The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 36, sentence 104
But, instead of sinking to the bottom, he paused a second to steady himself, then gave a second spring which landed him on the further shore.
Who acts: Andras, second spring · What happens: sink, pause, give, land · To what, where: Andras, further shore
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Andras, second spring), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 paused | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sinking | punct |
| 3 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 5 sinking | mark |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 instead | fixed |
| 5 | sinking | sink | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 paused | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 bottom | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bottom | det |
| 8 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sinking | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sinking | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 paused | nsubj |
| 11 | paused | pause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 second | det |
| 13 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 paused | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 steady | mark |
| 15 | steady | steady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 paused | advcl |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 steady | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 gave | punct |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 gave | advmod |
| 19 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 paused | conj |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 spring | det |
| 21 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 22 spring | amod |
| 22 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 gave | obj |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 landed | nsubj |
| 24 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 spring | acl:relcl |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 landed | obj |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 shore | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 shore | det |
| 28 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 shore | amod |
| 29 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 landed | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 paused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | gerund | Andras not said here | to the bottom | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pause | past | Andras | second | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | give | past | Andras not said here | then; spring | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | land | past | a second spring | Andras | the further shore | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on shore=Destination |
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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