The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 65
It really seemed bewitched, and no one knows what might have happened if Wildrose, who had been all the time peeping out of her nest, had not lost patience at the old woman’s stupidity, and cried out: “The tripod won’t stand on that hill, you must move it!”
Who acts: It, one, Wildrose, time, tripod, you · What happens: seem, bewitch, know, happen, be, peep out · To what, where: Wildrose, time, nest, patience, stupidity, hill · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (It, one, Wildrose, time), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 seemed | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 seemed | advmod |
| 3 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bewitched | bewitch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 seemed | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 knows | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 knows | cc |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 seemed | conj |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 11 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 happened | aux |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 happened | aux |
| 13 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 knows | ccomp |
| 14 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 Wildrose | mark |
| 15 | Wildrose | Wildrose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 happened | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 time | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 time | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 time | aux |
| 19 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 time | cop |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 time | det:predet |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 time | det |
| 22 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Wildrose | appos |
| 23 | peeping | peep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 time | acl |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 27 nest | case |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 nest | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 nest | nmod:poss |
| 27 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 peeping | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 lost | punct |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 lost | aux |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 lost | advmod |
| 31 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 seemed | conj |
| 32 | patience | patience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 lost | obj |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 38 stupidity | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 woman | det |
| 35 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 woman | amod |
| 36 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 stupidity | nmod:poss |
| 37 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 36 woman | case |
| 38 | stupidity | stupidity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 lost | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 cried | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 cried | cc |
| 41 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seemed | conj |
| 42 | out | out | ADP | _ | 41 cried | compound:prt |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 49 stand | punct |
| 44 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 stand | punct |
| 45 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 tripod | det |
| 46 | tripod | tripod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 stand | nsubj |
| 47 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 stand | aux |
| 48 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 stand | advmod |
| 49 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 cried | ccomp |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 52 hill | case |
| 51 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 52 hill | det |
| 52 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 stand | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 move | punct |
| 54 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 56 move | nsubj |
| 55 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 move | aux |
| 56 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 stand | parataxis |
| 57 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 move | obj |
| 58 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 56 move | punct |
| 59 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 stand | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past | It | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | bewitch | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | know | present | no one | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | happen | might · perfect | Wildrose | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is a | past · perfect | Wildrose | all time | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | peep out | gerund | all time not said here | Wildrose's nest | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nest=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not lose | past · perfect | patience | the old woman's stupidity | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | cry out speech: express | past | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 9 | not stand in a quote | future | the tripod | that hill | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location | ||||
| 10 | move in a quote | must | you | tripod | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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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