The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 103
After the young man had finished his dinner he rose and walked on for several hours, till he reached a second hill, where he threw himself down on the grass, and took some bread and milk from his wallet.
Who acts: young man, beggar · What happens: finish, rise, walk on, reach, throw down, take · To what, where: dinner, second hill, beggar, grass, bread, wallet
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young man, beggar), 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 | _ | 6 finished | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 finished | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 finished | aux |
| 6 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 rose | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 8 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 finished | obj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 rose | nsubj |
| 10 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 walked | cc |
| 12 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 rose | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 walked | compound:prt |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 hours | case |
| 15 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 hours | amod |
| 16 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 walked | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 reached | punct |
| 18 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 20 reached | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 reached | nsubj |
| 20 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 walked | conj |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 hill | det |
| 22 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 23 hill | amod |
| 23 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 reached | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 threw | punct |
| 25 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 27 threw | advmod |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 threw | nsubj |
| 27 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 hill | acl:relcl |
| 28 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 27 threw | obj |
| 29 | down | down | ADP | _ | 27 threw | compound:prt |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 grass | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 grass | det |
| 32 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 threw | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 took | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 took | cc |
| 35 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 rose | conj |
| 36 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 37 bread | det |
| 37 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 took | obj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 milk | cc |
| 39 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 bread | conj |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 wallet | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 wallet | nmod:poss |
| 42 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 took | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past · perfect | the young man | beggar's dinner | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector dinner=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | rise | past | beggar | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | walk on | past | beggar not said here | hour | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | reach | past | beggar | a second hill | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hill=Theme | ||||
| 5 | throw down | past | beggar | beggar | the grass | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on grass=Destination | |||
| 6 | take | past | beggar not said here | some bread and milk | beggar's wallet | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bread=Theme from wallet=Initial_Location |
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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