The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 6

“I know,” said the steward, “I saw where he laid it down when they came in;” and off he went to fetch it, while Niels wondered whether he could make his escape in the meantime.

Who acts: steward, sword, others, Niels · What happens: know, say, see, lay down, come in, go · To what, where: steward, escape, meantime · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (steward, sword, others, Niels), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	parataxis
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
5	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 steward	det
8	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 laid	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 laid	nsubj
15	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 saw	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 laid	obj
17	down	down	ADP	_	15 laid	compound:prt
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 came	advmod
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 saw	advcl
21	in	in	ADV	_	20 came	advmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
23	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 went	cc
25	off	off	ADP	_	27 went	mark
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 went	nsubj
27	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 fetch	mark
29	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 went	xcomp
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 fetch	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 wondered	punct
32	while	while	SCONJ	_	34 wondered	mark
33	Niels	Niels	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 wondered	nsubj
34	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 went	conj
35	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	38 make	mark
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 make	nsubj
37	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 make	aux
38	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 wondered	ccomp
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 escape	nmod:poss
40	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 make	obj
41	in	in	ADP	_	43 meantime	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 meantime	det
43	meantime	meantime	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 make	obl
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	the steward = steward			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	the steward			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see in a quote	past	the steward = steward			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	lay down in a quote	past	sword	steward		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
5	come in in a quote	past	others = other			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	go	past	sword			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	fetch	to-infinitive	sword not said here	steward		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
8	wonder speech: ask	past	Niels			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	make	could	sword	sword's escape	the meantime	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Product
10	escape		sword			nom escape «act intransitive»: 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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