diamond, which contained the heart of the lovely Princess Sabella.

Who acts: difficulty, Princes, moment, enormous diamond · What happens: become, maintain, keep, be, melt, build · To what, where: enough heat, Princes, danger, blocks, palace, whole structure

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 (difficulty, Princes, moment, enormous diamond), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 became	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 difficulty	det
3	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 became	nsubj
4	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 became	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 maintained	punct
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 maintained	mark
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 maintained	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 maintained	nsubj
10	maintained	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 became	conj
11	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 heat	amod
12	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 maintained	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 keep	mark
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 maintained	advcl
15	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 keep	obj
16	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 keep	xcomp
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 danger	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 danger	cop
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 danger	case
20	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 alive	obl
21	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 moment	det
22	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 danger	nsubj
23	of	of	SCONJ	_	24 melting	mark
24	melting	melt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 moment	acl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 blocks	det
26	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 melting	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 ice	case
28	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 ice	amod
29	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 blocks	nmod
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 which	case
31	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 built	obl
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 palace	det
33	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 built	nsubj:pass
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 built	aux:pass
35	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	36 built	advmod
36	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 ice	acl:relcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 bringing	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 bringing	cc
39	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 melting	conj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 structure	det
41	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 structure	amod
42	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 bringing	obj
43	down	down	ADV	_	39 bringing	advmod
44	upon	upon	ADP	_	46 heads	case
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 heads	nmod:poss
46	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 bringing	obl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 traversed	punct
48	but	but	CCONJ	_	49 cautiously	cc
49	cautiously	cautiously	ADV	_	53 traversed	advmod
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 quickly	cc
51	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	49 cautiously	conj
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 traversed	nsubj
53	traversed	traverse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 became	conj
54	courtyards	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 traversed	obj
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 halls	cc
56	halls	hall	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 courtyards	conj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 found	punct
58	until	until	SCONJ	_	60 found	mark
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 found	nsubj
60	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 traversed	conj
61	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	60 found	obj
62	at	at	ADP	_	64 foot	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 foot	det
64	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 found	obl
65	of	of	ADP	_	68 throne	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 throne	det
67	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 throne	amod
68	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 foot	nmod
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 where	punct
70	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	68 throne	acl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 cushion	punct
72	upon	upon	ADP	_	74 cushion	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 cushion	det
74	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 traversed	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 snow	case
76	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 cushion	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 lay	punct
78	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 traversed	advcl
79	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	84 diamond	det
80	enormous	enormous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 diamond	amod
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 sparkling	cc
82	brilliantly	brilliantly	ADV	_	83 sparkling	advmod
83	sparkling	sparkling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 enormous	conj
84	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 lay	obj
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 contained	punct
86	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	87 contained	nsubj
87	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 diamond	acl:relcl
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 heart	det
89	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 contained	obj
90	of	of	ADP	_	94 Sabella	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 Sabella	det
92	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 Sabella	amod
93	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 Sabella	compound
94	Sabella	Sabella	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 heart	nmod
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the difficulty			now	immense property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	maintain a condition, not said to happen	past	Princes = prince	enough heat				vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent heat=Theme
3	keep	to-infinitive	Princes = prince not said here	Princes = prince			alive property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme
4	is	past	Princes = prince		danger			tree rules
5	melt	gerund	every moment not said here	the blocks of solid ice				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient block=Result
6	build	past · passive		the palace			of solid ice; entirely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
7	bring	gerund	every moment not said here	the whole structure			upon Princes's heads; down property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent structure=Theme
8	traverse	past	Princes = prince	courtyards and halls			upon a cushion of snow; cautiously property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme courtyard=Co-Theme
9	find	past	Princes = prince	Princes = prince	the foot of a vast throne			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme at foot=Asset
10	lay	infinitive	Princes = prince not said here	a enormous diamond				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Result
11	contain	past	a enormous diamond	the heart of the lovely Princess Sabella				vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot heart=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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