The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 34
Before he rose from the landlord’s arm-chair his plan was made, and Master Peter went home more joyful and full of hope than he had been for many a long day; but on the way he suddenly remembered that he was not yet possessed of the magic spring-root, and he stole into the house with a heavy heart, and threw himself down upon his hard straw bed.
Who acts: Peter, arm chair, Master · What happens: rise, make, go, be, remember, not possess · To what, where: arm chair, plan, way, Master, house, Peter
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 (Peter, arm chair, Master), 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 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 3 rose | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rose | nsubj |
| 3 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 remembered | advcl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 chair | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 landlord | det |
| 6 | landlord | landlord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 chair | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 6 landlord | case |
| 8 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 chair | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 arm | punct |
| 10 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rose | obl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 plan | nmod:poss |
| 12 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 made | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 made | aux:pass |
| 14 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 chair | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 went | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 went | cc |
| 17 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 went | nsubj |
| 18 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Master | flat |
| 19 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rose | conj |
| 20 | home | home | ADV | _ | 19 went | advmod |
| 21 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 22 joyful | advmod |
| 22 | joyful | joyful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 went | xcomp |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 full | cc |
| 24 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 joyful | conj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 hope | case |
| 26 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 full | obl |
| 27 | than | than | ADP | _ | 35 day | case |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 day | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 day | aux |
| 30 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 day | cop |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 day | case |
| 32 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 day | nsubj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 day | det |
| 34 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 day | amod |
| 35 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 full | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 remembered | punct |
| 37 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 43 remembered | cc |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 way | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 way | det |
| 40 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 remembered | obl |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 remembered | nsubj |
| 42 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 43 remembered | advmod |
| 43 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 possessed | mark |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 possessed | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 possessed | aux:pass |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 possessed | advmod |
| 48 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 49 possessed | advmod |
| 49 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 remembered | advcl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 root | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 root | det |
| 52 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 root | amod |
| 53 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 root | compound |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 53 spring | punct |
| 55 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 possessed | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 stole | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 stole | cc |
| 58 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 stole | nsubj |
| 59 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 remembered | parataxis |
| 60 | into | into | ADP | _ | 62 house | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 house | det |
| 62 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 stole | obl |
| 63 | with | with | ADP | _ | 66 heart | case |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 heart | det |
| 65 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 heart | amod |
| 66 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 stole | obl |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 threw | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 threw | cc |
| 69 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 remembered | parataxis |
| 70 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 69 threw | obj |
| 71 | down | down | ADP | _ | 69 threw | compound:prt |
| 72 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 76 bed | case |
| 73 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 bed | nmod:poss |
| 74 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 bed | amod |
| 75 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 bed | compound |
| 76 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 threw | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 43 remembered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | Peter | the landlord's arm chair | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chair=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | the landlord's arm chair not said here | Peter's plan | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 3 | go | past | Master | home, joyful property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past · perfect | Master | than a long day | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | remember | past | Master | the way | suddenly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | not possess | past · passive | Master | yet | of the magic spring root | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 7 | steal | past | Master | the house | with a heavy heart | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 8 | throw down | past | Peter | Peter's hard straw bed | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme upon bed=Destination | ||||
| 9 | plan | Peter | nom plan «cognition 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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/34/