More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 8, sentence 142

In front of the house was a long mound which went by the name of "the giant's grave," and in the mill you can see a long blade of iron something like a scythe-blade, but not curved, which was called "the giant's knife," because of a very curious story which is told of this knife.

Who acts: long mound, you · What happens: be, go, see, not curve, call, tell · To what, where: long mound, front, long blade, mill, knife, curious story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (long mound, you), 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	_	2 front	case
2	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mound	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 front	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 mound	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mound	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mound	amod
9	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 mound	acl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 name	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 name	det
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	20 grave	case
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 grave	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 giant	det
18	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grave	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 giant	case
20	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 name	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 see	cc
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 mill	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 mill	det
26	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 see	obl
27	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 see	nsubj
28	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 see	aux
29	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 went	conj
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 blade	det
31	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 blade	amod
32	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 see	obj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 something	case
34	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 something	compound
35	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	32 blade	nmod
36	like	like	ADP	_	40 blade	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 blade	det
38	scythe	scythe	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 blade	compound
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 scythe	punct
40	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 something	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 curved	punct
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	44 curved	cc
43	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	44 curved	advmod
44	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 mound	parataxis
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 called	punct
46	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 called	nsubj:pass
47	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 called	aux:pass
48	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 curved	conj
49	"	"	PUNCT	_	53 knife	punct
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 giant	det
51	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 knife	nmod:poss
52	's	's	PART	_	51 giant	case
53	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 called	xcomp
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 knife	punct
55	"	"	PUNCT	_	53 knife	punct
56	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	61 story	case
57	of	of	ADP	_	56 because	fixed
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 story	det
59	very	very	ADV	_	60 curious	advmod
60	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 story	amod
61	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 called	obl
62	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 told	nsubj:pass
63	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 told	aux:pass
64	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 story	acl:relcl
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 knife	case
66	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	67 knife	det
67	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 told	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 mound	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		a long mound	front of the house		tree rules
2	go	past	a long mound			by the name of the giant's grave	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by name=Location
3	see	can	you	a long blade of something	the mill		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blade=Stimulus
4	not curve	participle					vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
5	call	past · passive		the giant's knife		because a curious story	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
6	tell speech: assert	present · passive		a curious story		of this knife	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
7	name			the giant's grave			nom name «communication 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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