The Green Fairy Book, The Three Musicians, sentence 32
Notwithstanding the warning of his companions, the third musician, who played the flute, was still determined to try his luck, and, full of courage and daring, he set out, resolved, if possible, to find and secure the hidden treasure.
Who acts: third musician, fiddler · What happens: notwithstand, play, be, try, set out, resolve · To what, where: warning, flute, luck, hidden treasure, companions
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Musicians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (third musician, fiddler), 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 | Notwithstanding | notwithstand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 determined | advcl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 warning | det |
| 3 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Notwithstanding | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 companions | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 companions | nmod:poss |
| 6 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 warning | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 musician | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 musician | det |
| 9 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 musician | amod |
| 10 | musician | musician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 companions | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 played | punct |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 played | nsubj |
| 13 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 musician | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 flute | det |
| 15 | flute | flute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 played | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Notwithstanding | punct |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 determined | cop |
| 18 | still | still | ADV | _ | 19 determined | advmod |
| 19 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 try | mark |
| 21 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 determined | csubj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 luck | nmod:poss |
| 23 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 try | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 full | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 full | cc |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 full | punct |
| 27 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 determined | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 courage | case |
| 29 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 full | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 daring | cc |
| 31 | daring | daring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 courage | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 set | punct |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 set | nsubj |
| 34 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 determined | conj |
| 35 | out | out | ADP | _ | 34 set | compound:prt |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 resolved | punct |
| 37 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 set | parataxis |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 possible | punct |
| 39 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 40 possible | mark |
| 40 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 resolved | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 find | punct |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 find | mark |
| 43 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 set | conj |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 secure | cc |
| 45 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 find | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 treasure | det |
| 47 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 treasure | amod |
| 48 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 secure | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 determined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notwithstand | gerund | the warning of fiddler's companions | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | play | past | the third musician | the flute | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | still | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | try | to-infinitive | fiddler's luck | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | be | of courage and daring | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | set out | past | fiddler | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | resolve | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | find | to-infinitive | fiddler not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | secure | infinitive | fiddler not said here | the hidden treasure | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition treasure=Theme | ||||
| 10 | warn | fiddler's companions | nom warning «communication 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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