The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 3, sentence 102
And the rabbit hastened back to the bushes, and gathered a quantity of the leaves, which he hid among his fur, 'For,' thought he, 'if I get them now I shall save myself the trouble of a walk by-and-by.'
Who acts: rabbit, leaves, I · What happens: hasten back, gather, hide, think, get, save · To what, where: rabbit, bushes, quantity, fur, leaves, myself · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, 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 (rabbit, leaves, I), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gathered | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rabbit | det |
| 3 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gathered | nsubj |
| 4 | hastened | hasten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 rabbit | acl |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 hastened | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 bushes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bushes | det |
| 8 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hastened | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gathered | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gathered | cc |
| 11 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 quantity | det |
| 13 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gathered | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 leaves | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 leaves | det |
| 16 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 quantity | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 hid | punct |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 hid | nsubj |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 hid | nsubj |
| 20 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 leaves | acl:relcl |
| 21 | among | among | ADP | _ | 23 fur | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 fur | nmod:poss |
| 23 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hid | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gathered | punct |
| 25 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 gathered | punct |
| 26 | For | for | ADP | _ | 11 gathered | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 thought | punct |
| 28 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 29 thought | punct |
| 29 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 gathered | conj |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 save | nsubj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 he | punct |
| 32 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 40 save | punct |
| 33 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 35 get | mark |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 get | nsubj |
| 35 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 save | advcl |
| 36 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 get | obj |
| 37 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 get | advmod |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 save | nsubj |
| 39 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 save | aux |
| 40 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 thought | ccomp |
| 41 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 40 save | obj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 trouble | det |
| 43 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 save | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 walk | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 walk | det |
| 46 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 trouble | nmod |
| 47 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 save | obl |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 by | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 by | cc |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 by | punct |
| 51 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 by | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 gathered | punct |
| 53 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 gathered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hasten back | participle | the rabbit not said here | the bushes | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bush=Destination | ||||
| 2 | gather | past | the rabbit | a quantity of the leaves | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hide | past | the leaves | Rabbit's fur | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among fur=Location | ||||
| 4 | think speech: other | past | the rabbit not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | get a condition, not said to happen | present | I | leaves = leaf | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | save | shall | Rabbit | myself | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent myself=Beneficiary trouble=Theme | ||||
| 7 | trouble | a walk | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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