The Velveteen Rabbit, Opening, sentence 21
The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn't know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.
Who acts: Rabbit, real rabbits, sawdust · What happens: not claim, be, not know, exist, think, stuff · To what, where: model, TOYS, modern circles · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Velveteen Rabbit» by Margery Williams Bianco, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rabbit, real rabbits, sawdust), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rabbit | det |
| 2 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 claim | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 claim | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 claim | advmod |
| 5 | claim | claim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 model | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 model | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 model | det |
| 9 | model | model | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 claim | ccomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 anything | case |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 model | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 know | punct |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 know | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 know | nsubj |
| 15 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 know | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 know | advmod |
| 17 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 claim | parataxis |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 existed | mark |
| 19 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 rabbits | amod |
| 20 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 existed | nsubj |
| 21 | existed | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 know | ccomp |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 thought | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 thought | nsubj |
| 24 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 claim | parataxis |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 stuffed | nsubj |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 stuffed | aux:pass |
| 27 | all | all | ADV | _ | 28 stuffed | advmod |
| 28 | stuffed | stuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 thought | ccomp |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 sawdust | case |
| 30 | sawdust | sawdust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stuffed | obl |
| 31 | like | like | ADP | _ | 32 himself | case |
| 32 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 28 stuffed | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 understood | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 understood | cc |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 understood | nsubj |
| 36 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 thought | conj |
| 37 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 sawdust | det |
| 38 | sawdust | sawdust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 date | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 date | cop |
| 40 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 41 out | advmod |
| 41 | out | out | ADV | _ | 45 date | advmod |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 out | punct |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 date | case |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 of | punct |
| 45 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 understood | ccomp |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 mentioned | cc |
| 47 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 mentioned | aux |
| 48 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 50 mentioned | advmod |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 mentioned | aux:pass |
| 50 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 thought | conj |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 circles | case |
| 52 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 circles | amod |
| 53 | circles | circle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 mentioned | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 claim | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not claim speech: other | could | the Rabbit | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | a model | of anything | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not know | past · do-support | Rabbit | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | exist | past | real rabbits | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | think speech: other | past | Rabbit | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | stuff | past · passive | TOYS = toy | with sawdust; like Rabbit; all property | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with sawdust=Theme | ||||
| 7 | understand | past | Rabbit | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | is | past | that sawdust | of date; out property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | not mention speech: other | should · passive | Rabbit not said here | modern circles | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |
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 Velveteen Rabbit» by Margery Williams Bianco, Project Gutenberg book 11757 (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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