English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, sentence 16

He did so, and gave her many thanks, and said: “There is a thick thorny hedge before you, which you cannot get through, but take this wand in your hand, strike it three times, and say, 'Pray, hedge, let me come through,' and it will open immediately; then, a little further, you will find a well; sit down on the brink of it, and there will come up three golden heads, which will speak; and whatever they require, that do.”

Who acts: father, thick thorny hedge, you, me, hedge, three golden heads · What happens: do, give, say, be, not get through, take · To what, where: many thanks, lady, wand, hand, me, well · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Three Heads of the Well. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, thick thorny hedge, you, me), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	2 did	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thanks	amod
9	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 gave	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 is	punct
14	“	"	PUNCT	_	16 is	punct
15	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	16 is	expl
16	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 get	advcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 hedge	det
18	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hedge	amod
19	thorny	thorny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hedge	amod
20	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 is	nsubj
21	before	before	ADP	_	22 you	case
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 is	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 get	punct
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 get	obj
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	28 get	nsubj
26	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 get	aux
27	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 get	advmod
28	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	ccomp
29	through	through	ADV	_	28 get	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 take	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 take	cc
32	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 get	conj
33	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 wand	det
34	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 take	obj
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 hand	case
36	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 hand	nmod:poss
37	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 take	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 strike	punct
39	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 get	conj
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 strike	obj
41	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	42 times	nummod
42	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 strike	obl:unmarked
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 say	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 say	cc
45	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 Pray	punct
47	'	'	PUNCT	_	48 Pray	punct
48	Pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 say	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 hedge	punct
50	hedge	hedge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 say	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 let	punct
52	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	45 say	parataxis
53	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 let	obj
54	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 let	xcomp
55	through	through	ADV	_	54 come	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 open	punct
57	'	'	PUNCT	_	61 open	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 open	cc
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 open	nsubj
60	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 open	aux
61	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 say	parataxis
62	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	61 open	advmod
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 find	punct
64	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	68 further	advmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 then	punct
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 little	det
67	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 further	obl
68	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	72 find	advmod
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 further	punct
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	72 find	nsubj
71	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 find	aux
72	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 open	conj
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 well	det
74	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 find	obj
75	;	;	PUNCT	_	76 sit	punct
76	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 find	conj
77	down	down	ADP	_	76 sit	compound:prt
78	on	on	ADP	_	80 brink	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 brink	det
80	brink	brink	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 sit	obl
81	of	of	ADP	_	82 it	case
82	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 brink	nmod
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 come	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 come	cc
85	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	87 come	expl
86	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	87 come	aux
87	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 sit	conj
88	up	up	ADV	_	87 come	advmod
89	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	91 heads	nummod
90	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 heads	amod
91	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	87 come	obl
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 speak	punct
93	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	95 speak	nsubj
94	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	95 speak	aux
95	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	91 heads	acl:relcl
96	;	;	PUNCT	_	98 whatever	punct
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	98 whatever	cc
98	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 did	parataxis
99	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 require	nsubj
100	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	98 whatever	acl:relcl
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	103 do	punct
102	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	103 do	nsubj
103	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
104	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct
105	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	father						tree rules
2	give	past	father not said here	many thanks	lady				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient thanks=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	be in a quote	present	a thick thorny hedge			there	before you		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before you=Location
5	not get through in a quote	can	you					through property	vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
6	take in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	this wand		your hand			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wand=Value in hand=Location
7	strike in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	wand			time		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
8	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	pray in a quote	infinitive							vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
10	hedge in a quote	infinitive							tree rules
11	let in a quote	infinitive		me					tree rules
12	come through in a quote	infinitive	me not said here					through property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	open in a quote	future	hedge					immediately property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	find in a quote	future	you	a well				far property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent well=Topic
15	sit down in a quote	infinitive	you not said here			the brink of hedge			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brink=Location
16	come up in a quote	future	you not said here	three golden heads		there			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
17	speak speech: other in a quote	future	three golden heads						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
18	require in a quote	present	heads = head						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
19	do in a quote	present	that						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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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