The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 87
He looked about for a house where he might stop and ask his way, but there was not a sign of one anywhere, and he was afraid to stand still, for it was cold, and there were many stories of wolves being seen in that part of the forest.
Who acts: boy, sign, many stories · What happens: look, stop, ask, be, stand, see · To what, where: way, wolves, part
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 (boy, sign, many stories), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 2 looked | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | obl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 stop | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stop | nsubj |
| 9 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 stop | aux |
| 10 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 house | acl:relcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ask | cc |
| 12 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 stop | conj |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 way | nmod:poss |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ask | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 was | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 was | cc |
| 17 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 was | expl |
| 18 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | parataxis |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 sign | advmod |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 sign | det |
| 21 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 was | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 one | case |
| 23 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 sign | appos |
| 24 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 23 one | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 afraid | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 afraid | cc |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 afraid | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 afraid | cop |
| 29 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 looked | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 stand | mark |
| 31 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 afraid | xcomp |
| 32 | still | still | ADV | _ | 31 stand | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 cold | punct |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 cold | case |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 cold | nsubj |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 cold | cop |
| 37 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 afraid | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 were | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 were | cc |
| 40 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 41 were | expl |
| 41 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | conj |
| 42 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 stories | amod |
| 43 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 were | nsubj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 wolves | case |
| 45 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 stories | nmod |
| 46 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 seen | aux:pass |
| 47 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 wolves | acl |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 part | case |
| 49 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 part | det |
| 50 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 seen | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 forest | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 forest | det |
| 53 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 part | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | boy | for a house; about property | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | might | boy | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | boy not said here | boy's way | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | be | past | a sign | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is | past | boy | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | stand | to-infinitive | boy not said here | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | is | past | sign | cold property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | be | past | many stories of wolves | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | see | gerund · passive | wolves not said here | that part of the forest | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
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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