The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 28, sentence 73

The lion was much the bigger and stronger of the two—indeed, he was much bigger and stronger than any of the beasts that dwelt in the forest; and, besides, he could jump father and run faster than all the rest.

Who acts: lion, Neuislandischen, beasts · What happens: be, dwell, jump, run · To what, where: forest, father

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lion, Neuislandischen, beasts), 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 lion	det
2	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bigger	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bigger	cop
4	much	much	ADV	_	6 bigger	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bigger	det
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stronger	cc
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 bigger	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 two	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 two	det
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 stronger	obl
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	13 indeed	punct
13	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	8 stronger	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bigger	punct
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 bigger	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 bigger	cop
17	much	much	ADV	_	18 bigger	advmod
18	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 bigger	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 stronger	cc
20	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 bigger	conj
21	than	than	ADP	_	22 any	case
22	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 bigger	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 beasts	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 beasts	det
25	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 any	nmod
26	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 dwelt	nsubj
27	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 beasts	acl:relcl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 forest	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 forest	det
30	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 dwelt	obl
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 jump	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 jump	cc
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 and	punct
34	besides	besides	INTJ	_	38 jump	discourse
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 besides	punct
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 jump	nsubj
37	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 jump	aux
38	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 bigger	parataxis
39	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 jump	obj
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 run	cc
41	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 jump	conj
42	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	41 run	advmod
43	than	than	ADP	_	46 rest	case
44	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 rest	det:predet
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 rest	det
46	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 faster	obl
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bigger	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lion			big property	tree rules
2	be		the lion not said here			of the two; indeed property	tree rules
3	is	past	Neuislandischen			than any; big property	tree rules
4	be		Neuislandischen not said here				tree rules
5	dwell	past	the beasts		the forest		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location
6	jump	could	Neuislandischen	father			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Agent
7	run	present	Neuislandischen not said here			fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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