The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 98
As soon as it was evening, the prince washed away all signs of the fight, took his hawk upon his shoulder, and his pipes under his arm, and with his greyhounds in front and his flock following after him he set out for the city.
Who acts: creature, prince, flock · What happens: be, wash away, take, follow, set out, sign · To what, where: signs, hawk, fight
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (creature, prince, flock), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 took | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 evening | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 evening | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 evening | cop |
| 6 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prince | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 evening | appos |
| 10 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 prince | acl |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 washed | advmod |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 signs | det |
| 13 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 washed | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 fight | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 fight | det |
| 16 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 signs | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 evening | punct |
| 18 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 hawk | nmod:poss |
| 20 | hawk | hawk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obj |
| 21 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 23 shoulder | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 23 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 pipes | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 pipes | cc |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 pipes | nmod:poss |
| 27 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 took | obl |
| 28 | under | under | ADP | _ | 30 arm | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 arm | nmod:poss |
| 30 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 pipes | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 set | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 set | cc |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 greyhounds | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 greyhounds | nmod:poss |
| 35 | greyhounds | greyhound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 set | obl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 front | case |
| 37 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 greyhounds | nmod |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 flock | cc |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 flock | nmod:poss |
| 40 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 set | nsubj |
| 41 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 flock | acl |
| 42 | after | after | ADP | _ | 43 him | case |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 following | obl |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 set | nsubj |
| 45 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 took | conj |
| 46 | out | out | ADP | _ | 45 set | compound:prt |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 city | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 city | det |
| 49 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 set | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | creature | as evening | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wash away | participle | the prince not said here | all signs of the fight | away property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient | |||
| 3 | take | past | hold's hawk | upon hold's shoulder; hold's pipes under hold's arm obl; soon property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hawk=Destination | ||||
| 4 | follow | gerund | hold's flock not said here | after hold | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | set out | past | hold's flock | with hold's greyhounds in front; for the city | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | sign | the fight | nom sign «communication 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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