The Green Fairy Book, Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature, sentence 81
When the King found the reel at the bottom, he had the Many-furred Creature brought to him, and then he saw the white finger, and the ring which he had put on her hand in the dance.
Who acts: King, furred Creature · What happens: find, have, fur, bring, see, put · To what, where: reel, bottom, King, white finger, ring, hand
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 (King, furred Creature), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 found | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 had | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 reel | det |
| 6 | reel | reel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 bottom | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bottom | det |
| 9 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Creature | det |
| 14 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 furred | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Many | punct |
| 16 | furred | fur | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 Creature | amod |
| 17 | Creature | Creature | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 brought | nsubj |
| 18 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 had | ccomp |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 brought | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 saw | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 saw | cc |
| 23 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 saw | advmod |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 saw | nsubj |
| 25 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 had | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 finger | det |
| 27 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 finger | amod |
| 28 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 saw | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 ring | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 ring | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 ring | det |
| 32 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 saw | obl |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 put | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 put | nsubj |
| 35 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 put | aux |
| 36 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 ring | acl:relcl |
| 37 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 hand | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 hand | nmod:poss |
| 39 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 put | obl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 dance | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 dance | det |
| 42 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 put | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | the King | the reel | the bottom | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent reel=Theme at bottom=Asset | |||
| 2 | have | past | King | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | fur | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | bring | past | the furred Creature | King | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to he=Destination | ||||
| 5 | see | past | King | the white finger | then | the ring obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus | ||
| 6 | put | past · perfect · passive | the ring | Creature's hand | in the dance | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on hand=Destination |
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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