The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24, sentence 96
This idea pleased the fox, for he had not yet forgiven the crow for depriving him of the young magpies, so he carried the crow to the edge of the precipice and threw him over, intending to go round by a path he knew and pick him up at the bottom.
Who acts: idea, fox · What happens: not forgive, deprive, carry, throw over, intend, go round · To what, where: fox, idea, path, bottom
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (idea, fox), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 idea | det |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fox | amod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fox | det |
| 5 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 idea | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 forgiven | punct |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 forgiven | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 forgiven | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 forgiven | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 forgiven | advmod |
| 11 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 12 forgiven | advmod |
| 12 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 idea | acl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 crow | det |
| 14 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 forgiven | obj |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 depriving | mark |
| 16 | depriving | deprive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 forgiven | advcl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 depriving | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 magpies | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 magpies | det |
| 20 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 magpies | amod |
| 21 | magpies | magpie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 depriving | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 carried | punct |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 carried | advmod |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 carried | nsubj |
| 25 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 crow | det |
| 27 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 carried | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 edge | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 edge | det |
| 30 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 carried | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 precipice | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 precipice | det |
| 33 | precipice | precipice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 edge | nmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 threw | cc |
| 35 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 carried | conj |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 threw | obj |
| 37 | over | over | ADP | _ | 35 threw | compound:prt |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 intending | punct |
| 39 | intending | intend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 threw | advcl |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 go | mark |
| 41 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 intending | xcomp |
| 42 | round | round | ADV | _ | 41 go | advmod |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 path | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 path | det |
| 45 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 go | obl |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 knew | nsubj |
| 47 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 path | acl:relcl |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 pick | cc |
| 49 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 go | conj |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 pick | obj |
| 51 | up | up | ADP | _ | 49 pick | compound:prt |
| 52 | at | at | ADP | _ | 54 bottom | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 bottom | det |
| 54 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 pick | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 carried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgive | past · perfect · passive | this idea and the pleased fox not said here | fox | yet | tree rules | |||
| 2 | deprive | gerund | this idea and the pleased fox not said here | fox | of the young magpies | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of magpie=Theme | |||
| 3 | carry | past · passive | this idea and the pleased fox | to the edge of the precipice | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary crow=Value | ||||
| 4 | throw over | past | fox | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 5 | intend | gerund | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 6 | go round not said to happen | to-infinitive | by a path; round property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by path=Location | |||||
| 7 | know | past | fox | a path not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | pick up | infinitive | fox | the bottom | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
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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