The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 37
Upon the lowest step of the throne was inscribed in icy letters, ‘Whosoever thou art who by courage and virtue canst win the heart of Sabella enjoy peacefully the good fortune which thou hast richly deserved.’
Who acts: heart · What happens: inscribe, win, enjoy, deserve, step · To what, where: icy letters, good fortune, throne
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 (heart), 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 4 step | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 step | det |
| 3 | lowest | low | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 step | amod |
| 4 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 inscribed | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 throne | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 throne | det |
| 7 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 step | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 inscribed | aux:pass |
| 9 | inscribed | inscribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 letters | case |
| 11 | icy | icy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 letters | amod |
| 12 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 inscribed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 art | punct |
| 14 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 art | punct |
| 15 | Whosoever | whosoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 art | obj |
| 16 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 art | nsubj |
| 17 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 inscribed | conj |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 win | nsubj |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 courage | case |
| 20 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 win | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 virtue | cc |
| 22 | virtue | virtue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 courage | conj |
| 23 | canst | can | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 24 win | aux |
| 24 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 art | ccomp |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 heart | det |
| 26 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 enjoy | nsubj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Sabella | case |
| 28 | Sabella | Sabella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 heart | nmod |
| 29 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 win | parataxis |
| 30 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 29 enjoy | advmod |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 fortune | det |
| 32 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 fortune | amod |
| 33 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 enjoy | obj |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 deserved | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 38 deserved | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 deserved | aux |
| 37 | richly | richly | ADV | _ | 38 deserved | advmod |
| 38 | deserved | deserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 fortune | acl:relcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 inscribed | punct |
| 40 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 inscribed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inscribe | past · passive | icy letters | upon the lowest step of the throne | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: upon step=Destination | ||||
| 2 | win | can | by courage and virtue | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | enjoy | present | the heart of Sabella | the good fortune | peacefully property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fortune=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | deserve | present · perfect · passive | the good fortune | richly property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | step | the throne | nom step «act 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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