The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 6, sentence 23
As soon as the key was turned in the lock Ian wished for the raven, and the raven came to him, carrying the cap in his mouth.
Who acts: raven · What happens: turn, wish, come, carry · To what, where: key, Ian, cap, mouth
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (raven), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 wished | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 turned | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 key | det |
| 5 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 turned | aux:pass |
| 7 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 wished | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 lock | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lock | det |
| 10 | lock | lock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | obl |
| 11 | Ian | Ian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 lock | appos |
| 12 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 raven | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 raven | det |
| 15 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wished | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 came | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 raven | det |
| 19 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | nsubj |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 wished | advcl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 him | case |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 came | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 carrying | punct |
| 24 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 came | advcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 cap | det |
| 26 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carrying | obj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 mouth | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 29 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carrying | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 wished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past · passive | the key | in the lock | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in lock=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wish | past | for the raven; soon property | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for raven=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come | past | the raven | Ian | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | carry | gerund | the raven not said here | the cap | Ian's mouth | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cap=Value in mouth=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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