The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 59

Grannonia, who saw her hopes dashed to the ground in this cruel way, had recourse to flattery and cunning, weapons which have often stood the sex in good stead, and called out after the fox, ‘Father Fox, you would be quite right to save your skin, if, in the first place, I didn’t feel I owed so much to you, and if, in the second, there weren’t other foxes in the world; but as you know how grateful I feel to you, and as there are heaps of other foxes about, you can trust yourself to me.

Who acts: Grannonia, hopes, you, I, other foxes · What happens: see, dash, have, stand, call out, be · To what, where: first place, cruel way, recourse, weapons, good stead, skin · 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, hopes, you, I), 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	4 saw	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hopes	nmod:poss
6	hopes	hope	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dashed	nsubj
7	dashed	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dashed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 way	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 way	det
13	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dashed	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 had	punct
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
17	recourse	recourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 had	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 flattery	case
19	flattery	flattery	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 had	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 cunning	cc
21	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 flattery	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 weapons	punct
23	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 flattery	conj
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 stood	nsubj:pass
25	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 stood	aux
26	often	often	ADV	_	27 stood	advmod
27	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 weapons	acl:relcl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 sex	det
29	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 stood	obj
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 stead	case
31	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 stead	amod
32	stead	stead	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 stood	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 called	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 called	cc
35	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 saw	conj
36	out	out	ADP	_	35 called	compound:prt
37	after	after	ADP	_	39 fox	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 fox	det
39	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 called	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Fox	punct
41	‘	'	PUNCT	_	43 Fox	punct
42	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Fox	compound
43	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 called	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 right	punct
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	49 right	nsubj
46	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 right	aux
47	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	49 right	cop
48	quite	quite	ADV	_	49 right	advmod
49	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 saw	conj
50	to	to	PART	_	51 save	mark
51	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 right	csubj
52	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 skin	nmod:poss
53	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 save	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 place	punct
55	if	if	SCONJ	_	60 place	mark
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 place	punct
57	in	in	ADP	_	60 place	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 place	det
59	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	60 place	amod
60	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 feel	punct
62	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 feel	nsubj
63	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 feel	aux
64	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	65 feel	advmod
65	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 saw	conj
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 owed	nsubj
67	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 feel	ccomp
68	so	so	ADV	_	69 much	advmod
69	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 owed	obj
70	to	to	ADP	_	71 you	case
71	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 much	nmod
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 were	punct
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 were	cc
74	if	if	SCONJ	_	78 second	mark
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 second	punct
76	in	in	ADP	_	78 second	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 second	det
78	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	81 were	advcl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 second	punct
80	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	81 were	expl
81	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
82	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	84 foxes	advmod
83	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 foxes	amod
84	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 were	nsubj
85	in	in	ADP	_	87 world	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 world	det
87	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 foxes	nmod
88	;	;	PUNCT	_	96 feel	punct
89	but	but	CCONJ	_	96 feel	cc
90	as	as	SCONJ	_	92 know	mark
91	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	92 know	nsubj
92	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	96 feel	advcl
93	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	94 grateful	advmod
94	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 know	xcomp
95	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	96 feel	nsubj
96	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
97	to	to	ADP	_	98 you	case
98	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	96 feel	obl
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 heaps	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	104 heaps	cc
101	as	as	SCONJ	_	103 are	mark
102	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	103 are	expl
103	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	104 heaps	cop
104	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 saw	conj
105	of	of	ADP	_	107 foxes	case
106	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	107 foxes	amod
107	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	104 heaps	nmod
108	about	about	ADV	_	104 heaps	advmod
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	112 trust	punct
110	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	112 trust	nsubj
111	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	112 trust	aux
112	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 saw	conj
113	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	112 trust	obj
114	to	to	ADP	_	115 me	case
115	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	112 trust	obl
116	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	Grannonia			the first place			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	dash	past	Grannonia's hopes			this cruel way		to the ground	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to ground=Destination
3	have	past	Grannonia not said here	recourse				to flattery and cunning and weapons	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient
4	stand	present · perfect · passive		weapons		good stead		often property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme sex=Destination
5	call out speech: assert	participle	Grannonia not said here				after the fox		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	would	you					right property	tree rules
7	save	to-infinitive		your skin					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
8	not feel	past · do-support	I						vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
9	owe	past	I	much	you				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent much=Theme to you=Goal
10	be	past	other foxes in the world			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	know	present	you					grateful property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
12	feel	present	I		you				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to you=Experiencer
13	is a	present	Grannonia not said here	heaps				of other foxes; about property	tree rules
14	trust	can	you	yourself	me				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme to i=Recipient
15	hope		Grannonia						nom hope «feeling 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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