The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 11
In the morning the eagle returned and saw traces of a fight below the tree, and here and there a handful of yellow mane lying about, and here and there a hard scaly substance; when he saw that he rejoiced greatly, and hastened to the nest.
Who acts: eagle, yellow mane, handful · What happens: return, see, lie, rejoice, hasten · To what, where: traces, nest
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagle, yellow mane, handful), 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 | _ | 3 morning | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morning | det |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 returned | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eagle | det |
| 5 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 returned | nsubj |
| 6 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 saw | cc |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 returned | conj |
| 9 | traces | trace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 saw | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 fight | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fight | det |
| 12 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 traces | nmod |
| 13 | below | below | ADP | _ | 15 tree | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tree | det |
| 15 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fight | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 here | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 here | cc |
| 18 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 returned | conj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 there | cc |
| 20 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 here | expl |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 handful | det |
| 22 | handful | handful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 here | nsubj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 mane | case |
| 24 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 mane | amod |
| 25 | mane | mane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 handful | nmod |
| 26 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 mane | acl |
| 27 | about | about | ADV | _ | 26 lying | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 here | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 here | cc |
| 30 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 returned | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 substance | cc |
| 32 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 36 substance | expl |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 substance | det |
| 34 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 substance | amod |
| 35 | scaly | scaly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 substance | amod |
| 36 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 here | conj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 saw | punct |
| 38 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 40 saw | advmod |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 saw | nsubj |
| 40 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 returned | parataxis |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 rejoiced | mark |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 43 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 saw | advcl |
| 44 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 43 rejoiced | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 hastened | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 hastened | cc |
| 47 | hastened | hasten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 saw | conj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 nest | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 nest | det |
| 50 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 hastened | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 returned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | the eagle | morning | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past | the eagle not said here | traces of a fight below the tree | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trace=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lie | gerund | yellow mane not said here | about property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | see | past | handful | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | rejoice | past | handful | greatly property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | hasten | participle | handful not said here | the nest | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to nest=Destination |
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: «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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