The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 77

And in a moment the whole place was full of little creatures each one with a tiny bow and a spear hardly big enough for a baby; but both arrows and spears could sting, as the bear knew very well, and in his fright he gave such a tug to his tail that it broke short off, and he rolled away into the forest as fast as his legs could carry him.

Who acts: whole place, arrows, bear, place, legs · What happens: be, sting, know, give, break, roll away · To what, where: tug, tail, fright, forest, bear

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole place, arrows, bear, place), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	9 full	cc
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 moment	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 moment	det
4	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 full	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 place	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 place	amod
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 full	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 full	cop
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 creatures	case
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 creatures	amod
12	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 full	obl
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 creatures	appos
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 bow	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bow	det
17	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 bow	amod
18	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 spear	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 spear	det
21	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bow	conj
22	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	23 big	advmod
23	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 spear	amod
24	enough	enough	ADV	_	23 big	advmod
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 baby	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 baby	det
27	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 big	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 sting	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 sting	cc
30	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	31 arrows	det
31	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 sting	nsubj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 spears	cc
33	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 arrows	conj
34	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 sting	aux
35	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 full	parataxis
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 knew	punct
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 knew	mark
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 bear	det
39	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 knew	nsubj
40	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 sting	parataxis
41	very	very	ADV	_	42 well	advmod
42	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	40 knew	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 gave	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 gave	cc
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 fright	case
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 fright	nmod:poss
47	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gave	obl
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 gave	nsubj
49	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 sting	conj
50	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	52 tug	det:predet
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 tug	det
52	tug	tug	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gave	obj
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 tail	case
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 tail	nmod:poss
55	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gave	obl
56	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 broke	obj
57	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 broke	nsubj
58	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 tail	acl:relcl
59	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 broke	xcomp
60	off	off	ADP	_	59 short	compound:prt
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 rolled	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 rolled	cc
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 rolled	nsubj
64	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 gave	parataxis
65	away	away	ADV	_	64 rolled	advmod
66	into	into	ADP	_	68 forest	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 forest	det
68	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 rolled	obl
69	as	as	ADV	_	70 fast	advmod
70	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	64 rolled	advmod
71	as	as	SCONJ	_	75 carry	mark
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 legs	nmod:poss
73	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 carry	nsubj
74	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	75 carry	aux
75	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 fast	advcl
76	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 carry	obj
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 full	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the whole place				moment	of little creatures; full property	tree rules
2	sting	could	both arrows and spears						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	know	past	the bear					well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	give	past	bear	such tug	bear's tail	bear's fright			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tug=Theme to tail=Recipient
5	break	past	place	bear's tail				short property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Patient
6	roll away	past	bear			the forest		away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into forest=Destination
7	carry	could	bear's legs	bear					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	fright		bear						nom fright «feeling transitive»: poss=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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