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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 52

So Peter put a piece of black bread in his knapsack, and strapping it on his back, took a stout stick in his hand, and set out to seek his fortune.

Who acts: Peter · What happens: put, strap, take, set out, seek · To what, where: piece, knapsack, back, stout stick, hand, fortune

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 (Peter), 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

advmodnsubjdetobjcaseamodnmodcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvclobjcasenmod:possoblpunctconjdetamodobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvclcompound:prtmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctrootSoADVPeterPROPNputVERBaDETpieceNOUNofADPblackADJbreadNOUNinADPhisPRONknapsackNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJstrappingVERBitPRONonADPhisPRONbackNOUN,PUNCTtookVERBaDETstoutADJstickNOUNinADPhisPRONhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsetVERBoutADPtoPARTseekVERBhisPRONfortuneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 putadvmod
2PeterPeterPROPNNumber=Sing3 putnsubj
3putputVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 piecedet
5piecepieceNOUNNumber=Sing3 putobj
6ofofADP_8 breadcase
7blackblackADJDegree=Pos8 breadamod
8breadbreadNOUNNumber=Sing5 piecenmod
9ininADP_11 knapsackcase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 knapsacknmod:poss
11knapsackknapsackNOUNNumber=Sing3 putobl
12,,PUNCT_14 strappingpunct
13andandCCONJ_14 strappingcc
14strappingstrapVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 putadvcl
15ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 strappingobj
16ononADP_18 backcase
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 backnmod:poss
18backbackNOUNNumber=Sing14 strappingobl
19,,PUNCT_20 tookpunct
20tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 putconj
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 stickdet
22stoutstoutADJDegree=Pos23 stickamod
23stickstickNOUNNumber=Sing20 tookobj
24ininADP_26 handcase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 handnmod:poss
26handhandNOUNNumber=Sing20 tookobl
27,,PUNCT_29 setpunct
28andandCCONJ_29 setcc
29setsetVERBVerbForm=Inf20 tookadvcl
30outoutADP_29 setcompound:prt
31totoPART_32 seekmark
32seekseekVERBVerbForm=Inf29 setxcomp
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 fortunenmod:poss
34fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing32 seekobj
35..PUNCT_3 putpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putpastPetera piece of black breadPeter's knapsackvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent piece=Theme in knapsack=Destination
2strapgerundPeter not said herepiecePeter's backvn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient on back=Location
3takepastPeter not said herea stout stickPeter's handvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stick=Value in hand=Location
4set outinfinitivePeter not said herevn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5seekto-infinitivePeter not said herePeter's fortunevn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=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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