The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 35, sentence 87

In a very short time the box was so nearly done that it only wanted a little more chipping out with an axe; but this part of the work was easier accomplished indoors, and he called to one of his sons who were lounging inside to bring him the tool.

Who acts: box, Patto, sons · What happens: do, want, chip out, accomplish, call, lounge · To what, where: box, part, one, tool, Patto · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (box, Patto, sons), 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	In	in	ADP	_	5 time	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 time	det
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 short	advmod
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 done	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 done	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 done	aux:pass
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 done	advmod
10	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	11 done	advmod
11	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 wanted	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	nsubj
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 wanted	advmod
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 done	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 little	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 more	obl:unmarked
18	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 wanted	advmod
19	chipping	chip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 wanted	xcomp
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 chipping	compound:prt
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 axe	case
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 axe	det
23	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 chipping	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 accomplished	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	33 accomplished	cc
26	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 part	det
27	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 accomplished	nsubj:pass
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 work	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 work	det
30	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 part	nmod
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 accomplished	aux:pass
32	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	33 accomplished	nsubj:pass
33	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 done	conj
34	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	33 accomplished	advmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 called	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 called	cc
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 called	nsubj
38	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 done	parataxis
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 one	case
40	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 called	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 sons	case
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 sons	nmod:poss
43	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 one	nmod
44	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 lounging	nsubj
45	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 lounging	aux
46	lounging	lounge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 sons	acl:relcl
47	inside	inside	ADV	_	46 lounging	advmod
48	to	to	PART	_	49 bring	mark
49	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 lounging	advcl
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 bring	obj
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 tool	det
52	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 bring	obj
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 done	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · passive		the box		time	nearly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	want	past	box					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	chip out not said to happen	gerund	box not said here				with a axe	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with axe=Instrument
4	accomplish	past · passive		this part of the work			indoors property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
5	call	past	Patto		one of Patto's sons			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient
6	lounge	past · progressive	Patto's sons				inside property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	bring	to-infinitive	Patto's sons not said here	the tool	Patto			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination tool=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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