The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 62
At last, however, I collected them all and was about to drive them back, when suddenly they rushed down the hill into the swamp, where they vanished completely, leaving only the points of their tails, which you can see for yourself.”
Who acts: I, pigs, you · What happens: collect, be, drive back, rush, vanish, leave · To what, where: pigs, last, swamp, points, tails
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 (I, pigs, you), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 collected | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 last | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | 7 collected | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 collected | nsubj |
| 7 | collected | collect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 collected | obj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 about | cc |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 about | cop |
| 12 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 collected | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 drive | mark |
| 14 | drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 about | xcomp |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 drive | obj |
| 16 | back | back | ADV | _ | 14 drive | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 rushed | punct |
| 18 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 rushed | advmod |
| 19 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 21 rushed | advmod |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 rushed | nsubj |
| 21 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 collected | parataxis |
| 22 | down | down | ADP | _ | 24 hill | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 hill | det |
| 24 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 rushed | obl |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 swamp | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 swamp | det |
| 27 | swamp | swamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 rushed | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 vanished | punct |
| 29 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 31 vanished | advmod |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 vanished | nsubj |
| 31 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 rushed | conj |
| 32 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 31 vanished | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 leaving | punct |
| 34 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 vanished | advcl |
| 35 | only | only | ADV | _ | 37 points | advmod |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 points | det |
| 37 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 leaving | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 tails | case |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 tails | nmod:poss |
| 40 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 points | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 see | punct |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 see | obj |
| 43 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 45 see | nsubj |
| 44 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 see | aux |
| 45 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 points | acl |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 yourself | case |
| 47 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 45 see | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 collected | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 collected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | past | I | pigs = pig | last | however property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||
| 2 | is | past | I not said here | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | drive back | to-infinitive | I not said here | pigs = pig | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | rush | past | pigs = pig | into the swamp result; down the hill; suddenly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into swamp=Result | ||||
| 5 | vanish | past | pigs = pig | completely property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | leave | gerund | pigs = pig not said here | the points of pigs's tails | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme | ||||
| 7 | see | can | you | the points of pigs's tails | for yourself | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | point | pigs's tails | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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