The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 64
As fast as the old woman put it where it was to stand, that kettle was sure to roll off, falling to the ground with a crash.
Who acts: matter, kettle · What happens: put, be, roll off, fall · To what, where: matter
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 (matter, kettle), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 fast | advmod |
| 2 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 put | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 woman | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 woman | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 woman | amod |
| 6 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 put | obl |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 put | obj |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 stand | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stand | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 stand | cop |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 stand | mark |
| 13 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 put | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sure | punct |
| 15 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 kettle | det |
| 16 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sure | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sure | cop |
| 18 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 put | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 roll | mark |
| 20 | roll | roll | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 sure | xcomp |
| 21 | off | off | ADP | _ | 20 roll | compound:prt |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 falling | punct |
| 23 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 put | advcl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 ground | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ground | det |
| 26 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 falling | obl |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 crash | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 crash | det |
| 29 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 falling | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | matter | as the old woman; fast property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ||||
| 2 | is | past | matter | stand property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | that kettle | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | roll off | to-infinitive | that kettle not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | fall | gerund | to the ground; with a crash | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=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: «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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