The Green Fairy Book, The Golden Mermaid, sentence 75
When the Emperor heard from the Prince how he had gained possession of his fair prize, he at once recognized that he had been helped by some magic art, and on the spot gave up all claim to the beautiful mermaid.
Who acts: Emperor, magic art · What happens: hear, gain, recognize, help, give up, possess · To what, where: possession, emperor, claim, beautiful mermaid, spot, fair prize · 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 (Emperor, magic art), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Emperor | det |
| 3 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 recognized | advcl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Prince | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Prince | det |
| 7 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | obl |
| 8 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 gained | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 gained | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 gained | aux |
| 11 | gained | gain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 heard | ccomp |
| 12 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gained | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 prize | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 prize | nmod:poss |
| 15 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 prize | amod |
| 16 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 possession | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 recognized | nsubj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 he | conj |
| 20 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 21 recognized | advmod |
| 21 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 helped | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 helped | nsubj |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 helped | aux |
| 25 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 helped | aux:pass |
| 26 | helped | help | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 recognized | advcl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 art | case |
| 28 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 30 art | det |
| 29 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 art | amod |
| 30 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 helped | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 gave | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 gave | cc |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 spot | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 spot | det |
| 35 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 gave | obl |
| 36 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 recognized | conj |
| 37 | up | up | ADP | _ | 36 gave | compound:prt |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 claim | det |
| 39 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 gave | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 mermaid | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 mermaid | det |
| 42 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 mermaid | amod |
| 43 | mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 gave | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 recognized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the Emperor | from the Prince | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source how S»: agent=Agent from prince=Source clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | gain | past · perfect | emperor | possession of emperor's fair prize | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | ||||
| 3 | recognize | past | emperor | once property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | help | past · perfect · passive | some magic art | emperor | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | give up | past | emperor not said here | all claim | the beautiful mermaid | the spot | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to mermaid=Recipient | ||
| 6 | possess | emperor's fair prize | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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