More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 11, sentence 5

Then they went nigher, and took hold of the big stone, and shoved it up, and afterwards they said that for one tiddy minute they saw a strange and beautiful face looking up at them glad-like out of the black water; but the Light came so quick and so white and shining, that they stept back mazed with it, and the very next minute, when they could see again, there was the full Moon in the sky, bright and beautiful and kind as ever, shining and smiling down at them, and making the bogs and the paths as clear as day, and stealing into the very corners, as though she'd have driven the darkness and the Bogles clean away if she could.

Who acts: darklings, strange face, Light, Moon, Bogles · What happens: go, take, shove up, say, see, look up · To what, where: hold, strange face, sky, bogs, corners, darkness · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (darklings, strange face, Light, Moon), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 went	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nigher	nigh	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 went	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 took	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 took	cc
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
8	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 took	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 stone	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stone	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stone	amod
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hold	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shoved	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shoved	cc
15	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shoved	obj
17	up	up	ADP	_	15 shoved	compound:prt
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 said	cc
20	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	22 said	advmod
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 saw	mark
24	for	for	ADP	_	27 minute	case
25	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 minute	nummod
26	tiddy	tiddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 minute	compound
27	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 saw	obl
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 saw	nsubj
29	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	ccomp
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 face	det
31	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 face	amod
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 beautiful	cc
33	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 strange	conj
34	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 saw	obj
35	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	34 face	acl
36	up	up	ADP	_	35 looking	compound:prt
37	at	at	ADP	_	38 them	case
38	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 looking	obl
39	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 looking	xcomp
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 like	punct
41	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 glad	conj
42	out	out	ADP	_	46 water	case
43	of	of	ADP	_	46 water	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 water	det
45	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 water	amod
46	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 like	obl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 came	punct
48	but	but	CCONJ	_	51 came	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Light	det
50	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 came	nsubj
51	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
52	so	so	ADV	_	53 quick	advmod
53	quick	quick	ADV	_	51 came	advmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 white	cc
55	so	so	ADV	_	56 white	advmod
56	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 came	conj
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 shining	cc
58	shining	shine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 white	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 stept	punct
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	62 stept	mark
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 stept	nsubj
62	stept	stept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 came	conj
63	back	back	ADV	_	62 stept	advmod
64	mazed	maze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 stept	xcomp
65	with	with	ADP	_	66 it	case
66	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 mazed	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 minute	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 minute	cc
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 minute	det
70	very	very	ADV	_	71 next	advmod
71	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 minute	amod
72	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 came	obl
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 see	punct
74	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	77 see	advmod
75	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 see	nsubj
76	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 see	aux
77	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	87 sky	nsubj
78	again	again	ADV	_	77 see	advmod
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 was	punct
80	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	81 was	expl
81	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 sky	cop
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 Moon	det
83	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 Moon	amod
84	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 was	nsubj
85	in	in	ADP	_	87 sky	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 sky	det
87	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 minute	nmod
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 bright	punct
89	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 sky	amod
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 beautiful	cc
91	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 bright	conj
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 kind	cc
93	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 bright	conj
94	as	as	ADP	_	95 ever	case
95	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	93 kind	obl
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 shining	punct
97	shining	shine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	89 bright	conj
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 smiling	cc
99	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	97 shining	conj
100	down	down	ADV	_	99 smiling	advmod
101	at	at	ADP	_	102 them	case
102	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 smiling	obl
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 making	punct
104	and	and	CCONJ	_	105 making	cc
105	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	97 shining	conj
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	107 bogs	det
107	bogs	bog	NOUN	Number=Plur	105 making	obj
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	110 paths	cc
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	110 paths	det
110	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	107 bogs	conj
111	as	as	ADV	_	112 clear	advmod
112	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 making	xcomp
113	as	as	ADP	_	114 day	case
114	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	112 clear	obl
115	,	,	PUNCT	_	117 stealing	punct
116	and	and	CCONJ	_	117 stealing	cc
117	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	97 shining	conj
118	into	into	ADP	_	121 corners	case
119	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	121 corners	det
120	very	very	ADV	_	121 corners	advmod
121	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	117 stealing	obl
122	,	,	PUNCT	_	128 driven	punct
123	as	as	ADV	_	128 driven	advmod
124	though	though	SCONJ	_	128 driven	mark
125	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	128 driven	nsubj
126	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	128 driven	aux
127	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	128 driven	aux
128	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	117 stealing	parataxis
129	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	130 darkness	det
130	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	128 driven	obj
131	and	and	CCONJ	_	134 clean	cc
132	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	133 Bogles	det
133	Bogles	Bogle	PROPN	Number=Plur	134 clean	nsubj
134	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	128 driven	conj
135	away	away	ADV	_	134 clean	advmod
136	if	if	SCONJ	_	138 could	mark
137	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	138 could	nsubj
138	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	134 clean	advcl
139	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	darklings = darkling			then	nigh property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	past	darklings = darkling not said here	hold of the big stone				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
3	shove up	past	darklings = darkling not said here	hold				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	say speech: assert	past	darklings = darkling				afterwards property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	see	past	darklings = darkling	a strange face		minute		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
6	look up	gerund	a strange face not said here				at darklings = darkling; glad property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme
7	come	past	the Light			minute	quick property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	shine	gerund	the Light not said here					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	stept back	past	darklings = darkling					tree rules
10	maze	participle	darklings = darkling not said here				with light	tree rules
11	see	could	darklings = darkling			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
12	is	past			the sky			tree rules
13	shine	gerund						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	smile down	gerund					at darklings = darkling; down property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
15	make	gerund		the bogs and the paths			clear property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bog=Product
16	steal	gerund			the corners			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
17	drive	would · perfect	Moon	the darkness				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent darkness=Theme
18	clean away	present	the Bogles				away property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
19	hold			the big stone				nom hold «act 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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