The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 78

The dog, however, seemed to know what to expect, and, after a wild howl, went on; but the boy, who was uncertain whether this was the quarter of an hour when the giant was asleep, hesitated to follow him, and paused for a moment under a wild olive that grew near by, the only tree which he had beheld since he had parted from the dove. '

Who acts: dog, boy, this, giant, wild olive · What happens: seem, know, expect, go on, be, hesitate · To what, where: boy, quarter, dog, wild olive, only tree · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, boy, this, giant), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seemed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 dog	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	6 seemed	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 however	punct
6	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 know	mark
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 seemed	xcomp
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 expect	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 expect	mark
11	expect	expect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 know	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 went	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 went	cc
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 and	punct
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 howl	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 howl	det
17	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 howl	amod
18	howl	howl	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 howl	punct
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 seemed	conj
21	on	on	ADV	_	20 went	advmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 boy	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 boy	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 boy	det
25	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seemed	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 uncertain	punct
27	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 uncertain	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 uncertain	cop
29	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 boy	acl:relcl
30	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	34 quarter	mark
31	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 quarter	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 quarter	cop
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 quarter	det
34	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 uncertain	parataxis
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 hour	case
36	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 hour	det
37	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 quarter	nmod
38	when	when	SCONJ	_	42 asleep	mark
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 giant	det
40	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 asleep	nsubj
41	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 asleep	cop
42	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 quarter	advcl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 hesitated	punct
44	hesitated	hesitate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 asleep	conj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 follow	mark
46	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 hesitated	xcomp
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 follow	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 paused	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 paused	cc
50	paused	pause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 seemed	conj
51	for	for	ADP	_	53 moment	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 moment	det
53	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 paused	obl
54	under	under	ADP	_	57 olive	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 olive	det
56	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 olive	amod
57	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 paused	obl
58	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 grew	nsubj
59	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 olive	acl:relcl
60	near	near	ADV	_	59 grew	advmod
61	by	by	ADP	_	65 tree	case
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 by	punct
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 tree	det
64	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 tree	amod
65	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 grew	obl
66	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 beheld	nsubj:pass
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 beheld	nsubj
68	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 beheld	aux
69	beheld	behold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 tree	acl:relcl
70	since	since	SCONJ	_	73 parted	mark
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 parted	nsubj
72	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 parted	aux
73	parted	part	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	69 beheld	advcl
74	from	from	ADP	_	76 dove	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 dove	det
76	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 parted	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	50 paused	punct
78	'	'	PUNCT	_	50 paused	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	the dog	the boy			however property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	know	to-infinitive	the dog not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	expect	to-infinitive						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
4	go on	past	the dog not said here			after a wild howl		vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	past	the boy				uncertain property	tree rules
6	is a	past	this	the quarter		hour		tree rules
7	is	past	the giant				asleep property	tree rules
8	hesitate	participle	the giant not said here					tree rules
9	follow	to-infinitive	the giant not said here	dog				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	pause	past	the dog not said here		a wild olive	moment		vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under olive=Location
11	grow	past	a wild olive				by the only tree; near property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tree=Location
12	behold	past · perfect · passive		the only tree				vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
13	part	past · perfect	dog				from the dove	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from dove=Co-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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