The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 50

In a tiny bay, on the opposite side of the island they found the very thing, which seemed to have been made on purpose for them; and as they were tired with their long walk, they laid themselves down on a bank of moss among some birches and prepared to have a good night’s rest, so as to be fresh for work next day.

Who acts: islands, thing · What happens: find, seem, make, be, lay down, have · To what, where: thing, purpose, islands, tiny bay, rest

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (islands, thing), 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 bay	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bay	det
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bay	amod
4	bay	bay	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 laid	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 side	punct
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 side	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 side	det
8	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 side	amod
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bay	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 island	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 island	det
12	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 side	nmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 found	nsubj
14	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 island	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 thing	det
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 thing	advmod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 found	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 seemed	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 seemed	nsubj
20	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 thing	acl:relcl
21	to	to	PART	_	24 made	mark
22	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 made	aux
23	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 made	aux:pass
24	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 seemed	xcomp
25	on	on	ADP	_	26 purpose	case
26	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 made	obl
27	for	for	ADP	_	28 them	case
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 made	obl
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 laid	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 laid	cc
31	as	as	SCONJ	_	34 tired	mark
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 tired	nsubj
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 tired	cop
34	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 laid	advcl
35	with	with	ADP	_	38 walk	case
36	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 walk	nmod:poss
37	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 walk	amod
38	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 tired	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 tired	punct
40	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 laid	nsubj
41	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
42	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	41 laid	obj
43	down	down	ADP	_	41 laid	compound:prt
44	on	on	ADP	_	46 bank	case
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 bank	det
46	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 laid	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 moss	case
48	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 bank	nmod
49	among	among	ADP	_	51 birches	case
50	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	51 birches	det
51	birches	birch	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 laid	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 prepared	cc
53	prepared	prepared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 birches	conj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 have	mark
55	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 prepared	xcomp
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 night	det
57	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 night	amod
58	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 rest	nmod:poss
59	’s	's	PART	_	58 night	case
60	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 have	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 fresh	punct
62	so	so	ADV	_	66 fresh	advmod
63	as	as	SCONJ	_	66 fresh	mark
64	to	to	PART	_	66 fresh	mark
65	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	66 fresh	cop
66	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 laid	parataxis
67	for	for	ADP	_	68 work	case
68	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 fresh	obl
69	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 day	amod
70	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 fresh	obl:unmarked
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 laid	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	islands = island	the thing				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	seem	past	the thing					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	make	to-infinitive · perfect · passive	the thing not said here		purpose		for islands = island	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: for they=Asset
4	is	past	islands = island				with islands's long walk; tired property	tree rules
5	lay down	past	islands = island	islands = island	a tiny bay on the opposite side of the island		on a bank of moss; among some birches	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in bay=Destination
6	have	to-infinitive	islands = island not said here	a good night's rest				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient
7	is	to-infinitive				day	for work; fresh property	tree rules
8	walk		islands = island					nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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