The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 44
When she got to the outskirts of the town, led by the light of the moon, she met a fox, who offered to accompany her, an offer which Grannonia gladly accepted, saying ‘You are most heartily welcome, for I don’t know my way at all about the neighbourhood.’
Who acts: Princess, fox, Grannonia, You, I · What happens: get, lead, meet, offer, accompany, accept · To what, where: town, fox, Princess, offer, heartily welcome, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Snake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, fox, Grannonia, You), 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 | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 met | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 outskirts | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 outskirts | det |
| 6 | outskirts | outskirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 town | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 town | det |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 outskirts | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 led | punct |
| 11 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 town | acl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 light | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 light | det |
| 14 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 led | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 moon | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 moon | det |
| 17 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 light | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 met | nsubj |
| 20 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 fox | det |
| 22 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 met | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 offered | punct |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 offered | nsubj |
| 25 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 fox | acl:relcl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 accompany | mark |
| 27 | accompany | accompany | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 offered | xcomp |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 accompany | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 offer | punct |
| 30 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 offer | det |
| 31 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 accompany | obl |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 accepted | obj |
| 33 | Grannonia | Grannonia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 accepted | nsubj |
| 34 | gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 35 accepted | advmod |
| 35 | accepted | accept | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 offer | acl:relcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 saying | punct |
| 37 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 accompany | advcl |
| 38 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 43 welcome | punct |
| 39 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 welcome | nsubj |
| 40 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 welcome | cop |
| 41 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 42 heartily | advmod |
| 42 | heartily | heartily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 welcome | amod |
| 43 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 saying | ccomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 know | punct |
| 45 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 49 know | mark |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 know | nsubj |
| 47 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 know | aux |
| 48 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 know | advmod |
| 49 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 saying | ccomp |
| 50 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 way | nmod:poss |
| 51 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 know | obj |
| 52 | at | at | ADP | _ | 56 neighbourhood | case |
| 53 | all | all | ADV | _ | 56 neighbourhood | advmod |
| 54 | about | about | ADP | _ | 56 neighbourhood | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 neighbourhood | det |
| 56 | neighbourhood | neighbourhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 know | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 met | punct |
| 58 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 20 met | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Princess | to the outskirts of the town result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to outskirt=Result | ||||
| 2 | lead | participle | the town not said here | by the light of the moon | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by light=Destination | ||||
| 3 | meet | past | Princess | a fox | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | offer | past | a fox | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | accompany not said to happen | to-infinitive | a fox not said here | Princess | a offer obl | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 6 | accept | past | Grannonia | a offer | gladly property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | |||
| 7 | say speech: assert | gerund | a fox not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | is a | present | You | heartily welcome | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | not know | present · do-support | I | my way | the neighbourhood | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | |||
| 10 | light | the moon | nom light «phenomenon 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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