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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 101

He filled the sacks with the money, though he knew perfectly well that it belonged to the sultan, and was driving them quietly home again, when he saw two soldiers coming along the road.

Who acts: cock, money, two soldiers · What happens: fill, know, belong, drive, see, come · To what, where: sacks, two soldiers, road

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cock, money, two soldiers), 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

nsubjdetobjcasedetoblpunctmarknsubjparataxisadvmodadvmodmarknsubjadvclcasedetoblpunctccauxadvclobjadvmodadvmodadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisnummodobjaclcasedetoblpunctrootHePRONfilledVERBtheDETsacksNOUNwithADPtheDETmoneyNOUN,PUNCTthoughSCONJhePRONknewVERBperfectlyADVwellADVthatSCONJitPRONbelongedVERBtoADPtheDETsultanNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXdrivingVERBthemPRONquietlyADVhomeADVagainADV,PUNCTwhenADVhePRONsawVERBtwoNUMsoldiersNOUNcomingVERBalongADPtheDETroadNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 fillednsubj
2filledfillVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 sacksdet
4sackssackNOUNNumber=Plur2 filledobj
5withwithADP_7 moneycase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 moneydet
7moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing2 filledobl
8,,PUNCT_11 knewpunct
9thoughthoughSCONJ_11 knewmark
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 knewnsubj
11knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 filledparataxis
12perfectlyperfectlyADV_13 welladvmod
13wellwellADVDegree=Pos11 knewadvmod
14thatthatSCONJ_16 belongedmark
15ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 belongednsubj
16belongedbelongVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 knewadvcl
17totoADP_19 sultancase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 sultandet
19sultansultanNOUNNumber=Sing16 belongedobl
20,,PUNCT_23 drivingpunct
21andandCCONJ_23 drivingcc
22wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 drivingaux
23drivingdriveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 filledadvcl
24themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs23 drivingobj
25quietlyquietlyADV_26 homeadvmod
26homehomeADV_23 drivingadvmod
27againagainADV_23 drivingadvmod
28,,PUNCT_31 sawpunct
29whenwhenADVPronType=Int31 sawadvmod
30hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 sawnsubj
31sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 filledparataxis
32twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card33 soldiersnummod
33soldierssoldierNOUNNumber=Plur31 sawobj
34comingcomeVERBVerbForm=Ger33 soldiersacl
35alongalongADP_37 roadcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 roaddet
37roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing34 comingobl
38..PUNCT_2 filledpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fillpastcockthe sackswith the moneyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sack=Patient with money=Instrument
2knowpastcockwell propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3belongpastmoneyto the sultanvn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
4drivepast · progressivecock not said heresacks = sackagainhome propertyvn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory
5seepastcocktwo soldiersvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer soldier=Stimulus
6comegerundtwo soldiers not said herethe roadvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme along road=Initial_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 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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