The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 22, sentence 56
It did not take her long to reach the bridge which led to the city, and she took up her position on the spot where she had first seen the head, and called loudly “Ali!
Who acts: It, bridge, garden · What happens: not take, reach, lead, take up, see, call · To what, where: bridge, position, spot, head · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, bridge, garden), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 take | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 take | advmod |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 long | nmod:poss |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 take | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 reach | mark |
| 8 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 long | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bridge | det |
| 10 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reach | obj |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 led | nsubj |
| 12 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 bridge | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 city | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 city | det |
| 15 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 led | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 took | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 took | cc |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 took | nsubj |
| 19 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | parataxis |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 took | compound:prt |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 position | nmod:poss |
| 22 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 took | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 spot | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 spot | det |
| 25 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 took | obl |
| 26 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 30 seen | advmod |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 seen | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 seen | aux |
| 29 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 seen | advmod |
| 30 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 spot | acl:relcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 head | det |
| 32 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 seen | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 called | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 called | cc |
| 35 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 took | conj |
| 36 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 35 called | advmod |
| 37 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 Ali | punct |
| 38 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 called | xcomp |
| 39 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | past · do-support | It | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | reach | to-infinitive | the bridge | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme | |||||
| 3 | lead | past | the bridge | to the city | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to city=Patient | ||||
| 4 | take up | past | garden | garden's position | the spot | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent position=Theme on spot=Destination | |||
| 5 | see | past · perfect | garden | the head | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | call | past | garden not said here | loudly property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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