The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 6

At first he tried to think that he was dreaming, and for a long while he kept his eyes shut very tight to what he did not want to see, but in spite of his efforts, the truth managed to wriggle through, and then the young man gave up trying to deceive himself, and set about finding some way to get the better of his rival.

Who acts: maiden, eyes, truth, young man · What happens: try, think, dream, keep, shut, not want · To what, where: eyes, spite, maiden, way, efforts

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 (maiden, eyes, truth, young man), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 first	case
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 tried	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 think	mark
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 dreaming	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dreaming	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dreaming	aux
10	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 think	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 long	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 long	cc
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 long	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 long	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tried	advmod
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 kept	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 kept	nsubj
18	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 long	advcl
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 eyes	nmod:poss
20	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 kept	obj
21	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 kept	xcomp
22	very	very	ADV	_	23 tight	advmod
23	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 shut	xcomp
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 what	case
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 tight	obl
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 want	nsubj
27	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 want	aux
28	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	29 want	advmod
29	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 what	acl:relcl
30	to	to	PART	_	31 see	mark
31	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 want	xcomp
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 managed	punct
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 managed	cc
34	in	in	ADP	_	35 spite	case
35	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 managed	obl
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 efforts	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 efforts	nmod:poss
38	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 spite	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 spite	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 truth	det
41	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 managed	nsubj
42	managed	manage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tried	conj
43	to	to	PART	_	44 wriggle	mark
44	wriggle	wriggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 managed	xcomp
45	through	through	ADV	_	44 wriggle	advmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 gave	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 gave	cc
48	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	52 gave	advmod
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 man	det
50	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 man	amod
51	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 gave	nsubj
52	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tried	conj
53	up	up	ADP	_	52 gave	compound:prt
54	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	52 gave	xcomp
55	to	to	PART	_	56 deceive	mark
56	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 trying	xcomp
57	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	56 deceive	obj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 set	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 set	cc
60	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 gave	advcl
61	about	about	SCONJ	_	62 finding	mark
62	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	60 set	advcl
63	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	64 way	det
64	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 finding	obj
65	to	to	PART	_	66 get	mark
66	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 way	acl
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 better	det
68	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	66 get	xcomp
69	of	of	ADP	_	71 rival	case
70	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 rival	nmod:poss
71	rival	rival	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 better	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	maiden					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	think speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	maiden not said here					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	dream	past · progressive	maiden					vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
4	keep	past	maiden	maiden's eyes				tree rules
5	shut	participle	maiden's eyes not said here				tight property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	not want	past · do-support	maiden					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	maiden not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	manage	past	the truth		spite of maiden's efforts			vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	wriggle	to-infinitive	the truth not said here				through property	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	give up	past	the young man			then		tree rules
11	try	gerund	the young man not said here					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
12	deceive not said to happen	to-infinitive	the young man not said here	maiden				vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
13	set	infinitive	the young man not said here					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
14	find	gerund	the young man not said here	some way				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
15	get	to-infinitive	the young man not said here	some way not said here			good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
16	spite			maiden's efforts				nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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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