The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 7, sentence 82
But one day, when the Seven Big Women were out of the way, he bethought him that the moment had come for him to carry off the sword, and, replacing it in its sheath, he hoisted it on his shoulder.
Who acts: Seven Big Women, servant, moment · What happens: be, bethink, come, carry off, replace, hoist · To what, where: way, face, sword, sheath, shoulder
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Seven Big Women, servant, moment), 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 | _ | 17 bethought | cc |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 day | nummod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bethought | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 way | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 way | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Women | det |
| 7 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 Women | nummod |
| 8 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Women | amod |
| 9 | Women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 way | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 way | cop |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 way | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 way | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 day | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 day | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 bethought | nsubj |
| 17 | bethought | bethink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 bethought | obj |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 come | mark |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 moment | det |
| 21 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 come | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 come | aux |
| 23 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 bethought | advcl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 him | case |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 come | obl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 carry | mark |
| 27 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 come | advcl |
| 28 | off | off | ADP | _ | 27 carry | compound:prt |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sword | det |
| 30 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 carry | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 hoisted | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 hoisted | cc |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 replacing | punct |
| 34 | replacing | replace | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 hoisted | advcl |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 replacing | obj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 sheath | case |
| 37 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 sheath | nmod:poss |
| 38 | sheath | sheath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 replacing | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 replacing | punct |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 hoisted | nsubj |
| 41 | hoisted | hoist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 bethought | conj |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 hoisted | obj |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 shoulder | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 45 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 hoisted | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 bethought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Seven Big Women | the way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bethink | past | servant | face | day | tree rules | |||
| 3 | come | past · perfect | the moment | for servant | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | carry off | to-infinitive | the moment not said here | the sword | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 5 | replace | gerund | servant not said here | Sword | Sword's sheath | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | |||
| 6 | hoist | past | servant | Sword | servant's shoulder | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shoulder=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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