The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 10
And in order that no one should guess that he was any better than a goose-boy should be, he rubbed his face and his rags over with mud, and made himself altogether such a disgusting object that every one crossed over to the other side of the road when he was seen coming.
Who acts: one, boy · What happens: guess, be, rub, make, cross over, see · To what, where: order, face, boy, disgusting object, other side
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, boy), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 order | cc |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 order | case |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rubbed | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 guess | mark |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 one | det |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 guess | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 guess | aux |
| 8 | guess | guess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 order | acl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 better | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 better | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 better | cop |
| 12 | any | any | ADV | _ | 13 better | advmod |
| 13 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 guess | advcl |
| 14 | than | than | ADP | _ | 18 boy | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 boy | det |
| 16 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 boy | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 goose | punct |
| 18 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 be | obl |
| 19 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 be | aux |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 better | cop |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 order | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 rubbed | nsubj |
| 23 | rubbed | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 face | nmod:poss |
| 25 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rubbed | obj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 rags | cc |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 rags | nmod:poss |
| 28 | rags | rag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 face | conj |
| 29 | over | over | ADV | _ | 23 rubbed | advmod |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 mud | case |
| 31 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rubbed | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 made | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 made | cc |
| 34 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 rubbed | conj |
| 35 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 34 made | obj |
| 36 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 34 made | advmod |
| 37 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 object | det:predet |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 object | det |
| 39 | disgusting | disgusting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 object | amod |
| 40 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 made | obl |
| 41 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 crossed | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 one | det |
| 43 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 crossed | nsubj |
| 44 | crossed | cross | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 object | acl:relcl |
| 45 | over | over | ADP | _ | 44 crossed | compound:prt |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 side | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 side | det |
| 48 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 side | amod |
| 49 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 crossed | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 road | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 road | det |
| 52 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 side | nmod |
| 53 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 56 seen | mark |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 seen | nsubj |
| 55 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 seen | aux:pass |
| 56 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 crossed | advcl |
| 57 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 56 seen | xcomp |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 rubbed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | should | no one | order not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | boy | any, good property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | rub | past | boy | boy's face and boy's rags | order | with mud; over property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme in order=Destination | ||
| 4 | make | past | boy not said here | boy | such disgusting object obl; altogether property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset himself=Product | |||
| 5 | cross over | participle · passive | such disgusting object | the other side of the road | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to side=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | see | past · passive | boy | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | come | gerund | boy not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «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: «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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