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The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 71

Then the Prince seized her in his arms, and kissing her tenderly on the cheeks and lips, he told her she was his for ever; at the same moment the boat turned into a wolf again, which so terrified the mermaid that she clung to the Prince for protection.

Who acts: Prince, mortal, mermaid, boat · What happens: seize, kiss, tell, be, turn, terrify · To what, where: mermaid, arms, cheeks, emperor, wolf · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Mermaid. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, mortal, mermaid, boat), 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

advmoddetnsubjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvclnmod:possxcompcasedetoblccconjpunctnsubjconjiobjnsubjcopccompcaseoblpunctcasedetamodobldetnsubjconjcasedetobladvmodpunctnsubjadvmodconjdetobjmarknsubjadvclcasedetoblcaseoblpunctrootThenADVtheDETPrincePROPNseizedVERBherPRONinADPhisPRONarmsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJkissingVERBherPRONtenderlyADJonADPtheDETcheeksNOUNandCCONJlipsNOUN,PUNCThePRONtoldVERBherPRONshePRONwasAUXhisPRONforADPeverADV;PUNCTatADPtheDETsameADJmomentNOUNtheDETboatNOUNturnedVERBintoADPaDETwolfNOUNagainADV,PUNCTwhichPRONsoADVterrifiedVERBtheDETmermaidNOUNthatSCONJshePRONclungVERBtoADPtheDETPrincePROPNforADPprotectionNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem4 seizedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Princedet
3PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing4 seizednsubj
4seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 seizedobj
6ininADP_8 armscase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 armsnmod:poss
8armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur4 seizedobl
9,,PUNCT_11 kissingpunct
10andandCCONJ_11 kissingcc
11kissingkissVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 seizedadvcl
12herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 tenderlynmod:poss
13tenderlytenderlyADJDegree=Pos11 kissingxcomp
14ononADP_16 cheekscase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 cheeksdet
16cheekscheekNOUNNumber=Plur11 kissingobl
17andandCCONJ_18 lipscc
18lipslipNOUNNumber=Plur16 cheeksconj
19,,PUNCT_21 toldpunct
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 toldnsubj
21toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 seizedconj
22hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 toldiobj
23sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 hisnsubj
24wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 hiscop
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 toldccomp
26forforADP_27 evercase
27evereverADVPronType=Ind21 toldobl
28;;PUNCT_35 turnedpunct
29atatADP_32 momentcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 momentdet
31samesameADJDegree=Pos32 momentamod
32momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing35 turnedobl
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 boatdet
34boatboatNOUNNumber=Sing35 turnednsubj
35turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 seizedconj
36intointoADP_38 wolfcase
37aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 wolfdet
38wolfwolfNOUNNumber=Sing35 turnedobl
39againagainADV_35 turnedadvmod
40,,PUNCT_43 terrifiedpunct
41whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel43 terrifiednsubj
42sosoADV_43 terrifiedadvmod
43terrifiedterrifyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 turnedconj
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 mermaiddet
45mermaidmermaidNOUNNumber=Sing43 terrifiedobj
46thatthatSCONJ_48 clungmark
47sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 clungnsubj
48clungclingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 terrifiedadvcl
49totoADP_51 Princecase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 Princedet
51PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing48 clungobl
52forforADP_53 protectioncase
53protectionprotectionNOUNNumber=Sing48 clungobl
54..PUNCT_4 seizedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seizepastthe Princemermaidmortal's armsthenvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2kissgerundthe Prince not said herethe cheeks and lipstenderly propertyvn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3tell speech: assertpastmortalmermaidvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
4is apastmermaidemperortree rules
5turnpastthe boata wolfagain; momentvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wolf=Trajectory
6terrifypastthe mermaidvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mermaid=Experiencer
7clingpastmermaidto the Prince; for protectionvn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to prince=Co-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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