The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 46

And he was not mistaken, for when Badi-al-Zaman took the lovely prisoner into his own hands, he saw written under its right wing the words, ‘He who eats my head will become a king,’ and under its left wing, ‘He who eats my heart will find a hundred gold pieces under his pillow every morning.’

Who acts: Fowler, Badi, head · What happens: not be, take, see, write, eat, become · To what, where: lovely prisoner, own hands, right wing, king, heart, left wing

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Sylvain and Jocosa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fowler, Badi, head), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 mistaken	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mistaken	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mistaken	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 mistaken	advmod
5	mistaken	mistaken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mistaken	punct
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 took	mark
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 took	advmod
9	Badi	Badi	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 took	nsubj
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 al	punct
11	al	Al	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Badi	flat
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Zaman	punct
13	Zaman	Zaman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Badi	flat
14	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mistaken	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prisoner	det
16	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 prisoner	amod
17	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 took	obj
18	into	into	ADP	_	21 hands	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hands	nmod:poss
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 hands	amod
21	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 took	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 saw	punct
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 saw	nsubj
24	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mistaken	conj
25	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 saw	xcomp
26	under	under	ADP	_	29 wing	case
27	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 wing	nmod:poss
28	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 wing	amod
29	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 written	obl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 words	det
31	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 wing	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 eats	punct
33	‘	'	PUNCT	_	36 eats	punct
34	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 eats	nsubj
35	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 eats	nsubj
36	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 saw	parataxis
37	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 head	nmod:poss
38	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 become	nsubj
39	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 become	aux
40	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 eats	ccomp
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 king	det
42	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 become	xcomp
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 become	punct
44	’	'	PUNCT	_	40 become	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 eats	cc
46	under	under	ADP	_	49 wing	case
47	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 wing	nmod:poss
48	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 wing	amod
49	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 eats	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 wing	punct
51	‘	'	PUNCT	_	49 wing	punct
52	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 eats	nsubj
53	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 eats	nsubj
54	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 eats	conj
55	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 heart	nmod:poss
56	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 eats	obj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 find	aux
58	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 eats	ccomp
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 hundred	det
60	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	62 pieces	nummod
61	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 pieces	compound
62	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 find	obj
63	under	under	ADP	_	65 pillow	case
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 pillow	nmod:poss
65	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 pieces	nmod
66	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	67 morning	det
67	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 find	obl:unmarked
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mistaken	punct
69	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 mistaken	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	Fowler				mistaken property	tree rules
2	take	past	Badi	the lovely prisoner	Fowler's own hands			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prisoner=Theme into hand=Destination
3	see	past	Badi					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	write	participle	Badi not said here		hand's right wing and the words			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	eat	present	Badi					tree rules
6	become	future	my head	a king				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
7	eat	present	Badi	my heart	head's left wing			tree rules
8	find	future	Badi not said here	hundred gold pieces	Fowler's pillow	morning		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic

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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