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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 29

However, in a moment he was up again, and catching hold of Paul, threw him so that he sank up to his waist; but then it was Paul’s turn again, and this time the man was buried up to his neck.

Who acts: man, catching, wish · What happens: be, catch, throw, sink up, bury up, hold · To what, where: moment, hold, man, turn, Paul

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, catching, wish), 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

advmodpunctcasedetoblnsubjcopcompound:prtacl:relclpunctcccsubjobjcasenmodpunctobjmarkfixednsubjadvclcompound:prtcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodnsubjcopnmod:posscaseconjadvmodpunctccdetobl:unmarkeddetnsubj:passaux:passconjcompound:prtcasenmod:possoblpunctrootHoweverADV,PUNCTinADPaDETmomentNOUNhePRONwasAUXupADPagainADV,PUNCTandCCONJcatchingVERBholdNOUNofADPPaulPROPN,PUNCTthrewVERBhimPRONsoSCONJthatSCONJhePRONsankVERBupADPtoADPhisPRONwaistNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJthenADVitPRONwasAUXPaulPROPN’sPARTturnNOUNagainADV,PUNCTandCCONJthisDETtimeNOUNtheDETmanNOUNwasAUXburiedVERBupADPtoADPhisPRONneckNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoweverhoweverADV_17 threwadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Howeverpunct
3ininADP_5 momentcase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 momentdet
5momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing1 Howeverobl
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 againnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 againcop
8upupADP_7 wascompound:prt
9againagainADV_5 momentacl:relcl
10,,PUNCT_1 Howeverpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 catchingcc
12catchingcatchVERBVerbForm=Ger17 threwcsubj
13holdholdNOUNNumber=Sing12 catchingobj
14ofofADP_15 Paulcase
15PaulPaulPROPNNumber=Sing13 holdnmod
16,,PUNCT_12 catchingpunct
17threwthrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 threwobj
19sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ22 sankmark
20thatthatSCONJ_19 sofixed
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 sanknsubj
22sanksinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 threwadvcl
23upupADP_22 sankcompound:prt
24totoADP_26 waistcase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 waistnmod:poss
26waistwaistNOUNNumber=Sing22 sankobl
27;;PUNCT_34 turnpunct
28butbutCCONJ_34 turncc
29thenthenADVPronType=Dem34 turnadvmod
30ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 turnnsubj
31wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 turncop
32PaulPaulPROPNNumber=Sing34 turnnmod:poss
33’s'sPART_32 Paulcase
34turnturnNOUNNumber=Sing17 threwconj
35againagainADV_34 turnadvmod
36,,PUNCT_43 buriedpunct
37andandCCONJ_43 buriedcc
38thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem39 timedet
39timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing43 buriedobl:unmarked
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 mandet
41manmanNOUNNumber=Sing43 buriednsubj:pass
42wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 buriedaux:pass
43buriedburyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass17 threwconj
44upupADP_43 buriedcompound:prt
45totoADP_47 neckcase
46hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 necknmod:poss
47neckneckNOUNNumber=Sing43 buriedobl
48..PUNCT_17 threwpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastmana moment not said hereagain propertytree rules
2catchgerundhold of Paulvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
3throwpastcatchingmanhowever propertyvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4sink uppastmanto man's waistvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5is apastwishPaul's turnthen; againtree rules
6bury uppast · passivethe mantimeto man's neckvn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
7holdPaulnom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

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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