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More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 17, sentence 65

But at last he arrived at his home again, To his dear little foxes, eight, nine, ten, Says he "You're in luck, here's a fine fat duck With his legs all dangling down-o!"

Who acts: man, fine fat duck · What happens: arrive, say, be, dangle · To what, where: last, luck, fine fat duck · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, fine fat duck), 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

cccaseoblnsubjadvclcasenmod:possobladvmodpunctcasenmod:possamodamodconjpunctappospunctconjpunctconjpunctnsubjpunctnsubjcopcaseccomppunctadvmodcopdetamodcompoundparataxiscasenmod:possnmodadvmodaclcasepunctoblpunctpunctrootButCCONJatADPlastNOUNhePRONarrivedVERBatADPhisPRONhomeNOUNagainADV,PUNCTToADPhisPRONdearADJlittleADJfoxesNOUN,PUNCTeightNUM,PUNCTnineNUM,PUNCTtenNUM,PUNCTSaysVERBhePRON"PUNCTYouPRON'reAUXinADPluckNOUN,PUNCThereADV'sAUXaDETfineADJfatNOUNduckNOUNWithADPhisPRONlegsNOUNallADVdanglingVERBdownADP-PUNCToNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_5 arrivedcc
2atatADP_3 lastcase
3lastlastNOUNNumber=Sing5 arrivedobl
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 arrivednsubj
5arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 Saysadvcl
6atatADP_8 homecase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 homenmod:poss
8homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing5 arrivedobl
9againagainADV_5 arrivedadvmod
10,,PUNCT_15 foxespunct
11TotoADP_15 foxescase
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 foxesnmod:poss
13deardearADJDegree=Pos15 foxesamod
14littlelittleADJDegree=Pos15 foxesamod
15foxesfoxNOUNNumber=Plur5 arrivedconj
16,,PUNCT_17 eightpunct
17eighteightNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card15 foxesappos
18,,PUNCT_19 ninepunct
19ninenineNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card17 eightconj
20,,PUNCT_21 tenpunct
21tentenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card17 eightconj
22,,PUNCT_23 Sayspunct
23SayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 lucknsubj
25""PUNCT_29 luckpunct
26YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs29 lucknsubj
27'rebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 luckcop
28ininADP_29 luckcase
29luckluckNOUNNumber=Sing23 Saysccomp
30,,PUNCT_31 herepunct
31herehereADVPronType=Dem36 duckadvmod
32'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin36 duckcop
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 duckdet
34finefineADJDegree=Pos36 duckamod
35fatfatNOUNNumber=Sing36 duckcompound
36duckduckNOUNNumber=Sing29 luckparataxis
37WithwithADP_39 legscase
38hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 legsnmod:poss
39legslegNOUNNumber=Plur36 ducknmod
40allallADV_41 danglingadvmod
41danglingdangleVERBVerbForm=Ger36 duckacl
42downdownADP_44 ocase
43--PUNCT_42 downpunct
44ooNOUN_41 danglingobl
45!!PUNCT_36 duckpunct
46""PUNCT_29 luckpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrivepastmanlastagainat man's homevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2say speech: expresspresentvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3is in a quotepresentmanlucktree rules
4is a in a quotepresenta fine fat duckherewith man's legstree rules
5dangle in a quotegerunda fine fat duck not said heredown o; all propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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