The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 52

Grannonia, when she learnt that they were talking of her lover, asked at once whose son he was, and if there was any hope of his recovery; to which the fox made answer that the birds had said he was the son of the King of Vallone Grosso, and that the only thing that could cure him was to rub the wounds on his head with the blood of the very birds who had told the tale.

Who acts: Grannonia, doctors, fox, made answer, only thing, birds · What happens: learn, talk, ask, be, make, answer · To what, where: son, hope, birds, fox, tale · 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 (Grannonia, doctors, fox, made answer), 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	Grannonia	Grannonia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 learnt	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Grannonia	punct
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 learnt	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learnt	nsubj
5	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 talking	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talking	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 talking	aux
9	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 learnt	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 lover	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lover	nmod:poss
12	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talking	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 asked	punct
14	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 learnt	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 asked	obl
17	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	18 son	nmod:poss
18	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 asked	obj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 was	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 son	acl:relcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 hope	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 hope	cc
23	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 was	mark
24	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	25 was	expl
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 hope	cop
26	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	27 hope	det
27	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learnt	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 recovery	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 recovery	nmod:poss
30	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 hope	nmod
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 answer	punct
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 which	case
33	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 answer	obl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 fox	det
35	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 answer	nsubj
36	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 answer	amod
37	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learnt	parataxis
38	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 said	mark
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 birds	det
40	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 said	nsubj:pass
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 said	aux
42	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 answer	acl:relcl
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 son	nsubj
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 son	cop
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 son	det
46	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 said	ccomp
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 King	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 King	det
49	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 son	nmod
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 Vallone	case
51	Vallone	Vallone	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 King	nmod
52	Grosso	Grosso	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Vallone	flat
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 rub	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 rub	cc
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 rub	mark
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 thing	det
57	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 thing	amod
58	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 rub	nsubj
59	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 cure	nsubj
60	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 cure	aux
61	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 thing	acl:relcl
62	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 cure	obj
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 rub	cop
64	to	to	PART	_	65 rub	mark
65	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 son	parataxis
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 wounds	det
67	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 rub	obj
68	on	on	ADP	_	70 head	case
69	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 head	nmod:poss
70	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 wounds	nmod
71	with	with	ADP	_	73 blood	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 blood	det
73	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 head	nmod
74	of	of	ADP	_	77 birds	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 birds	det
76	very	very	ADV	_	77 birds	advmod
77	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 blood	nmod
78	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	80 told	nsubj
79	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 told	aux
80	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	77 birds	acl:relcl
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 tale	det
82	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 told	obj
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 learnt	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	learn	past	Grannonia				vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	talk	past · progressive	doctors = doctor			of Grannonia's lover	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	past	Grannonia not said here		son		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Recipient
4	is a	past		any hope		of fox's recovery	tree rules
5	make	participle					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
6	answer speech: assert		the fox				tree rules
7	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	made answer not said here	the birds			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
8	is a	past	fox	the son		of the King of Vallone	tree rules
9	cure	could	the only thing	fox			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source
10	is	past	the only thing			rub property	tree rules
11	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	the birds	the tale			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient
12	recover		fox				nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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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