More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 5, sentence 68
But whilst the giant went for his club, bethinking him of a very good weapon, he made no more ado, but took his cart, turned it upside down, and took axle-tree and wheel for shield and buckler.
Who acts: giant, Tom · What happens: go, bethink, make, take, turn · To what, where: Tom, more ado, cart, axle tree
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 (giant, Tom), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 made | cc |
| 2 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 5 went | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 giant | det |
| 4 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 made | advcl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 club | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 club | nmod:poss |
| 8 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bethinking | punct |
| 10 | bethinking | bethink | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 went | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 bethinking | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 weapon | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 weapon | det |
| 14 | very | very | ADV | _ | 15 good | advmod |
| 15 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 weapon | amod |
| 16 | weapon | weapon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bethinking | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 made | nsubj |
| 19 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | no | no | ADV | _ | 22 ado | advmod |
| 21 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 22 ado | amod |
| 22 | ado | ado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 made | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 took | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 took | cc |
| 25 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 made | parataxis |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 cart | nmod:poss |
| 27 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 turned | punct |
| 29 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 took | conj |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 turned | obj |
| 31 | upside | upside | ADV | _ | 32 down | advmod |
| 32 | down | down | ADV | _ | 29 turned | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 took | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 took | cc |
| 35 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 took | conj |
| 36 | axle | axle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 tree | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 axle | punct |
| 38 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 took | obj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 wheel | cc |
| 40 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 tree | conj |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 shield | case |
| 42 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 took | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 buckler | cc |
| 44 | buckler | buckler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 shield | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the giant | for Tom's club | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for club=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | bethink | gerund | the giant not said here | Tom | of a good weapon | tree rules | |||
| 3 | make | past | Tom | more ado | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ado=Product | ||||
| 4 | take | past | Tom's cart | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme | |||||
| 5 | turn | past | cart | down property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 6 | take | past | axle tree and wheel | for shield and buckler | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tree=Theme for shield=Beneficiary |
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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