The Green Fairy Book, Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes, sentence 1

There was once a woman who had three daughters, of whom the eldest was called Little One-eye, because she had only one eye in the middle of her forehead; and the second, Little Two-eyes, because she had two eyes like other people; and the youngest, Little Three-eyes, because she had three eyes, and _her_ third eye was also in the middle of her forehead.

Who acts: woman, third eye · What happens: be, have, call, _ · To what, where: second Little Two eyes, three daughters, eldest, one eye, middle, two eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, third eye), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 had	advcl
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 was	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 woman	det
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 woman	acl:relcl
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 daughters	nummod
9	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 whom	punct
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 whom	case
12	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 was	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 eldest	det
14	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 called	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 called	aux:pass
16	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 whom	acl:relcl
17	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 eye	amod
18	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 eye	nummod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 One	punct
20	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 called	xcomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct
22	because	because	SCONJ	_	24 had	mark
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 had	nsubj
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 called	conj
25	only	only	ADV	_	26 one	advmod
26	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 eye	nummod
27	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 had	obj
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 middle	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 middle	det
30	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 had	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 forehead	case
32	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 forehead	nmod:poss
33	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 middle	nmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 eyes	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 eyes	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 eyes	det
37	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	42 eyes	amod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 eyes	punct
39	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 eyes	amod
40	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	42 eyes	nummod
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 Two	punct
42	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 was	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 had	punct
44	because	because	SCONJ	_	46 had	mark
45	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 had	nsubj
46	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
47	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 eyes	nummod
48	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 had	obj
49	like	like	ADP	_	51 people	case
50	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 people	amod
51	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 eyes	nmod
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 eyes	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 youngest	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 youngest	det
55	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	60 eyes	amod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 youngest	punct
57	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 Three	amod
58	Three	Three	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 eyes	compound
59	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 Three	punct
60	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 was	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 had	punct
62	because	because	SCONJ	_	64 had	mark
63	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 had	nsubj
64	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
65	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	66 eyes	nummod
66	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 had	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 _	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 _	cc
69	_	_	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 had	conj
70	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 _	obj
71	_	_	PUNCT	_	78 middle	punct
72	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	73 eye	amod
73	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 middle	nsubj
74	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 middle	cop
75	also	also	ADV	_	78 middle	advmod
76	in	in	ADP	_	78 middle	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 middle	det
78	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 _	obl
79	of	of	ADP	_	81 forehead	case
80	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 forehead	nmod:poss
81	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 middle	nmod
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	64 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	a woman	the second Little Two eyes	there	youngest Three eyes obl; once property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	a woman	three daughters			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
3	call	past · passive		the eldest			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
4	have	past	woman	one eye	the middle of woman's forehead		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
5	have	past	woman	two eyes		like other people	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
6	have	past	woman	three eyes			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
7	_	past	woman not said here	woman			tree rules
8	is	past	third eye		the middle	of woman's forehead	tree rules

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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