The Green Fairy Book, Jack My Hedgehog, sentence 54

So when Jack my Hedgehog rode up the guards charged him with their bayonets, but he put spurs to his cock, flew up over the gate right to the King’s windows, let himself down on the sill, and called out that if he was not given what had been promised him, both the King and his daughter should pay for it with their lives.

Who acts: Jack, guards, King · What happens: ride up, charge, put, fly up, let down, call out · To what, where: Jack, spurs, gate, cock, sill

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jack My Hedgehog. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack, guards, King), 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	So	so	ADV	_	6 rode	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 rode	advmod
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 rode	nsubj
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 Hedgehog	nmod:poss
5	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Jack	appos
6	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 rode	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 charged	nsubj
10	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rode	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 charged	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 bayonets	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 bayonets	nmod:poss
14	bayonets	bayonet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 charged	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 put	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 put	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 put	nsubj
18	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rode	conj
19	spurs	spur	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 put	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 cock	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 cock	nmod:poss
22	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 put	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 flew	punct
24	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rode	parataxis
25	up	up	ADP	_	24 flew	compound:prt
26	over	over	ADP	_	28 gate	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 gate	det
28	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 flew	obl
29	right	right	ADV	_	34 windows	advmod
30	to	to	ADP	_	34 windows	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 King	det
32	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 windows	nmod:poss
33	’s	's	PART	_	32 King	case
34	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 flew	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 let	punct
36	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 flew	conj
37	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	36 let	obj
38	down	down	ADP	_	36 let	compound:prt
39	on	on	ADP	_	41 sill	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 sill	det
41	sill	sill	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 let	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 called	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 called	cc
44	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rode	parataxis
45	out	out	ADP	_	44 called	compound:prt
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 given	mark
47	if	if	SCONJ	_	51 given	mark
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 given	nsubj:pass
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 given	aux:pass
50	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	51 given	advmod
51	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 called	advcl
52	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	55 promised	obj
53	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 promised	aux
54	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	55 promised	aux:pass
55	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	51 given	advcl
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 promised	iobj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 King	punct
58	both	both	CCONJ	_	60 King	cc:preconj
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 King	det
60	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 pay	nsubj
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 daughter	cc
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 daughter	nmod:poss
63	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 King	conj
64	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 pay	aux
65	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 called	parataxis
66	for	for	ADP	_	67 it	case
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 pay	obl
68	with	with	ADP	_	70 lives	case
69	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 lives	nmod:poss
70	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 pay	obl
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 rode	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	ride up	past	Jack					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	charge	past	the guards		Jack		with guards's bayonets	vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with bayonet=Theme
3	put	past	Jack	spurs			to Jack's cock	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent spur=Goal
4	fly up	past				the gate	to the King's windows	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over gate=Location
5	let down	infinitive		cock		the sill		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on sill=Asset
6	call out speech: assert	participle						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	not give a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		cock				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
8	promise speech: promise	past · perfect · passive			cock			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: he=Goal what=Theme
9	pay	should	the King and cock's daughter				for sill; with guards's lives	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

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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