The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 3, sentence 18

All night long she called, and waited, and listened, but still there was no answer, for the cruel Queen had caused the fir tree to be hung all over with knives, swords, razors, shears, bill-hooks, and sickles, so that when the Blue Bird heard the Princess call, and flew towards her, his wings were cut, and his little black feet clipped off, and all pierced and stabbed in twenty places, he fell back bleeding into his hiding place in the tree, and lay there groaning and despairing, for he thought the Princess must have been persuaded to betray him, to regain her liberty.

Who acts: Bird, answer, cruel Queen, Blue Bird, Princess · What happens: call, wait, listen, be, cause, hang · To what, where: fir tree, Princess call, wings, little black feet, all, twenty places · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bird, answer, cruel Queen, Blue Bird), 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	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 night	det
2	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 long	obl:unmarked
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 called	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	nsubj
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waited	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 waited	cc
8	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 called	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 listened	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 listened	cc
11	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 waited	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 was	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 was	cc
14	still	still	ADV	_	16 was	advmod
15	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	16 was	expl
16	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 called	conj
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 answer	det
18	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 was	nsubj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 caused	punct
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	25 caused	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Queen	det
22	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 Queen	amod
23	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 caused	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 caused	aux
25	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 called	parataxis
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 tree	det
27	fir	fir	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 tree	compound
28	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 caused	obj
29	to	to	PART	_	31 hung	mark
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	31 hung	aux:pass
31	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 tree	acl
32	all	all	ADV	_	33 over	advmod
33	over	over	ADV	_	31 hung	advmod
34	with	with	ADP	_	35 knives	case
35	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 hung	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 swords	punct
37	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 knives	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 razors	punct
39	razors	razor	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 knives	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 shears	punct
41	shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 knives	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 hooks	punct
43	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 hooks	compound
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 bill	punct
45	hooks	hook	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 shears	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 sickles	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 sickles	cc
48	sickles	sickle	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 caused	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 heard	punct
50	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	56 heard	mark
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	50 so	fixed
52	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	56 heard	advmod
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Bird	det
54	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 Bird	amod
55	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 heard	nsubj
56	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 caused	conj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 call	det
58	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 call	compound
59	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 heard	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 flew	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 flew	cc
62	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 heard	parataxis
63	towards	towards	ADP	_	64 her	case
64	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 flew	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 cut	punct
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 wings	nmod:poss
67	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 cut	nsubj:pass
68	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 cut	aux:pass
69	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 flew	conj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 clipped	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 clipped	cc
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 feet	nmod:poss
73	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 feet	amod
74	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 feet	amod
75	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 clipped	nsubj:pass
76	clipped	clip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	69 cut	conj
77	off	off	ADP	_	76 clipped	compound:prt
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 pierced	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 pierced	cc
80	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	81 pierced	nsubj:pass
81	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 heard	parataxis
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 stabbed	cc
83	stabbed	stab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	81 pierced	conj
84	in	in	ADP	_	86 places	case
85	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	86 places	nummod
86	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 stabbed	obl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 fell	punct
88	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 fell	nsubj
89	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 pierced	conj
90	back	back	ADV	_	89 fell	advmod
91	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	89 fell	xcomp
92	into	into	ADP	_	95 place	case
93	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	95 place	nmod:poss
94	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 place	compound
95	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 bleeding	obl
96	in	in	ADP	_	98 tree	case
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 tree	det
98	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 place	nmod
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 lay	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 lay	cc
101	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	89 fell	advcl
102	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	101 lay	advmod
103	groaning	groan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	101 lay	xcomp
104	and	and	CCONJ	_	105 despairing	cc
105	despairing	despair	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	103 groaning	conj
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 thought	punct
107	for	for	SCONJ	_	109 thought	mark
108	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	109 thought	nsubj
109	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	103 groaning	advcl
110	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 Princess	det
111	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	115 persuaded	nsubj:pass
112	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	115 persuaded	aux
113	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	115 persuaded	aux
114	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	115 persuaded	aux:pass
115	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	109 thought	ccomp
116	to	to	PART	_	117 betray	mark
117	betray	betray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	115 persuaded	xcomp
118	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	117 betray	obj
119	,	,	PUNCT	_	121 regain	punct
120	to	to	PART	_	121 regain	mark
121	regain	regain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	117 betray	conj
122	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	123 liberty	nmod:poss
123	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	121 regain	obj
124	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	Bird				long property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	past	Bird not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	listen	past	Bird not said here					vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	be	past	no answer		there	still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	cause	past · perfect	the cruel Queen	the fir tree			sickles obl	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tree=Patient
6	hang	to-infinitive · passive	the cruel Queen not said here	the fir tree not said here			with knives and swords and razors and shears and bill hooks; over property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»
7	hear	past	the Blue Bird	the Princess call				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus
8	fly	past					towards Bird	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards she=Destination
9	cut	past · passive		answer's wings				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
10	clip off	participle · passive		answer's little black feet				vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
11	pierce	participle · passive		all				vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
12	stab	participle			twenty places			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location
13	fall back	past	answer					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
14	bleed	gerund	answer not said here		answer's hiding place in the tree			vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into place=Location
15	lay	infinitive	answer not said here		there			tree rules
16	groan	gerund	answer not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
17	despair	gerund	answer not said here					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
18	think speech: other	past	answer					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
19	persuade	must · perfect · passive		the Princess				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
20	betray	to-infinitive	the Princess not said here	answer				tree rules
21	regain	to-infinitive	the Princess not said here	Bird's liberty				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=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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