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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 27

The wife started back in horror at such a request; but the man turned his face to the wall, and took no notice, as he thought it was better to leave her to herself for a little.

Who acts: wife, man · What happens: start back, turn, take, think, be, leave · To what, where: horror, face, wall, notice, wife · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, man), 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

detnsubjadvmodcaseoblcasedet:predetdetnmodpunctccdetnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjcasedetoblpunctccparataxisdetobjpunctmarknsubjconjexplcopccompmarkcsubjobjcaseoblcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETwifeNOUNstartedVERBbackADVinADPhorrorNOUNatADPsuchDETaDETrequestNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETmanNOUNturnedVERBhisPRONfaceNOUNtoADPtheDETwallNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtookVERBnoDETnoticeNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONthoughtVERBitPRONwasAUXbetterADJtoPARTleaveVERBherPRONtoADPherselfPRONforADPaDETlittleADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 wifedet
2wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing3 startednsubj
3startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4backbackADV_3 startedadvmod
5ininADP_6 horrorcase
6horrorhorrorNOUNNumber=Sing3 startedobl
7atatADP_10 requestcase
8suchsuchDETPronType=Ind10 requestdet:predet
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 requestdet
10requestrequestNOUNNumber=Sing6 horrornmod
11;;PUNCT_15 turnedpunct
12butbutCCONJ_15 turnedcc
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 mandet
14manmanNOUNNumber=Sing15 turnednsubj
15turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 startedparataxis
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 facenmod:poss
17facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing15 turnedobj
18totoADP_20 wallcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 walldet
20wallwallNOUNNumber=Sing15 turnedobl
21,,PUNCT_23 tookpunct
22andandCCONJ_23 tookcc
23tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 startedparataxis
24nonoDETPronType=Neg25 noticedet
25noticenoticeNOUNNumber=Sing23 tookobj
26,,PUNCT_29 thoughtpunct
27asasSCONJ_29 thoughtmark
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 thoughtnsubj
29thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 tookconj
30ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 betterexpl
31wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 bettercop
32bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp29 thoughtccomp
33totoPART_34 leavemark
34leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf32 bettercsubj
35hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 leaveobj
36totoADP_37 herselfcase
37herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes34 leaveobl
38forforADP_40 littlecase
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 littledet
40littlelittleADJDegree=Pos34 leaveobl
41..PUNCT_3 startedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1start backpastthe wifehorror at such requestvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2turnpastthe manman's facethe wallvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent face=Theme to wall=Trajectory
3takepastno noticevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme
4think speech: otherpastmanvn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5ispastgood propertytree rules
6leaveto-infinitivewifewifefor a littlevn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to herself=Recipient

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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