The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 82

The word was given for him to mount the steps which led to the top of the cask, when, suddenly, some men were seen running with all their might, crying as they went that a large ship with its sails spread was making straight for the city.

Who acts: steps, men, words, large ship · What happens: give, mount, lead, see, run, cry · To what, where: word, steps, men, city · 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 (steps, men, words, large ship), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 given	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 mount	mark
8	mount	mount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 steps	det
10	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mount	obj
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 led	nsubj
12	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 steps	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 top	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 top	det
15	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 led	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 cask	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cask	det
18	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 top	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 when	punct
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 mount	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 seen	punct
22	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	27 seen	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 suddenly	punct
24	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	25 men	det
25	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 seen	nsubj
26	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 seen	aux:pass
27	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 given	conj
28	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 seen	xcomp
29	with	with	SCONJ	_	32 might	mark
30	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	32 might	det:predet
31	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 might	nmod:poss
32	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 running	advcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 crying	punct
34	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	28 running	conj
35	as	as	SCONJ	_	37 went	mark
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 went	nsubj
37	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 crying	ccomp
38	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 making	mark
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 ship	det
40	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 ship	amod
41	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 making	nsubj
42	with	with	ADP	_	44 sails	case
43	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 sails	nmod:poss
44	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 ship	nmod
45	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 ship	acl:relcl
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 making	aux
47	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 went	advcl
48	straight	straight	ADV	_	51 city	advmod
49	for	for	ADP	_	51 city	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 city	det
51	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 making	obj
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		the word	for boy	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for he=Asset
2	mount	to-infinitive		the steps		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Patient
3	lead	past	the steps		to the top of the cask	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to top=Patient
4	see	past · passive		some men	suddenly property	tree rules
5	run	gerund	some men not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	cry speech: express	gerund	some men not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	go	past	words = word			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	spread	past	a large ship with ship's sails not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	make	past · progressive	a large ship with ship's sails	the city		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material city=Product

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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