More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 13, sentence 71

He had still a long way to go, and by the time he got near London he could hear all the bells in the town ringing, but did not know what was the matter till he rode up to the palace, when he came to know that his father was recovered by his brothers' apples.

Who acts: Jack · What happens: have, go, get, hear, not know, be · To what, where: long way, time, London, bells, town ringing, matter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 had	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 hear	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 hear	cc
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 time	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hear	obl
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 got	nsubj
15	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 time	acl:relcl
16	near	near	ADP	_	17 London	case
17	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 got	obl
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 hear	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 hear	aux
20	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	conj
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 bells	det:predet
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bells	det
23	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 hear	obj
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 ringing	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 ringing	det
26	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 ringing	compound
27	ringing	ringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bells	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 know	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 know	cc
30	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 know	aux
31	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	32 know	advmod
32	know	know	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
33	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	36 matter	nsubj
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 matter	cop
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 matter	det
36	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 know	ccomp
37	till	till	SCONJ	_	39 rode	mark
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 rode	nsubj
39	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 know	advcl
40	up	up	ADP	_	39 rode	compound:prt
41	to	to	ADP	_	43 palace	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 palace	det
43	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 rode	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 came	punct
45	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	47 came	advmod
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 came	nsubj
47	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 rode	conj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 know	mark
49	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 came	xcomp
50	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 recovered	mark
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 father	nmod:poss
52	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 recovered	nsubj
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 recovered	aux:pass
54	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 know	ccomp
55	by	by	ADP	_	59 apples	case
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 brothers	nmod:poss
57	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 apples	nmod:poss
58	'	's	PART	_	57 brothers	case
59	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 recovered	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Jack	a long way		still		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	go	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	a long way not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get	past	Jack	the time not said here	London			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus
4	hear	could	Jack	all bells	the town ringing	time		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus
5	not know	past · do-support						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	is a	past		the matter				tree rules
7	ride up	past	Jack		the palace			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to palace=Trajectory
8	come	past	Jack					tree rules
9	know	to-infinitive	Jack not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	recover	past · passive		Jack's father			by Jack's brothers's apples	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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