The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 58

The third was slower in coming, so Niels called out to him: “Be quick,” he said, “you are surely the oldest of the three, since you are so slow in your movements, but I can’t wait here long; I must get back to my own people as soon as possible.”

Who acts: third, Niels, you, your · What happens: be, come, call out, say, not wait, get back · To what, where: Niels, strong, movements · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (third, Niels, you, your), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 third	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 slower	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slower	cop
4	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 said	ccomp
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 coming	mark
6	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 slower	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 called	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 called	advmod
9	Niels	Niels	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 called	nsubj:pass
10	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 slower	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 called	compound:prt
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 called	obl
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 quick	punct
15	“	"	PUNCT	_	17 quick	punct
16	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 quick	cop
17	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slower	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 quick	punct
19	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 slower	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 said	nsubj
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 oldest	punct
23	“	"	PUNCT	_	28 oldest	punct
24	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	28 oldest	nsubj
25	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 oldest	cop
26	surely	surely	ADV	_	28 oldest	advmod
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 oldest	det
28	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 said	ccomp
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 three	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 three	det
31	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 oldest	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 slow	punct
33	since	since	SCONJ	_	37 slow	mark
34	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	37 slow	nsubj
35	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 slow	cop
36	so	so	ADV	_	37 slow	advmod
37	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 said	conj
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 movements	case
39	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 movements	nmod:poss
40	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 slow	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 wait	punct
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	46 wait	cc
43	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 wait	nsubj
44	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 wait	aux
45	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	46 wait	advmod
46	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 said	conj
47	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 wait	advmod
48	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	46 wait	advmod
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 get	punct
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 get	nsubj
51	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 get	aux
52	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 said	ccomp
53	back	back	ADV	_	52 get	advmod
54	to	to	ADP	_	57 people	case
55	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 people	nmod:poss
56	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 people	amod
57	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 back	obl
58	as	as	ADV	_	59 soon	advmod
59	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 get	advmod
60	as	as	SCONJ	_	61 possible	mark
61	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 soon	advcl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	52 get	punct
63	”	"	PUNCT	_	52 get	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the third				slow property	tree rules
2	come	gerund	the third not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	call out speech: assert	participle · passive		Niels	strong			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to he=Recipient
4	is in a quote	infinitive	the third not said here				quick property	tree rules
5	say speech: assert	past	Niels					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	is in a quote	present	you				of the three; old, surely property	tree rules
7	is in a quote	present	you			your movements	slow property	tree rules
8	not wait in a quote	can	Niels			here	long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	get back in a quote	must	Niels				soon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
10	move in a quote		your					nom movement «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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