The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 4, sentence 45

'If we must die, put us in the place where the wood is cut, and heap it up all round us, so that we cannot escape, and set fire to the wood; and if one is burned and the other is not, then he that is burned is the goat- slayer.'

Who acts: we · What happens: die, put, cut, heap up, not escape, set · To what, where: us, place, wood, fire, one, Isuro

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 (we), 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	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 die	punct
2	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 die	mark
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 die	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 put	punct
7	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 die	conj
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 put	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 place	det
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obl
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 cut	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cut	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 cut	aux:pass
16	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 place	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 heap	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 heap	cc
19	heap	heap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 die	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 heap	obj
21	up	up	ADP	_	19 heap	compound:prt
22	all	all	ADV	_	24 us	advmod
23	round	round	ADP	_	24 us	case
24	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 heap	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 escape	punct
26	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	31 escape	mark
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 so	fixed
28	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 escape	nsubj
29	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 escape	aux
30	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	31 escape	advmod
31	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 heap	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 set	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 set	cc
34	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 escape	conj
35	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 set	obj
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 wood	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 wood	det
38	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 set	obl
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 burned	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 burned	cc
41	if	if	SCONJ	_	44 burned	mark
42	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	44 burned	nsubj:pass
43	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 burned	aux:pass
44	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 slayer	parataxis
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 other	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 other	det
47	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 burned	conj
48	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 burned	advcl
49	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	48 is	advmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 burned	punct
51	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	55 burned	advmod
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 burned	nsubj:pass
53	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 burned	nsubj:pass
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 burned	aux:pass
55	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 burned	advcl
56	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 slayer	cop
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 slayer	det
58	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 slayer	compound
59	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 goat	punct
60	slayer	slayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	parataxis
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 die	punct
62	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 die	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	must	we					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	put	infinitive	we not said here	us	the place			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme in place=Destination
3	cut	present · passive		the wood				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
4	heap up	infinitive	we not said here	wood			round us	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	not escape	can	we					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	set	infinitive	we not said here	fire			to the wood	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result
7	burn a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		one				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
8	not be	present						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	burn	present · passive		Isuro		then		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
10	is a	present		the goat slayer				tree rules

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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