More English Fairy Tales, LXXVII. News!, sentence 5

Crane, No. ccv., a servant being asked the news by his master returned from a pilgrimage to Compostella, says the dog is lame, and goes on to explain: "While the dog was running near the mule, the mule kicked him and broke his own halter and ran through the house, scattering the fire with his hoofs, and burning down your house with your wife."

Who acts: master, dog, mule · What happens: ask, return, say, be, go on, explain · To what, where: servant, pilgrimage, dog, own halter, house, fire · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXVII. News!. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, dog, mule), 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	Crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asked	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ccv	punct
3	No.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	4 ccv	compound
4	ccv	ccv	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crane	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Crane	punct
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 servant	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 servant	det
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asked	nsubj:pass
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 asked	aux:pass
10	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 news	det
12	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asked	obj
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	16 returned	mark
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 master	nmod:poss
15	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 returned	nsubj
16	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 asked	ccomp
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 pilgrimage	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 pilgrimage	det
19	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 returned	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 Compostella	case
21	Compostella	Compostella	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 pilgrimage	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 says	punct
23	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 asked	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 dog	det
25	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 lame	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 lame	cop
27	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 says	ccomp
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 goes	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 goes	cc
30	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 says	conj
31	on	on	ADV	_	30 goes	advmod
32	to	to	PART	_	33 explain	mark
33	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 goes	advcl
34	:	:	PUNCT	_	40 running	punct
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	40 running	punct
36	While	while	SCONJ	_	40 running	mark
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 dog	det
38	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 running	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 running	aux
40	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	33 explain	ccomp
41	near	near	ADP	_	43 mule	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 mule	det
43	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 running	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 kicked	punct
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 mule	det
46	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 kicked	nsubj
47	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 running	conj
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 kicked	obj
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 broke	cc
50	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 kicked	conj
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 halter	nmod:poss
52	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 halter	amod
53	halter	halter	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 broke	obj
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 ran	cc
55	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 kicked	conj
56	through	through	ADP	_	58 house	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 house	det
58	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 ran	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 scattering	punct
60	scattering	scatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 running	conj
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 fire	det
62	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 scattering	obj
63	with	with	ADP	_	65 hoofs	case
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 hoofs	nmod:poss
65	hoofs	hoof	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 scattering	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 burning	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 burning	cc
68	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 running	conj
69	down	down	ADP	_	68 burning	compound:prt
70	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 house	nmod:poss
71	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 burning	obj
72	with	with	ADP	_	74 wife	case
73	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 wife	nmod:poss
74	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 burning	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 asked	punct
76	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund · passive		a servant		Crane and No. ccv obl:unmarked	tree rules
2	return	past	Exempla's master		a pilgrimage to Compostella		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pilgrimage=Initial_Location
3	say speech: assert	present					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	the dog			lame property	tree rules
5	go on	present					vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	run in a quote	past · progressive	the dog			near the mule	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near mule=Trajectory
8	kick in a quote	past	the mule	dog			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient
9	break in a quote	past	the mule not said here	Exempla's own halter			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer halter=Patient
10	run in a quote	past	the mule not said here		the house		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through house=Trajectory
11	scatter in a quote	gerund	the dog not said here	the fire		with Exempla's hoofs	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Destination with hoof=Theme
12	burn down in a quote	gerund	the dog not said here	your house		with your wife	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent house=Patient with wife=Instrument

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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