The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 1, sentence 16
The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way; and the little girl went by that farthest about, diverting herself in gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and making nosegays of such little flowers as she met with.
Who acts: Wolf, little girl · What happens: begin, run, take, go, divert, gather · To what, where: nearest way, Wolf, gathering nuts, nosegays
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wolf, little girl), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Wolf | det |
| 2 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 began | nsubj |
| 3 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 run | mark |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 began | xcomp |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 fast | advmod |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 run | advmod |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 could | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 could | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 fast | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 taking | punct |
| 12 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 run | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 way | det |
| 14 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 way | amod |
| 15 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 taking | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 went | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 went | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 girl | det |
| 19 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 girl | amod |
| 20 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 went | nsubj |
| 21 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 began | parataxis |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 that | case |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 went | obl |
| 24 | farthest | far | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 23 that | acl |
| 25 | about | about | ADV | _ | 21 went | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 diverting | punct |
| 27 | diverting | divert | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 went | advcl |
| 28 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 27 diverting | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 nuts | case |
| 30 | gathering | gather | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 nuts | amod |
| 31 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 diverting | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 running | punct |
| 33 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 diverting | conj |
| 34 | after | after | ADP | _ | 35 butterflies | case |
| 35 | butterflies | butterfly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 running | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 making | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 making | cc |
| 38 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 diverting | conj |
| 39 | nosegays | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 making | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 flowers | case |
| 41 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 flowers | amod |
| 42 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 flowers | amod |
| 43 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 nosegays | nmod |
| 44 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 met | mark |
| 45 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 met | nsubj |
| 46 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 making | advcl |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 met | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 began | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | the Wolf | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | run | to-infinitive | the Wolf not said here | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | gerund | the Wolf not said here | the nearest way | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go | past | the little girl | by that; about property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by that=Location | ||||
| 5 | divert | gerund | the little girl not said here | Wolf | gathering nuts | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | |||
| 6 | gather | gerund | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | run | gerund | the little girl not said here | after butterflies | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | make | gerund | the little girl not said here | nosegays of such little flowers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nosegay=Product | ||||
| 9 | meet | past | Wolf | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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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