The Green Fairy Book, The Twelve Huntsmen, sentence 46
Then he saw the ring which he had given to his first love, and as he gazed into her face he knew her again, and his heart was so touched that he kissed her, and as she opened her eyes, he cried: ‘I am thine and thou art mine, and no power on earth can alter that.’
Who acts: King, love, power · What happens: see, give, gaze, know, touch, kiss · To what, where: ring, first love, love, heart, eyes, that
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Twelve Huntsmen. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, love, power), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 saw | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ring | det |
| 5 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 given | nsubj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 given | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 given | aux |
| 9 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ring | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 love | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 love | nmod:poss |
| 12 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 love | amod |
| 13 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 given | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 knew | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 knew | cc |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 gazed | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 gazed | nsubj |
| 18 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 knew | advcl |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 21 face | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 face | nmod:poss |
| 21 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gazed | obl |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 knew | nsubj |
| 23 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 knew | obj |
| 25 | again | again | ADV | _ | 23 knew | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 touched | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 touched | cc |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 heart | nmod:poss |
| 29 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 touched | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 touched | aux:pass |
| 31 | so | so | ADV | _ | 32 touched | advmod |
| 32 | touched | touch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 saw | conj |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 kissed | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 kissed | nsubj |
| 35 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 touched | advcl |
| 36 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 kissed | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 cried | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 cried | cc |
| 39 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 opened | mark |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 opened | nsubj |
| 41 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 cried | advcl |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 43 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 opened | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 opened | punct |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 cried | nsubj |
| 46 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | parataxis |
| 47 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 51 thine | punct |
| 48 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 thine | punct |
| 49 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 thine | nsubj |
| 50 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 thine | aux |
| 51 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 46 cried | conj |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 art | cc |
| 53 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 54 art | nsubj |
| 54 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 cried | conj |
| 55 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 art | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 alter | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 alter | cc |
| 58 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 59 power | det |
| 59 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 alter | nsubj |
| 60 | on | on | ADP | _ | 61 earth | case |
| 61 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 power | nmod |
| 62 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 alter | aux |
| 63 | alter | alter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 saw | conj |
| 64 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 63 alter | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 saw | punct |
| 66 | ’ | ' | SYM | _ | 3 saw | discourse |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | King | the ring | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | give | past · perfect · passive | the ring | King's first love | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to love=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | gaze | past | King | into love's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=Theme | ||||
| 4 | know | past | King | love | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | touch | past · passive | King's heart | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | |||||
| 6 | kiss | past | King | love | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | open | past | love | love's eyes | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | ||||
| 8 | cry speech: express | past | King | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | alter | can | no power on earth | that | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient | ||||
| 10 | love | King | nom love «feeling 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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