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The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 73

When they reached the country ruled over by the Emperor with the golden horse, the Prince jumped down, and, helping the mermaid to alight, he led her before the Emperor.

Who acts: princes, Prince, emperor · What happens: reach, rule over, jump down, help, lead · To what, where: country, mermaid

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 (princes, Prince, emperor), 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

marknsubjadvcldetobjacladvmodcasedetoblcasedetamodoblpunctdetnsubjcompound:prtpunctccpunctadvcldetobjcaseoblpunctnsubjconjobjcasedetoblpunctrootWhenSCONJtheyPRONreachedVERBtheDETcountryNOUNruledVERBoverADVbyADPtheDETEmperorPROPNwithADPtheDETgoldenADJhorseNOUN,PUNCTtheDETPrincePROPNjumpedVERBdownADP,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCThelpingVERBtheDETmermaidNOUNtoADPalightADJ,PUNCThePRONledVERBherPRONbeforeADPtheDETEmperorPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_3 reachedmark
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 reachednsubj
3reachedreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 jumpedadvcl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 countrydet
5countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing3 reachedobj
6ruledruleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 countryacl
7overoverADV_6 ruledadvmod
8bybyADP_10 Emperorcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 Emperordet
10EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing6 ruledobl
11withwithADP_14 horsecase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 horsedet
13goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos14 horseamod
14horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing3 reachedobl
15,,PUNCT_3 reachedpunct
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 Princedet
17PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing18 jumpednsubj
18jumpedjumpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
19downdownADP_18 jumpedcompound:prt
20,,PUNCT_23 helpingpunct
21andandCCONJ_23 helpingcc
22,,PUNCT_23 helpingpunct
23helpinghelpVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part18 jumpedadvcl
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 mermaiddet
25mermaidmermaidNOUNNumber=Sing23 helpingobj
26totoADP_27 alightcase
27alightalightADJDegree=Pos23 helpingobl
28,,PUNCT_30 ledpunct
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 lednsubj
30ledleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 jumpedconj
31hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 ledobj
32beforebeforeADP_34 Emperorcase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 Emperordet
34EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing30 ledobl
35..PUNCT_18 jumpedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reachpastprinces = princethe countrywith the golden horsevn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent country=Theme
2rule overparticiplethe country not said hereby the Emperor; over propertyvn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3jump downpastthe Princevn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4helpgerundthe Prince not said herethe mermaidto alightvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Beneficiary
5leadpastemperormermaidbefore the Emperorvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme before emperor=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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