The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 48
He took it down, and buckling it round his waist, as he had seen the prince do, swung himself down again, and mounting on the backs of his two companions, hastened to his master.
Who acts: monkey · What happens: take down, buckle, see, swung down, mount, hasten · To what, where: sword, prince, monkey, backs, two companions, master
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (monkey), 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 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | obj |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 took | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 buckling | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 buckling | cc |
| 7 | buckling | buckle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 took | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 buckling | obj |
| 9 | round | round | ADP | _ | 11 waist | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 waist | nmod:poss |
| 11 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buckling | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 seen | punct |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 seen | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 seen | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 seen | aux |
| 16 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 swung | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 prince | det |
| 18 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seen | obj |
| 19 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 21 swung | aux |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 swung | punct |
| 21 | swung | swung | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | parataxis |
| 22 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 21 swung | obj |
| 23 | down | down | ADP | _ | 21 swung | compound:prt |
| 24 | again | again | ADV | _ | 21 swung | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 mounting | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 mounting | cc |
| 27 | mounting | mount | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 took | advcl |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 backs | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 backs | det |
| 30 | backs | back | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 mounting | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 companions | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 companions | nmod:poss |
| 33 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 companions | nummod |
| 34 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 backs | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 hastened | punct |
| 36 | hastened | hasten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 companions | acl |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 master | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 master | nmod:poss |
| 39 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 hastened | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take down | past | monkey | sword | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | buckle | gerund | monkey not said here | sword | round monkey's waist | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 3 | see | past · perfect | monkey | the prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | swung down | infinitive · do-support | monkey | again | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | mount | gerund | monkey not said here | the backs of monkey's two companions | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on back=Destination | ||||
| 6 | hasten | participle | monkey's two companions not said here | monkey's master | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to master=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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