The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 4, sentence 19
The two then set about skinning it, after which they stuffed the skin with dried leaves, so that no one would have guessed it was not alive, and set it up in the middle of a lump of bushes, which kept it firm on its feet.
Who acts: two, goats, rabbit, bushes · What happens: set, skin, stuff, dry, guess, not be · To what, where: rabbit, skin, one, middle, feet
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two, goats, rabbit, bushes), 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 two | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 set | nsubj |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 set | advmod |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 skinning | mark |
| 6 | skinning | skin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 set | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 skinning | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stuffed | punct |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 stuffed | obl |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stuffed | nsubj |
| 12 | stuffed | stuff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 skin | det |
| 14 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stuffed | obj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 leaves | case |
| 16 | dried | dry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 leaves | amod |
| 17 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 skin | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 guessed | punct |
| 19 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 25 guessed | mark |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 so | fixed |
| 21 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 22 one | det |
| 22 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 guessed | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 guessed | aux |
| 24 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 guessed | aux |
| 25 | guessed | guess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 stuffed | parataxis |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 alive | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 alive | cop |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 alive | advmod |
| 29 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 guessed | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 set | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 set | cc |
| 32 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | conj |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 set | obj |
| 34 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 set | compound:prt |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 middle | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 middle | det |
| 37 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 set | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 lump | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 lump | det |
| 40 | lump | lump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 middle | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 bushes | case |
| 42 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 lump | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 kept | punct |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 kept | nsubj |
| 45 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 bushes | acl:relcl |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 kept | obj |
| 47 | firm | firm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 kept | xcomp |
| 48 | on | on | ADP | _ | 50 feet | case |
| 49 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 feet | nmod:poss |
| 50 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 kept | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | infinitive | the two | then | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | skin | gerund | the two not said here | rabbit | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stuff | past | goats = goat | the skin | with dried leaves | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Destination with leaf=Theme | |||
| 4 | dry | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | guess | would · perfect · passive | no one | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | not is | past | rabbit | alive property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | set up | infinitive | the two not said here | rabbit | the middle of a lump of bushes | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Destination | |||
| 8 | keep | past | bushes | rabbit | rabbit's feet | firm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on foot=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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