The Green Fairy Book, The Three Snake-leaves, sentence 38
Some time afterwards, when he wanted to take a journey over the sea to his old father, and they were on board the ship, she forgot the great love and faithfulness he had shown her and how he had saved her from death, and fell in love with the captain.
Who acts: love, leaves, change · What happens: want, take, be, forget, show, save · To what, where: journey, old father, sea, ship, great love, change
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Snake-leaves. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (love, leaves, change), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wanted | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 2 time | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 time | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 wanted | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 take | mark |
| 9 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 journey | det |
| 11 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obj |
| 12 | over | over | ADP | _ | 14 sea | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sea | det |
| 14 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 father | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 father | nmod:poss |
| 17 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 father | amod |
| 18 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 ship | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 ship | cc |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 ship | nsubj |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 ship | cop |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 ship | case |
| 24 | board | board | ADP | _ | 26 ship | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ship | det |
| 26 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wanted | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 forgot | punct |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 forgot | nsubj |
| 29 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wanted | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 love | det |
| 31 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 love | amod |
| 32 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 forgot | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 faithfulness | cc |
| 34 | faithfulness | faithfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 love | conj |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 shown | nsubj |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 shown | aux |
| 37 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 forgot | conj |
| 38 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 shown | obj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 saved | cc |
| 40 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 saved | advmod |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 saved | nsubj |
| 42 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 saved | aux |
| 43 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 shown | conj |
| 44 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 saved | obj |
| 45 | from | from | ADP | _ | 46 death | case |
| 46 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 saved | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 fell | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 fell | cc |
| 49 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wanted | conj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 love | case |
| 51 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 fell | obl |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 captain | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 captain | det |
| 54 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 fell | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wanted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | love | time | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | love not said here | a journey | love's old father | the sea | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent journey=Theme to father=Destination | ||
| 3 | is | past | leaves = leaf | the ship | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | forget | past | change | the great love and faithfulness | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | show | past · perfect | love | change | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | save | past · perfect | love | change | death | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from death=Source | |||
| 7 | fall | past | love not said here | love | with the captain | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |
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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