The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 44

Vivien, without losing his coolness, aimed a terrific blow at it with his sword, but no sooner did he touch the snake than it changed into a Giant and the Giant into a snake, with such rapidity that the Prince felt perfectly giddy, and this happened at least half-a-dozen times, until at last with a fortunate stroke he cut the serpent in halves, and picking up one morsel flung it with all his force at the nose of the Giant, who fell insensible on top of the lion, and in an instant a thick black cloud rolled up which hid them from view, and when it cleared away they had all disappeared.

Who acts: Vivien, snake, Prince, this, picking, force · What happens: lose, aim, touch, change, feel, happen · To what, where: coolness, terrific blow, blow, snake, such rapidity, half

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vivien, snake, Prince, this), 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	Vivien	Vivien	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 aimed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 losing	punct
3	without	without	SCONJ	_	4 losing	mark
4	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Vivien	acl
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coolness	nmod:poss
6	coolness	coolness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 losing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Vivien	punct
8	aimed	aim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 blow	det
10	terrific	terrific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blow	amod
11	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 aimed	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 aimed	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 sword	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 sword	nmod:poss
16	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 aimed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 touch	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 touch	cc
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 sooner	det
20	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	23 touch	advmod
21	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 touch	aux
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 touch	nsubj
23	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 aimed	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 snake	det
25	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 touch	obj
26	than	than	SCONJ	_	28 changed	mark
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 changed	nsubj
28	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 touch	advcl
29	into	into	ADP	_	31 Giant	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 Giant	det
31	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 changed	obl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 Giant	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Giant	det
34	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 changed	conj
35	into	into	ADP	_	37 snake	case
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 snake	det
37	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Giant	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 rapidity	punct
39	with	with	ADP	_	41 rapidity	case
40	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 rapidity	amod
41	rapidity	rapidity	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 touch	obl
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 felt	mark
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Prince	det
44	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 felt	nsubj
45	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 rapidity	acl
46	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	47 giddy	advmod
47	giddy	giddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 felt	xcomp
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 happened	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 happened	cc
50	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	51 happened	nsubj
51	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 aimed	parataxis
52	at	at	ADP	_	53 least	case
53	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	54 half	nmod
54	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	51 happened	obj
55	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 dozen	punct
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 dozen	det
57	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 dozen	punct
58	dozen	dozen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	59 times	nummod
59	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 happened	obl:unmarked
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 last	punct
61	until	until	ADP	_	63 last	case
62	at	at	ADP	_	63 last	case
63	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 happened	conj
64	with	with	ADP	_	67 stroke	case
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 stroke	det
66	fortunate	fortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 stroke	amod
67	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 last	obl
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 cut	nsubj
69	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 stroke	acl:relcl
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 serpent	det
71	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 cut	obj
72	in	in	ADP	_	73 halves	case
73	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 cut	obl
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 flung	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 flung	cc
76	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	80 flung	csubj
77	up	up	ADP	_	76 picking	compound:prt
78	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	79 morsel	nummod
79	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 picking	obj
80	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 aimed	conj
81	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 flung	obj
82	with	with	ADP	_	85 force	case
83	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	85 force	det:predet
84	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 force	nmod:poss
85	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 flung	obl
86	at	at	ADP	_	88 nose	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 nose	det
88	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 force	nmod
89	of	of	ADP	_	91 Giant	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 Giant	det
91	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 nose	nmod
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 fell	punct
93	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	94 fell	nsubj
94	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	85 force	acl:relcl
95	insensible	insensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 fell	xcomp
96	on	on	ADP	_	97 top	case
97	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 fell	obl
98	of	of	ADP	_	100 lion	case
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 lion	det
100	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 top	nmod
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	126 disappeared	punct
102	and	and	CCONJ	_	126 disappeared	cc
103	in	in	ADP	_	105 instant	case
104	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	105 instant	det
105	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	126 disappeared	obl
106	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	109 cloud	det
107	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	109 cloud	amod
108	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	109 cloud	amod
109	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	126 disappeared	nsubj
110	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	109 cloud	acl
111	up	up	ADP	_	110 rolled	compound:prt
112	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	113 hid	nsubj
113	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	109 cloud	acl:relcl
114	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 hid	obj
115	from	from	ADP	_	116 view	case
116	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 hid	obl
117	,	,	PUNCT	_	126 disappeared	punct
118	and	and	CCONJ	_	126 disappeared	cc
119	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	121 cleared	advmod
120	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	121 cleared	nsubj
121	cleared	clear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	126 disappeared	advcl
122	away	away	ADV	_	121 cleared	advmod
123	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	126 disappeared	nsubj
124	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	126 disappeared	aux
125	all	all	ADV	_	126 disappeared	advmod
126	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 aimed	conj
127	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 aimed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund	Vivien not said here	Vivien's coolness				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coolness=Eventuality
2	aim	past	Vivien	a terrific blow	blow		with Vivien's sword	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot blow=Theme
3	touch	past · do-support	Vivien	the snake			with such rapidity; soon property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent snake=Experiencer with rapidity=Instrument
4	change	past	snake				into a Giant result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into giant=Result
5	feel	past	the Prince	such rapidity not said here			giddy property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rapidity=Theme
6	happen	past	this	half	least	time		tree rules
7	cut	past	Prince	the serpent	halves			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Product
8	pick up	gerund		one morsel				vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morsel=Topic
9	fling	past	picking	serpent			with Prince's force at the nose of the Giant	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
10	fall	past	Prince's force at the nose of the Giant		top of the lion		insensible property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on top=Location
11	roll up	participle		a thick black cloud not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	hide	past	a thick black cloud	ships = ship	view			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Patient from view=Beneficiary
13	clear away	past	cloud				away property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
14	disappear	past · perfect	a thick black cloud		a instant		all property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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