The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 35, sentence 109
Of course they did not dare to approach it openly, for the Stalos had the strength of giants, and besides, there were three of them; so the two Sodnos climbed into a big bushy tree which overhung a well.
Who acts: sheds, Stalos, three, two Sodnos, big bushy tree · What happens: not dare, not approach, have, be, climb, overhang · To what, where: course, strength, big bushy tree
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sheds, Stalos, three, two Sodnos), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 2 course | case |
| 2 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dare | obl |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dare | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dare | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 dare | advmod |
| 6 | dare | dare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 approach | mark |
| 8 | approach | approach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 dare | xcomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 approach | obj |
| 10 | openly | openly | ADV | _ | 8 approach | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 had | punct |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 15 had | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Stalos | det |
| 14 | Stalos | Stalos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 had | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dare | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 strength | det |
| 17 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 had | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 giants | case |
| 19 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 strength | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 were | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 were | cc |
| 22 | besides | besides | INTJ | _ | 25 were | discourse |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 besides | punct |
| 24 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 25 were | expl |
| 25 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 had | conj |
| 26 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 were | nsubj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 them | case |
| 28 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 three | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 climbed | punct |
| 30 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 climbed | advmod |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Sodnos | det |
| 32 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 Sodnos | nummod |
| 33 | Sodnos | Sodnos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 climbed | nsubj |
| 34 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dare | parataxis |
| 35 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 tree | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 tree | det |
| 37 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 tree | amod |
| 38 | bushy | bushy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 tree | amod |
| 39 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 climbed | obl |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 overhung | nsubj |
| 41 | overhung | overhang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 tree | acl:relcl |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 well | det |
| 43 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 41 overhung | advmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dare | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not dare | past · do-support | sheds = shed | of course | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not approach | to-infinitive | sheds = shed not said here | course | openly property | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | have | past | the Stalos | the strength of giants | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | ||||
| 4 | be | past | three of sheds | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | climb | past | the two Sodnos | a big bushy tree | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination | ||||
| 6 | overhang | past | a big bushy tree | well property | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: 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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