The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 17, sentence 16
When the last bell was done he drew another handful of food out of his pocket, and held it out to the goat, which instantly rose to its feet and followed Pinkel, who backed slowly to the door, and directly he got outside he seized the goat in his arms and ran down to the place where he had moored his boat.
Who acts: snoring, Pinkel · What happens: do, draw, hold out, rise, follow, back · To what, where: last bell, handful, bell, goat, Pinkel, door
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snoring, Pinkel), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 done | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bell | det |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bell | amod |
| 4 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 done | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 done | aux:pass |
| 6 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 drew | advcl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 drew | nsubj |
| 8 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 handful | det |
| 10 | handful | handful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drew | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 food | case |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 handful | nmod |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 pocket | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 pocket | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 16 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 food | nmod | ||
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 held | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 held | cc |
| 19 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 drew | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 held | obj |
| 21 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 held | compound:prt |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 goat | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 goat | det |
| 24 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 held | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 rose | punct |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 rose | obj |
| 27 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 28 rose | advmod |
| 28 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 goat | acl:relcl |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 feet | case |
| 30 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 feet | nmod:poss |
| 31 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 rose | obl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 followed | cc |
| 33 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 rose | conj |
| 34 | Pinkel | Pinkel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 followed | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 backed | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 backed | nsubj |
| 37 | backed | back | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 Pinkel | acl:relcl |
| 38 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 37 backed | advmod |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 door | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 door | det |
| 41 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 backed | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 got | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 got | cc |
| 44 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 46 got | advmod |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 got | nsubj |
| 46 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 drew | conj |
| 47 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 46 got | advmod |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 seized | nsubj |
| 49 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 got | parataxis |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 goat | det |
| 51 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 seized | obj |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 arms | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 arms | nmod:poss |
| 54 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 seized | obl |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 ran | cc |
| 56 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 seized | conj |
| 57 | down | down | ADV | _ | 56 ran | advmod |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 place | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 place | det |
| 60 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 ran | obl |
| 61 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 64 moored | advmod |
| 62 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 moored | nsubj |
| 63 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 moored | aux |
| 64 | moored | moor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 60 place | acl:relcl |
| 65 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 boat | nmod:poss |
| 66 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 moored | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · passive | the last bell | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | draw | past | snoring | another handful of food out snoring's pocket | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hold out | past | snoring not said here | bell | to the goat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 4 | rise | past | the goat | to bell's feet result; instantly property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient which=Extent to foot=Result | ||||
| 5 | follow | past | Pinkel | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinkel=Theme | |||||
| 6 | back | past | Pinkel | the door | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to door=Destination | |||
| 7 | get | past | snoring | directly, outside property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | seize | past | snoring | the goat | snoring's arms | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme | |||
| 9 | run down | past | snoring not said here | to the place result; down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to place=Result | ||||
| 10 | moor | past · perfect | snoring | snoring's boat | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |
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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