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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 1, sentence 61

He struck him so hard a blow that the giant shrank into quite a little man, who fell upon his knees saying: 'You are indeed greater than I, O Makoma; take me with you to be your slave!'

Who acts: Makoma, giant, little man, knees, You · What happens: strike, shrink, fall, say, be, take · To what, where: Greater, blow, me, slave · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, 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 (Makoma, giant, little man, knees), 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

nsubjobjadvmodadvmoddetobjmarkdetnsubjaclcasedet:predetdetamodoblpunctnsubjacl:relclmarknmod:possnsubjadvclpunctpunctnsubjcopadvmodccompcasensubjpunctcompoundoblpunctparataxisobjcaseoblmarkcopnmod:possadvclpunctpunctrootHePRONstruckVERBhimPRONsoADVhardADVaDETblowNOUNthatSCONJtheDETgiantNOUNshrankVERBintoADPquiteDETaDETlittleADJmanNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONfellVERBuponSCONJhisPRONkneesNOUNsayingVERB:PUNCT'PUNCTYouPRONareAUXindeedADVgreaterADJthanADPIPRON,PUNCTOPROPNMakomaPROPN;PUNCTtakeVERBmePRONwithADPyouPRONtoPARTbeAUXyourPRONslaveNOUN!PUNCT'PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 strucknsubj
2struckstrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 struckobj
4sosoADV_5 hardadvmod
5hardhardADVDegree=Pos2 struckadvmod
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 blowdet
7blowblowNOUNNumber=Sing2 struckobj
8thatthatSCONJ_11 shrankmark
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 giantdet
10giantgiantNOUNNumber=Sing11 shranknsubj
11shrankshrinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 blowacl
12intointoADP_16 mancase
13quitequiteDETPronType=Ind16 mandet:predet
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 mandet
15littlelittleADJDegree=Pos16 manamod
16manmanNOUNNumber=Sing11 shrankobl
17,,PUNCT_19 fellpunct
18whowhoPRONPronType=Rel19 fellnsubj
19fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 manacl:relcl
20uponuponSCONJ_23 sayingmark
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 kneesnmod:poss
22kneeskneeNOUNNumber=Plur23 sayingnsubj
23sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 felladvcl
24::PUNCT_29 greaterpunct
25''PUNCT_29 greaterpunct
26YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs29 greaternsubj
27arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 greatercop
28indeedindeedADV_29 greateradvmod
29greatergreatADJDegree=Cmp23 sayingccomp
30thanthanADP_34 Makomacase
31IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs34 Makomansubj
32,,PUNCT_34 Makomapunct
33OOPROPNNumber=Sing34 Makomacompound
34MakomaMakomaPROPNNumber=Sing29 greaterobl
35;;PUNCT_36 takepunct
36taketakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 struckparataxis
37meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs36 takeobj
38withwithADP_39 youcase
39youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs36 takeobl
40totoPART_43 slavemark
41bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf43 slavecop
42youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 slavenmod:poss
43slaveslaveNOUNNumber=Sing36 takeadvcl
44!!PUNCT_36 takepunct
45''PUNCT_36 takepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1strikepastMakomaGreater = greathard propertyvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient blow=Result
2shrinkpastthe gianta blow not said hereinto quite little man resultvn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent blow=Patient into man=Result
3fallpastquite little manvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4say speech: assertgerundMakoma's kneesvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5ispresentYouthan O Makoma; great, indeed propertytree rules
6takeinfinitivemewith youvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination
7is ato-infinitiveyour slavetree 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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