More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 1, sentence 52

"Would you threaten us, you strolling vagabond?" shrieked the Mayor, and at the same time he winked to the Council; "the rats are all dead and drowned," muttered he; and so "You may do your worst, my good man," and with that he turned short upon his heel.

Who acts: you, townsfolk, rats · What happens: threaten, stroll, shriek, wink, be, drown · To what, where: us, vagabond, Mayor, Council, townsfolk, worst · Speech: someone speaks here

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, townsfolk, rats), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 threaten	punct
2	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 threaten	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 threaten	nsubj
4	threaten	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 shrieked	ccomp
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 threaten	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 strolling	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 strolling	nsubj
8	strolling	stroll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 threaten	advcl
9	vagabond	vagabond	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strolling	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 threaten	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 threaten	punct
12	shrieked	shriek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mayor	det
14	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 shrieked	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 winked	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 winked	cc
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 time	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 time	det
19	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 time	amod
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 winked	obl
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 winked	nsubj
22	winked	wink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 shrieked	conj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 Council	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Council	det
25	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 winked	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 dead	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 dead	punct
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 rats	det
29	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 dead	nsubj
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 dead	cop
31	all	all	ADV	_	32 dead	advmod
32	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 winked	advcl
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 drowned	cc
34	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 dead	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 muttered	punct
36	"	"	PUNCT	_	37 muttered	punct
37	muttered	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 winked	conj
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 muttered	obj
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 so	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 so	cc
41	so	so	ADV	_	12 shrieked	advmod
42	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 do	punct
43	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 do	nsubj
44	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 do	aux
45	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 so	parataxis
46	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 worst	nmod:poss
47	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	45 do	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 man	punct
49	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 man	nmod:poss
50	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 man	amod
51	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 do	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 do	punct
53	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 do	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 turned	cc
55	with	with	SCONJ	_	58 turned	mark
56	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 turned	mark
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 turned	nsubj
58	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 so	conj
59	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 turned	xcomp
60	upon	upon	ADP	_	62 heel	case
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 heel	nmod:poss
62	heel	heel	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 turned	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 shrieked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten in a quote	would	you	us					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer
2	stroll in a quote	gerund	you	vagabond					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme vagabond=Trajectory
3	shriek	past		the Mayor					tree rules
4	wink	past	townsfolk		the Council		time		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to council=Recipient
5	is in a quote	present	the rats					all, dead property	tree rules
6	drown in a quote	participle	the rats not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	mutter speech: assert	past	townsfolk not said here	townsfolk					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
8	do in a quote	may	You	your worst				my good man obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bad=Eventuality
9	turn	past	townsfolk			townsfolk's heel		short property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon heel=Trajectory

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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