More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 4, sentence 91

In one corner there was a fox hatching eagle's eggs; in another there was an iron apple tree, entirely covered with pears and lead; in the third there was the hare which the dog killed yesterday alive in the basket; and in the fourth there were twenty-four _hipper switches_ threshing tobacco, and at the sight of me they threshed so hard that they drove the plug through the wall, and through a little dog that was passing by on the other side.

Who acts: fox, hare, four _, _, little dog · What happens: be, hatch, cover, kill, thresh, drive · To what, where: one corner, eggs, apple tree, third, basket, tobacco

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fox, hare, four _, _), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 corner	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 corner	nummod
3	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 was	obl
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 was	expl
5	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 was	nsubj
8	hatching	hatch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 fox	acl
9	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eggs	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 eagle	case
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hatching	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 another	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 another	case
14	another	another	PRON	PronType=Ind	5 was	nsubj
15	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	16 was	expl
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 another	acl:relcl
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 tree	det
18	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 apple	compound
19	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tree	compound
20	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 was	nsubj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 covered	punct
22	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	23 covered	advmod
23	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 tree	acl
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 pears	case
25	pears	pear	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 covered	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 lead	cc
27	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pears	conj
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 was	punct
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 third	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 third	det
31	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 was	obl
32	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	33 was	expl
33	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 covered	conj
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 hare	det
35	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 was	nsubj
36	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 killed	nsubj
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 dog	det
38	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 killed	nsubj
39	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 hare	acl:relcl
40	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 killed	obl:unmarked
41	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 killed	xcomp
42	in	in	ADP	_	44 basket	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 basket	det
44	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 killed	obl
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 and	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 was	cc
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 fourth	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 fourth	det
49	fourth	fourth	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 and	nmod
50	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	51 were	expl
51	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 fourth	acl:relcl
52	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	54 four	compound
53	-	-	PUNCT	_	52 twenty	punct
54	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	55 _	nummod
55	_	_	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 were	nsubj
56	hipper	hip	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	57 switches	amod
57	switches	switch	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 _	conj
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	59 threshing	punct
59	threshing	thresh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	55 _	acl
60	tobacco	tobacco	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 threshing	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 threshed	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 threshed	cc
63	at	at	ADP	_	65 sight	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 sight	det
65	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 threshed	obl
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 me	case
67	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 sight	nmod
68	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 threshed	nsubj
69	threshed	thresh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 threshing	conj
70	so	so	ADV	_	71 hard	advmod
71	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	69 threshed	advmod
72	that	that	SCONJ	_	74 drove	mark
73	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 drove	nsubj
74	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 threshed	advcl
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 plug	det
76	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 drove	obj
77	through	through	ADP	_	79 wall	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 wall	det
79	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 drove	obl
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 dog	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 dog	cc
82	through	through	ADP	_	85 dog	case
83	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 dog	det
84	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 dog	amod
85	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 threshing	obl
86	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	88 passing	nsubj
87	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 passing	aux
88	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	85 dog	acl:relcl
89	by	by	ADP	_	93 side	case
90	on	on	ADP	_	93 side	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 side	det
92	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 side	amod
93	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 passing	obl
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a fox		one corner; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corner=Location
2	hatch	gerund	a fox not said here	eagle's eggs				vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Product
3	cover	participle		a apple tree not said here			with pears and lead; entirely property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pear=Theme
4	be	past	the hare		the third; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in third=Location
5	kill	past	the hare		the basket	yesterday	alive property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	thresh	gerund	four _ and hipper switches not said here	tobacco			through a little dog	tree rules
7	thresh	past	_		the sight of me		hard property	tree rules
8	drive	past	_	the plug	the wall			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent plug=Theme through wall=Trajectory
9	pass	past · progressive	a little dog				by the other side	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by side=Location
10	sight			me				nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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