The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 42
After he had faithfully done everything according to Father Martin’s instructions, and pressed the earth well back into the hollow, he sat down to consider how he could bring his treasure back to his native place, and enjoy it there, without being forced to share it with his scolding wife, who would give him no peace if she once found out about it.
Who acts: Peter, you, scolding wife, wife, Father · What happens: do, accord, press, sit down, consider, bring back · To what, where: everything, earth, treasure, native place, peace, Peter
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, you, scolding wife, wife), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 done | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux |
| 4 | faithfully | faithfully | ADV | _ | 5 done | advmod |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 enjoy | advcl |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 done | obj |
| 7 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 instructions | case |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 according | fixed |
| 9 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 instructions | nmod:poss |
| 10 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Father | flat |
| 11 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 9 Father | case |
| 12 | instructions | instruction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 everything | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pressed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 pressed | cc |
| 15 | pressed | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 earth | det |
| 17 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pressed | obj |
| 18 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 back | advmod |
| 19 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 pressed | advmod |
| 20 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 hollow | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 hollow | det |
| 22 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 back | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 sat | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 sat | nsubj |
| 25 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 pressed | conj |
| 26 | down | down | ADP | _ | 25 sat | compound:prt |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 consider | mark |
| 28 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 sat | advcl |
| 29 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 bring | advmod |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 bring | nsubj |
| 31 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 bring | aux |
| 32 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 consider | ccomp |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 treasure | nmod:poss |
| 34 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bring | obj |
| 35 | back | back | ADV | _ | 32 bring | advmod |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 place | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 place | nmod:poss |
| 38 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 place | amod |
| 39 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bring | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 enjoy | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 enjoy | cc |
| 42 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 enjoy | obj |
| 44 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 42 enjoy | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 forced | punct |
| 46 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 48 forced | mark |
| 47 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 forced | aux:pass |
| 48 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 enjoy | parataxis |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 share | mark |
| 50 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 forced | xcomp |
| 51 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 share | obj |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 55 wife | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 wife | nmod:poss |
| 54 | scolding | scolding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 wife | compound |
| 55 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 share | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 give | punct |
| 57 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 give | nsubj |
| 58 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 give | aux |
| 59 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 wife | parataxis |
| 60 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 give | iobj |
| 61 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 62 peace | det |
| 62 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 give | obj |
| 63 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 66 found | mark |
| 64 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 found | nsubj |
| 65 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 66 found | advmod |
| 66 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 give | advcl |
| 67 | out | out | ADP | _ | 66 found | compound:prt |
| 68 | about | about | ADP | _ | 69 it | case |
| 69 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 found | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 42 enjoy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | Peter | everything | accord Father's instructions; faithfully property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | press | past | the earth | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Theme | |||||
| 4 | sit down | past | Peter | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | consider | to-infinitive | Peter not said here | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | bring back | could | Peter | Peter's treasure | Peter's native place | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to place=Destination | |||
| 7 | enjoy | imperative | you not said here | treasure | there | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | force | gerund · passive | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: clause=Topic | ||||||
| 9 | share | to-infinitive | treasure | with Peter's scolding wife | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | give | would | Peter's scolding wife | no peace | Peter | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient peace=Theme | |||
| 11 | find out a condition, not said to happen | past | wife | about treasure; once property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | ||||
| 12 | instruct | Father | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | treasure | Peter | nom treasure «possession 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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