The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 23
In the joy of his heart Peter had tasted freely of his own good wine, and as the bride hung upon his arm he stumbled and fell, dragging her down with him; whereupon she beat him soundly, and the neighbours said truly that things did not promise well for Master Peter’s comfort.
Who acts: bride, Peter, neighbours, things, Master Peter · What happens: taste, hang, stumble, fall, drag down, beat · To what, where: joy, arm, bride, Peter, heart · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bride, Peter, neighbours, things), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 joy | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 joy | det |
| 3 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tasted | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 heart | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 heart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 joy | nmod |
| 7 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 heart | appos |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 tasted | aux |
| 9 | tasted | taste | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | freely | freely | ADV | _ | 9 tasted | advmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 wine | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 wine | nmod:poss |
| 13 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 wine | amod |
| 14 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 wine | amod |
| 15 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tasted | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 stumbled | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 stumbled | cc |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 hung | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 bride | det |
| 20 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hung | nsubj |
| 21 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 stumbled | advcl |
| 22 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 24 arm | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 arm | nmod:poss |
| 24 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hung | obl |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 stumbled | nsubj |
| 26 | stumbled | stumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 tasted | parataxis |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 fell | cc |
| 28 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 stumbled | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 dragging | punct |
| 30 | dragging | drag | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 fell | advcl |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 dragging | obj |
| 32 | down | down | ADP | _ | 30 dragging | compound:prt |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 dragging | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 beat | punct |
| 36 | whereupon | whereupon | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 beat | advmod |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 beat | nsubj |
| 38 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 stumbled | conj |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 beat | obj |
| 40 | soundly | soundly | ADV | _ | 38 beat | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 said | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 said | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 neighbours | det |
| 44 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 said | nsubj |
| 45 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 stumbled | conj |
| 46 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 45 said | advmod |
| 47 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 promise | mark |
| 48 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 promise | nsubj |
| 49 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 promise | aux |
| 50 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 51 promise | advmod |
| 51 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 said | ccomp |
| 52 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 51 promise | advmod |
| 53 | for | for | ADP | _ | 57 comfort | case |
| 54 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Peter | compound |
| 55 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 comfort | nmod:poss |
| 56 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 55 Peter | case |
| 57 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 promise | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 tasted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | taste | past · perfect | the joy of Peter's heart | of Peter's own good wine; freely property | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in joy=Location | ||||
| 2 | hang | past | the bride | Peter's arm | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon arm=Location | ||||
| 3 | stumble | past | Peter | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | fall | past | Peter not said here | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | drag down | gerund | Peter not said here | bride | with Peter | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 6 | beat | past | bride | Peter | soundly, whereupon property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | |||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | the neighbours | truly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | not promise speech: promise | past · do-support | things | for Master Peter's comfort goal; well property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for comfort=Goal | ||||
| 9 | joy | Peter's heart | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | comfort | Master Peter | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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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