The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 87
Besides, there stands in the stable a grey horse which is saddled night and day; and if Eisenkopf should show his face, you have only got to jump on the horse’s back and ride away, and nobody on earth can catch you.
Who acts: Eisenkopf, you, nobody · What happens: stand, saddle, show, get, jump, ride away · To what, where: stable, grey horse, face, back, you
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 (Eisenkopf, you, nobody), 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 | Besides | besides | INTJ | _ | 4 stands | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Besides | punct |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 stands | expl |
| 4 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 stable | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stable | det |
| 7 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stands | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 horse | det |
| 9 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 horse | amod |
| 10 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stable | conj |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 saddled | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 saddled | aux:pass |
| 13 | saddled | saddle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 horse | acl:relcl |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saddled | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 day | cc |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 night | conj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 show | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 show | cc |
| 19 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 22 show | mark |
| 20 | Eisenkopf | Eisenkopf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 show | nsubj |
| 21 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 show | aux |
| 22 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stands | advcl |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 face | nmod:poss |
| 24 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 show | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 got | punct |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 got | nsubj |
| 27 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 got | aux |
| 28 | only | only | ADV | _ | 29 got | advmod |
| 29 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 show | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 jump | mark |
| 31 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 got | xcomp |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 back | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 horse | det |
| 34 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 back | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 horse | case |
| 36 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 jump | obl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 ride | cc |
| 38 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 jump | conj |
| 39 | away | away | ADV | _ | 38 ride | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 catch | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 catch | cc |
| 42 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 46 catch | nsubj |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 earth | case |
| 44 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 nobody | nmod |
| 45 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 catch | aux |
| 46 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 show | conj |
| 47 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 catch | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stands | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | the stable and a grey horse; there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location | |||||
| 2 | saddle | present · passive | a grey horse | night | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 3 | show a condition, not said to happen | should | Eisenkopf | Eisenkopf's face | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent face=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | get | present · perfect | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | jump | to-infinitive | you not said here | the horse's back | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | ride away | infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | catch | can | nobody | you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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