The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 8
As Chin-debou Mau-giri leaned forward to seize him the hero flung his sack Woronowu over the giant's slippery head, and gripping his iron hammer, struck him again; this time the blow alighted upon the dry sack and Chin- debou Mau-giri fell dead.
Who acts: Mau giri, hero, gripping · What happens: learn, seize, fling, grip, strike, alight · To what, where: giri, sack, slippery head, iron hammer, time
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mau giri, hero, gripping), 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 | ADP | _ | 4 debou | case |
| 2 | Chin | chin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 debou | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Chin | punct |
| 4 | debou | debou | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leaned | obl |
| 5 | Mau | Mau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 giri | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mau | punct |
| 7 | giri | giri | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leaned | nsubj |
| 8 | leaned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 8 leaned | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 seize | mark |
| 11 | seize | seize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 leaned | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 seize | obj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hero | det |
| 14 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 flung | nsubj |
| 15 | flung | fling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 seize | ccomp |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 sack | nmod:poss |
| 17 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 flung | obj |
| 18 | Woronowu | Woronowu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 sack | appos |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 24 head | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 giant | det |
| 21 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 head | nmod:poss |
| 22 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 21 giant | case |
| 23 | slippery | slippery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 head | amod |
| 24 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 flung | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 struck | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 struck | cc |
| 27 | gripping | grip | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 32 struck | csubj |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 hammer | nmod:poss |
| 29 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 hammer | compound |
| 30 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gripping | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 gripping | punct |
| 32 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 leaned | conj |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 struck | obj |
| 34 | again | again | ADV | _ | 32 struck | advmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 alighted | punct |
| 36 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 time | det |
| 37 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 alighted | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 blow | det |
| 39 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 alighted | nsubj |
| 40 | alighted | alight | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 leaned | parataxis |
| 41 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 44 sack | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 sack | det |
| 43 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 sack | amod |
| 44 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 alighted | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 debou | cc |
| 46 | Chin | chin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 debou | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 Chin | punct |
| 48 | debou | debou | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sack | conj |
| 49 | Mau | Mau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 debou | appos |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 Mau | punct |
| 51 | giri | giri | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 Mau | list |
| 52 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 alighted | conj |
| 53 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 fell | xcomp |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 leaned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | past | Mau giri | as Chin debou; forward property | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | seize | to-infinitive | Mau giri not said here | giri | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fling | past | the hero | hero's sack | the giant's slippery head | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sack=Theme over head=Destination | |||
| 4 | grip | gerund | giant's iron hammer | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme | |||||
| 5 | strike | past | gripping | giri | again | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | |||
| 6 | alight | participle · passive | this time | upon the dry sack and Chin debou | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | fall | past | dead property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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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