The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 120
But when the dog howled, and Peter sprang up to go, she said, as she gave him the same gifts for his journey: “You have now three cakes and three napkins, for I know that my sisters have each given you one.
Who acts: dog, Peter, You, sisters · What happens: howl, spring up, go, say, give, have · To what, where: same gifts, Peter, three cakes, each, one, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, Peter, You, sisters), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 howled | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 howled | nsubj |
| 5 | howled | howl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sprang | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sprang | cc |
| 8 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sprang | nsubj |
| 9 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 howled | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 sprang | compound:prt |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 go | mark |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sprang | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 howled | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 gave | punct |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 gave | mark |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 gave | nsubj |
| 19 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 gave | iobj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 gifts | det |
| 22 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 gifts | amod |
| 23 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 gave | obj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 journey | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 journey | nmod:poss |
| 26 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 gifts | nmod |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 have | punct |
| 28 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 have | punct |
| 29 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 have | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | ccomp |
| 31 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 have | advmod |
| 32 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 cakes | nummod |
| 33 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 have | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 napkins | cc |
| 35 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 36 napkins | nummod |
| 36 | napkins | napkin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 cakes | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 know | punct |
| 38 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 know | mark |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 know | nsubj |
| 40 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 have | parataxis |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 have | mark |
| 42 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 sisters | nmod:poss |
| 43 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 have | nsubj |
| 44 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 know | ccomp |
| 45 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 have | obj |
| 46 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 each | acl |
| 47 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 given | obj |
| 48 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 46 given | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | howl | past | the dog | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | spring up | past | Peter | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | Peter not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | dog | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | give | past | dog | the same gifts | Peter | for Peter's journey | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gift=Theme for journey=Asset | ||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | You | three cakes and three napkins | now | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | |||
| 7 | know in a quote | present | dog | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | have in a quote | present | my sisters | each | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient | ||||
| 9 | give in a quote | participle | one | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient one=Theme | ||||
| 10 | journey | Peter | nom journey «act 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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