The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 3, sentence 115

'How unlucky you are,' said Gudu, snatching the leaves; 'no sooner had you gone than ever so many people arrived, and washed their hands, as you see, and ate your portion.'

Who acts: you, Gudu, many people · What happens: be, say, snatch, go, arrive, wash · To what, where: leaves, hands, portion · 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 (you, Gudu, many people), 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	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 are	punct
2	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 unlucky	advmod
3	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 are	xcomp
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 are	nsubj
5	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 are	punct
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 are	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Gudu	Gudu	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 snatching	punct
11	snatching	snatch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 said	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 leaves	det
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 snatching	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 gone	punct
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	20 gone	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 sooner	det
17	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 gone	advmod
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 gone	aux
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 gone	nsubj
20	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 said	parataxis
21	than	than	SCONJ	_	26 arrived	mark
22	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	26 arrived	advmod
23	so	so	ADV	_	26 arrived	advmod
24	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 people	amod
25	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 arrived	nsubj
26	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 gone	advcl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 washed	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 washed	cc
29	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 arrived	conj
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 hands	nmod:poss
31	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 washed	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 see	punct
33	as	as	SCONJ	_	35 see	mark
34	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	35 see	nsubj
35	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 washed	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 ate	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 ate	cc
38	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	parataxis
39	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 portion	nmod:poss
40	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 ate	obj
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	38 ate	punct
42	'	'	PUNCT	_	38 ate	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	you			unlucky property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Gudu				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	snatch	gerund	Gudu not said here	the leaves			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme
4	go	past · perfect	you			soon property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	arrive	past	many people		ever		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	wash	past	many people not said here	people's hands			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
7	see	present	you				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	eat	past		your portion			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=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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