The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 99
Then she took him all over the house to amuse him, and opened every room, for her father had given her the keys before he left; but when they came to the last room Sigurd noticed one key on the bunch which had not been used and asked which room it belonged to.”
Who acts: Helga, father, keys, Sigurd, glove · What happens: take, amuse, open, give, leave, come · To what, where: Sigurd, house, room, keys, Helga, last room
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Helga, father, keys, Sigurd), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 took | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | obj |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 house | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 amuse | mark |
| 10 | amuse | amuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 amuse | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 opened | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 opened | cc |
| 14 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | parataxis |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 room | det |
| 16 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 opened | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 given | punct |
| 18 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 given | mark |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 father | nmod:poss |
| 20 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 given | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 given | aux |
| 22 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 opened | conj |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 given | obj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 keys | det |
| 25 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 given | obj |
| 26 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 28 left | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 left | nsubj |
| 28 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 given | advcl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 noticed | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 noticed | cc |
| 31 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 came | advmod |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 came | nsubj |
| 33 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 noticed | advcl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 room | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 room | det |
| 36 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 room | amod |
| 37 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 came | obl |
| 38 | Sigurd | Sigurd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 noticed | nsubj |
| 39 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 40 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 key | nummod |
| 41 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 noticed | obj |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 bunch | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 bunch | det |
| 44 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 noticed | obl |
| 45 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 used | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 used | aux |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 used | advmod |
| 48 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 used | aux:pass |
| 49 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 bunch | acl:relcl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 asked | cc |
| 51 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 used | conj |
| 52 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 53 room | det |
| 53 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 asked | obj |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 belonged | nsubj |
| 55 | belonged | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 room | acl:relcl |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 belonged | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| 58 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Helga | Sigurd | the house | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | ||
| 2 | amuse | to-infinitive | Helga not said here | Sigurd | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | open | past | every room | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location room=Theme | |||||
| 4 | give | past · perfect | Helga's father | the keys | Helga | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient key=Theme | |||
| 5 | leave | past | father | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | come | past | keys = key | the last room | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | notice | past | Sigurd | one key | the bunch | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer key=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | not use | past · perfect · passive | the bunch | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 9 | ask speech: ask | participle | which room | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent room=Recipient | |||||
| 10 | belong | past | glove | which room not said here | tree rules |
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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