The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 115

As the youth stood watching them, not knowing what to do next, it came into his head that his father’s cow was put out to grass at no great distance; and he forthwith made such a noise that he quite frightened the oxen, who were easily persuaded to take the path he wished.

Who acts: scamper, bull, oxen · What happens: stand, watch, not know, do, come, put out · To what, where: man, head, cow, noise, oxen, path

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (scamper, bull, oxen), 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	As	as	ADP	_	3 youth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 youth	det
3	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stood	xcomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 watching	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knowing	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 knowing	advmod
9	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stood	advcl
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 do	mark
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 knowing	xcomp
13	next	next	ADV	_	12 do	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 came	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stood	parataxis
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 head	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 head	nmod:poss
19	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	obl
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 put	mark
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 father	nmod:poss
22	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 cow	nmod:poss
23	’s	's	PART	_	22 father	case
24	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 put	nsubj:pass
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 put	aux:pass
26	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 came	advcl
27	out	out	ADP	_	26 put	compound:prt
28	to	to	PART	_	29 grass	mark
29	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 put	advcl
30	at	at	ADP	_	33 distance	case
31	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	33 distance	det
32	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 distance	amod
33	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 put	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 made	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 made	cc
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 made	nsubj
37	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	38 made	advmod
38	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stood	parataxis
39	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	41 noise	det:predet
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 noise	det
41	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 made	obj
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 frightened	mark
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 frightened	nsubj
44	quite	quite	ADV	_	45 frightened	advmod
45	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 made	advcl
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 oxen	det
47	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 frightened	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 persuaded	punct
49	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 persuaded	nsubj:pass
50	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 persuaded	aux:pass
51	easily	easily	ADV	_	52 persuaded	advmod
52	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 oxen	acl:relcl
53	to	to	PART	_	54 take	mark
54	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 persuaded	xcomp
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 path	det
56	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 take	obj
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 wished	nsubj
58	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 path	acl:relcl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past				as the youth	vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	watch	gerund		man			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	not know	gerund					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	do	to-infinitive				next property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
5	come	past	scamper		youth's head		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial_Location
6	put out	past · passive		head's father's cow		at no great distance	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at distance=Destination
7	make	past	bull	such noise		forthwith property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product
8	frighten	past	bull	the oxen			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ox=Experiencer
9	persuade	past · passive		the oxen		easily property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
10	take	to-infinitive	the oxen not said here	the path			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme
11	wish	past	bull	the path not said here			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot path=Theme

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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