The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 68
For some time the crab saw no more of the monkey, who had gone to pay a visit on the sunny side of the mountain; but one morning he happened to pass by her hole, and found her sitting under the shadow of a beautiful kaki tree.
Who acts: crab, monkey, pilgrim · What happens: see, go, pay, happen, pass, find · To what, where: more, visit, sunny side, pilgrim, shadow, beautiful kaki tree
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (crab, monkey, pilgrim), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crab | det |
| 5 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | no | no | ADV | _ | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 saw | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 monkey | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 monkey | det |
| 11 | monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 more | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gone | punct |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 gone | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 gone | aux |
| 15 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 monkey | acl:relcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 pay | mark |
| 17 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 gone | xcomp |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 visit | det |
| 19 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pay | obj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 side | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 side | det |
| 22 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 side | amod |
| 23 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pay | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 mountain | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 mountain | det |
| 26 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 side | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 happened | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 happened | cc |
| 29 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 morning | nummod |
| 30 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 happened | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 happened | nsubj |
| 32 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | parataxis |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 pass | mark |
| 34 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 happened | xcomp |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 hole | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 hole | nmod:poss |
| 37 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 pass | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 found | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 found | cc |
| 40 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 happened | conj |
| 41 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 found | obj |
| 42 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 found | xcomp |
| 43 | under | under | ADP | _ | 45 shadow | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 shadow | det |
| 45 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 sitting | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 tree | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 tree | det |
| 48 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 tree | amod |
| 49 | kaki | kaki | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 tree | compound |
| 50 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 shadow | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the crab | more | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | go | past · perfect | the monkey | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | pay | to-infinitive | the monkey not said here | a visit | the sunny side of the mountain | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | |||
| 4 | happen | past | Monkey | morning | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | pass | to-infinitive | Monkey not said here | by pilgrim's hole | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by hole=Location | ||||
| 6 | find | past | Monkey not said here | pilgrim | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 7 | sit | gerund | pilgrim not said here | the shadow of a beautiful kaki tree | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under shadow=Location | ||||
| 8 | shadow | a beautiful kaki tree | nom shadow «state 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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