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More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 1, sentence 11

Not to mention that, Mamma must needs sit up, and keep watch and ward over baby's cradle, or there'd have been a big ugly rat running across the poor little fellow's face, and doing who knows what mischief.

Who acts: you, Mamma, big ugly rat · What happens: not mention, need, sit up, keep, ward, have · To what, where: that, watch, cradle, big ugly rat, face

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Mamma, big ugly rat), 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

advmodfixedobjpunctnsubjauxparataxisxcompcompound:prtpunctccparataxisobjccconjcasenmod:posscaseoblpunctccexplauxconjcopdetamodamodobjaclcasedetamodamodnmod:posscaseoblpunctccparataxisnsubjccompnsubjobjpunctrootNotPARTtoPARTmentionVERBthatPRON,PUNCTMammaPROPNmustAUXneedsVERBsitVERBupADP,PUNCTandCCONJkeepVERBwatchNOUNandCCONJwardVERBoverADPbabyNOUN'sPARTcradleNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJtherePRON'dAUXhaveVERBbeenAUXaDETbigADJuglyADJratNOUNrunningVERBacrossADPtheDETpoorADJlittleADJfellowNOUN'sPARTfaceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJdoingVERBwhoPRONknowsVERBwhatPRONmischiefNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NotnotPARTPolarity=Neg3 mentionadvmod
2totoPART_1 Notfixed
3mentionmentionVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 mentionobj
5,,PUNCT_8 needspunct
6MammaMammaPROPNNumber=Sing8 needsnsubj
7mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin8 needsaux
8needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 mentionparataxis
9sitsitVERBVerbForm=Inf8 needsxcomp
10upupADP_9 sitcompound:prt
11,,PUNCT_13 keeppunct
12andandCCONJ_13 keepcc
13keepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin3 mentionparataxis
14watchwatchNOUNNumber=Sing13 keepobj
15andandCCONJ_16 wardcc
16wardwardVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin13 keepconj
17overoverADP_20 cradlecase
18babybabyNOUNNumber=Sing20 cradlenmod:poss
19's'sPART_18 babycase
20cradlecradleNOUNNumber=Sing16 wardobl
21,,PUNCT_25 havepunct
22ororCCONJ_25 havecc
23theretherePRONPronType=Dem25 haveexpl
24'dwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 haveaux
25havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf13 keepconj
26beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part30 ratcop
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 ratdet
28bigbigADJDegree=Pos30 ratamod
29uglyuglyADJDegree=Pos30 ratamod
30ratratNOUNNumber=Sing25 haveobj
31runningrunVERBVerbForm=Ger30 ratacl
32acrossacrossADP_38 facecase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 fellowdet
34poorpoorADJDegree=Pos36 fellowamod
35littlelittleADJDegree=Pos36 fellowamod
36fellowfellowNOUNNumber=Sing38 facenmod:poss
37's'sPART_36 fellowcase
38facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing31 runningobl
39,,PUNCT_41 doingpunct
40andandCCONJ_41 doingcc
41doingdoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 mentionparataxis
42whowhoPRONPronType=Rel43 knowsnsubj
43knowsknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 doingccomp
44whatwhatPRONPronType=Int45 mischiefnsubj
45mischiefmischiefNOUNNumber=Sing43 knowsobj
46..PUNCT_3 mentionpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not mention speech: otherimperativeyou not said herethatvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic
2needmustMammavn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3sit up not said to happeninfinitiveMamma not said herevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4keepinfinitivewatchvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme
5wardinfinitivebaby's cradletree rules
6havewouldtherevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7is aparticiplea big ugly rattree rules
8rungerunda big ugly rat not said herethe poor little fellow's facevn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across face=Trajectory
9dogerundtree rules
10knowpresentvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
11mischieftree rules

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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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