The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28, sentence 56
He went sorrowfully about his work for the space of half a year, when, one night, he dreamed that he moved the diamond ring given him by the maiden from his right hand and put it on the wedding finger of the left.
Who acts: Peter, diamond ring · What happens: go, dream, move, give, put, work · To what, where: diamond ring, Peter, right hand, ring, wedding finger · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, diamond ring), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sorrowfully | sorrowfully | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 work | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 work | nmod:poss |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 space | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 space | det |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 year | case |
| 11 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 13 year | det:predet |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 year | det |
| 13 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 space | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 night | punct |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 night | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 night | punct |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 night | nummod |
| 18 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 space | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 dreamed | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 dreamed | nsubj |
| 21 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 moved | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 moved | nsubj |
| 24 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 dreamed | ccomp |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 ring | det |
| 26 | diamond | diamond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 ring | amod |
| 27 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 moved | obj |
| 28 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 ring | acl |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 given | obj |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 maiden | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 maiden | det |
| 32 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | obl |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 hand | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 hand | nmod:poss |
| 35 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 hand | amod |
| 36 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | obl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 put | cc |
| 38 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 moved | conj |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 put | obj |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 finger | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 finger | det |
| 42 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 finger | compound |
| 43 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 put | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 left | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 left | det |
| 46 | left | left | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 finger | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Peter | about Peter's work for the space of half year and one night; sorrowfully property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about work=Location | ||||
| 2 | dream | past | Peter | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | move | past | Peter | the diamond ring | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | ||||
| 4 | give | participle | the diamond ring not said here | Peter | Peter's right hand | by the maiden | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||
| 5 | put | infinitive | Peter not said here | ring | the wedding finger of the left | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Destination | |||
| 6 | work | Peter | for the space of half year and one night | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
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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