The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3, sentence 16
He, however, very well knew, by the ruby faces and pimpled noses of the beef-eaters, that they were only asleep; and their goblets, wherein still remained some drops of wine, shewed plainly, that they fell asleep in their cups.
Who acts: Scarce, eaters, goblets · What happens: know, be, remain, shew, fall · To what, where: beef eaters, drops, cups
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scarce, eaters, goblets), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 He | punct |
| 3 | however | however | ADV | _ | 7 knew | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 however | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 well | advmod |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 knew | advmod |
| 7 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 faces | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 faces | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 faces | det |
| 11 | ruby | ruby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 faces | compound |
| 12 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 knew | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 noses | cc |
| 14 | pimpled | pimpled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 noses | amod |
| 15 | noses | nose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 faces | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 eaters | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 eaters | det |
| 18 | beef | beef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 eaters | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 beef | punct |
| 20 | eaters | eater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 noses | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 asleep | punct |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 asleep | mark |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 asleep | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 asleep | cop |
| 25 | only | only | ADV | _ | 26 asleep | advmod |
| 26 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 eaters | acl:relcl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 shewed | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 shewed | cc |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 goblets | nmod:poss |
| 30 | goblets | goblet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 shewed | nsubj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 remained | punct |
| 32 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 remained | advmod |
| 33 | still | still | ADV | _ | 34 remained | advmod |
| 34 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 goblets | acl:relcl |
| 35 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 36 drops | det |
| 36 | drops | drop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 remained | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 wine | case |
| 38 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 drops | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 goblets | punct |
| 40 | shewed | shew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 knew | conj |
| 41 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 40 shewed | advmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 fell | punct |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 fell | mark |
| 44 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 fell | nsubj |
| 45 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 shewed | conj |
| 46 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 fell | xcomp |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 cups | case |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 cups | nmod:poss |
| 49 | cups | cup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 fell | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Scarce | by the ruby faces and pimpled noses of the beef eaters; however, well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | past | eaters = eater | the beef eaters not said here | asleep property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | remain | participle | some drops of wine | still | wherein property | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drop=Attribute | |||
| 4 | shew | past | eaters's goblets | plainly property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | fall | past | goblets = goblet | eaters's cups | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cup=Location |
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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