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The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 5

It happened one day that the Fairy of the Meadows passed by and saw them, and was so much attracted by their pretty faces and gentle manners that she took them under her protection, and the older they grew the dearer they became to her.

Who acts: It, Fairy, pretty faces, Sylvain · What happens: happen, pass by, see, attract, take, grow · To what, where: Sylvain, protection, Fairy

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 (It, Fairy, pretty faces, Sylvain), 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

nsubjnummodobl:unmarkedmarkdetnsubjcasedetnmodparataxisadvmodccconjobjpunctccaux:passadvmodadvmodparataxiscasenmod:possamodoblccamodconjmarknsubjadvclobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccdetadvmodnsubjconjdetxcompnsubjparataxiscaseoblpunctrootItPRONhappenedVERBoneNUMdayNOUNthatSCONJtheDETFairyPROPNofADPtheDETMeadowsNOUNpassedVERBbyADPandCCONJsawVERBthemPRON,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXsoADVmuchADVattractedVERBbyADPtheirPRONprettyADJfacesNOUNandCCONJgentleADJmannersNOUNthatSCONJshePRONtookVERBthemPRONunderADPherPRONprotectionNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETolderADJtheyPRONgrewVERBtheDETdearerADJtheyPRONbecameVERBtoADPherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 happenednsubj
2happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 daynummod
4daydayNOUNNumber=Sing2 happenedobl:unmarked
5thatthatSCONJ_11 passedmark
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Fairydet
7FairyFairyPROPNNumber=Sing11 passednsubj
8ofofADP_10 Meadowscase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 Meadowsdet
10MeadowsmeadowNOUNNumber=Plur7 Fairynmod
11passedpassVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 happenedparataxis
12bybyADP_11 passedadvmod
13andandCCONJ_14 sawcc
14sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 passedconj
15themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs14 sawobj
16,,PUNCT_21 attractedpunct
17andandCCONJ_21 attractedcc
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 attractedaux:pass
19sosoADV_20 muchadvmod
20muchmuchADV_21 attractedadvmod
21attractedattractVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 happenedparataxis
22bybyADP_25 facescase
23theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 facesnmod:poss
24prettyprettyADJDegree=Pos25 facesamod
25facesfaceNOUNNumber=Plur21 attractedobl
26andandCCONJ_28 mannerscc
27gentlegentleADJDegree=Pos28 mannersamod
28mannersmannersNOUNNumber=Ptan25 facesconj
29thatthatSCONJ_31 tookmark
30sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 tooknsubj
31tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 attractedadvcl
32themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs31 tookobj
33underunderADP_35 protectioncase
34herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 protectionnmod:poss
35protectionprotectionNOUNNumber=Sing31 tookobl
36,,PUNCT_41 grewpunct
37andandCCONJ_41 grewcc
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 olderdet
39olderoldADJDegree=Cmp41 grewadvmod
40theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs41 grewnsubj
41grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 tookconj
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 dearerdet
43dearerdearADJDegree=Cmp41 grewxcomp
44theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs45 becamensubj
45becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 dearerparataxis
46totoADP_47 hercase
47hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 becameobl
48..PUNCT_2 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastItdayvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2pass bypastthe Fairy of the Meadowsvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3seepastthe Fairy of the Meadows not said hereSylvainvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
4attractpast · passiveSylvain's pretty faces and gentle mannersvn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5takepastFairySylvainFairy's protectionvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
6growpastSylvaindear propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7becomepastSylvainFairyvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
8protectFairynom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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