The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 37, sentence 6
The dog, a fierce, wicked-looking creature, he slew with one blow from his fist, for it is well known that if a Stalo's dog licks the blood that flows from his dead master's wounds the Stalo comes to life again.
Who acts: dog, blood, Stalo · What happens: look, slay, know, lick, flow, wound · To what, where: fist, blood, dead master, life
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, blood, Stalo), 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 | 13 slew | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 creature | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 creature | det |
| 5 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 creature | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fierce | punct |
| 7 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 looking | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 wicked | punct |
| 9 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 creature | amod |
| 10 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dog | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 dog | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 slew | nsubj |
| 13 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 blow | case |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 blow | nummod |
| 16 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 slew | obl |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 fist | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 fist | nmod:poss |
| 19 | fist | fist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 blow | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 known | punct |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 25 known | mark |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 known | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 known | aux:pass |
| 24 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 25 known | advmod |
| 25 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 slew | parataxis |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 wounds | mark |
| 27 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 32 licks | mark |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 Stalo | det |
| 29 | Stalo | Stalo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 dog | nmod:poss |
| 30 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 29 Stalo | case |
| 31 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 licks | nsubj |
| 32 | licks | lick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 wounds | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 blood | det |
| 34 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 licks | obj |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 flows | nsubj |
| 36 | flows | flow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 blood | acl:relcl |
| 37 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 master | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 master | nmod:poss |
| 39 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 master | amod |
| 40 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 flows | obl |
| 41 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 40 master | case |
| 42 | wounds | wound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 known | advcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Stalo | det |
| 44 | Stalo | Stalo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 comes | nsubj |
| 45 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 wounds | ccomp |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 life | case |
| 47 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 comes | obl |
| 48 | again | again | ADV | _ | 45 comes | advmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 slew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | slay | past | the dog a fierce looking creature | with one blow from dog's fist | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with blow=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | know | present · passive | fist | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | lick a condition, not said to happen | present | a Stalo's dog | the blood | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | ||||
| 5 | flow | present | the blood | dog's dead master | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | wound | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | come | present | the Stalo | life | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial_Location |
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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