More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 5, sentence 20

And one day in a part of the country where he was a stranger, and none knew him, he stopped to watch the company at football play; rare sport it was; but Tom spoiled it all, for meeting the ball he took it such a kick that away it flew none could tell whither.

Who acts: man, none, Tom, play · What happens: be, know, stop, watch, spoil, meet · To what, where: stranger, man, company, football play, play, ball · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, none, Tom, play), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	18 knew	cc
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 day	nummod
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 knew	obl:unmarked
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 part	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 part	det
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 country	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 country	det
9	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 stranger	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stranger	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 stranger	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stranger	det
14	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 country	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 knew	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 knew	cc
17	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	18 knew	nsubj
18	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 knew	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 stopped	punct
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 stopped	nsubj
22	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 knew	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 watch	mark
24	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 stopped	xcomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 company	det
26	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 watch	obj
27	at	at	ADP	_	29 play	case
28	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 play	compound
29	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 watch	obl
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 sport	punct
31	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 sport	amod
32	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 knew	parataxis
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 was	nsubj
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 sport	acl:relcl
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 spoiled	punct
36	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 spoiled	cc
37	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 spoiled	nsubj
38	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 knew	conj
39	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 spoiled	obj
40	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	39 it	det
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 meeting	punct
42	for	for	SCONJ	_	43 meeting	mark
43	meeting	meet	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	38 spoiled	advcl
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 ball	det
45	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 meeting	obj
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 took	nsubj
47	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 ball	acl:relcl
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 took	obj
49	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	51 kick	det:predet
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 kick	det
51	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 took	obj
52	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 flew	obj
53	away	away	ADV	_	55 flew	advmod
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 flew	nsubj
55	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 kick	acl:relcl
56	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	58 tell	nsubj
57	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 tell	aux
58	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 flew	ccomp
59	whither	whither	ADV	PronType=Int	58 tell	advmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 knew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	man	a stranger				tree rules
2	know	past	none	man		day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	stop	past	man					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	watch	to-infinitive	man not said here	the company	football play			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme
5	spoil	past	Tom	play				tree rules
6	meet	gerund	Tom not said here	the ball				vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Co-Agent
7	take	past	man	play				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme kick=Destination
8	fly	past	play	such kick			away property	tree rules
9	tell speech: assert	could	none				whither property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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: «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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