The Green Fairy Book, Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature, sentence 18
In the night, when everyone else was sleeping, she got up and took three things from her treasures, a gold ring, a little gold spinning-wheel, and a gold reel; she put the sun, moon, and star dresses in a nut-shell, drew on the cloak of many skins, and made her face and hands black with soot.
Who acts: everyone, Princess, little gold, star dresses · What happens: sleep, get up, take, spin, put, draw · To what, where: three things, treasures, sun, cloak, face
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (everyone, Princess, little gold, star dresses), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 night | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 night | det |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 got | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sleeping | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 sleeping | advmod |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 sleeping | nsubj |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 everyone | advmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sleeping | aux |
| 9 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 night | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 night | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 got | nsubj |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | up | up | ADV | _ | 12 got | advmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 took | cc |
| 15 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 got | conj |
| 16 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 things | nummod |
| 17 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 took | obj |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 treasures | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 treasures | nmod:poss |
| 20 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 things | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 ring | punct |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 ring | det |
| 23 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 ring | compound |
| 24 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 treasures | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 gold | punct |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 gold | det |
| 27 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 gold | amod |
| 28 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 treasures | conj |
| 29 | spinning | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 gold | acl |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 wheel | punct |
| 31 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 spinning | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 reel | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 reel | cc |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 reel | det |
| 35 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 reel | compound |
| 36 | reel | reel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 took | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 put | punct |
| 38 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 put | nsubj |
| 39 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 got | parataxis |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 sun | det |
| 41 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 put | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 moon | punct |
| 43 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sun | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 drew | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 drew | cc |
| 46 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 dresses | compound |
| 47 | dresses | dress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 drew | nsubj |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 shell | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 shell | det |
| 50 | nut | nut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 shell | compound |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 nut | punct |
| 52 | shell | shell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 dresses | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 dresses | punct |
| 54 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 put | conj |
| 55 | on | on | ADP | _ | 57 cloak | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 cloak | det |
| 57 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 drew | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 skins | case |
| 59 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 skins | amod |
| 60 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 cloak | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 made | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 made | cc |
| 63 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 got | parataxis |
| 64 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 face | nmod:poss |
| 65 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 made | obj |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 hands | cc |
| 67 | hands | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 made | conj |
| 68 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 hands | xcomp |
| 69 | with | with | ADP | _ | 70 soot | case |
| 70 | soot | soot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 black | obl |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past · progressive | everyone | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get up | past | Princess | night | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | take | past | Princess not said here | three things | Princess's treasures and a gold ring and a little gold | a gold reel obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent thing=Theme from treasure=Initial_Location | ||
| 4 | spin | gerund | a little gold not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | put | past | Princess | the sun and moon | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sun=Goal | ||||
| 6 | draw | past | star dresses in a nut shell | the cloak of many skins | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on cloak=Destination | ||||
| 7 | make | past | Princess's face | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product | |||||
| 8 | hand | present | black property | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | treasure | Princess | nom treasure «possession transitive»: 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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