The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 63
At these words the giants understood that their prize had escaped, and they ran after the fox as fast as their great legs could carry them, thinking that they should soon come up with the fox, who they supposed had the princess on his back.
Who acts: giants, words, great legs, legs, fox · What happens: understand, escape, run, carry, think, come up · To what, where: words, prize, princess, back · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (giants, words, great legs, legs), 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 | _ | 3 words | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 words | det |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 understood | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 giants | det |
| 5 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 understood | nsubj |
| 6 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 escaped | mark |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 prize | nmod:poss |
| 9 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 escaped | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 escaped | aux |
| 11 | escaped | escape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 understood | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ran | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ran | cc |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 ran | nsubj |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 understood | conj |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 fox | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 fox | det |
| 18 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ran | obl |
| 19 | as | as | ADV | _ | 20 fast | advmod |
| 20 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 ran | advmod |
| 21 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 carry | mark |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 legs | nmod:poss |
| 23 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 legs | amod |
| 24 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 carry | nsubj |
| 25 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 carry | aux |
| 26 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 fast | advcl |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 carry | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 thinking | punct |
| 29 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 ran | advcl |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 34 come | mark |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 come | nsubj |
| 32 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 come | aux |
| 33 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 34 come | advmod |
| 34 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 thinking | ccomp |
| 35 | up | up | ADP | _ | 34 come | compound:prt |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 fox | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 fox | det |
| 38 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 come | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 had | punct |
| 40 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 had | nsubj |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 supposed | nsubj |
| 42 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 who | acl:relcl |
| 43 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 fox | conj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 princess | det |
| 45 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 had | obj |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 back | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 back | nmod:poss |
| 48 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 princess | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 understood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | past | the giants | this words | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | escape | past · perfect · passive | words's prize | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location | |||||
| 3 | run | past | words = word | after the fox | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | carry | could | words's great legs | words = word | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | gerund | words = word not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | come up | should | legs = leg | with the fox; soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | suppose | past | legs = leg | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | have | past | the fox | the princess | giant's back | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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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