The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 95
But an idea came to her, and she arose early, before the sun was up, and set off for the home of the Black Rogue, or Gallows Bird, who was such a wonderful thief that, though all had been robbed by him, no one could catch him.
Who acts: idea, sun, Gallows Bird, one · What happens: come, arise, be up, set off, be, rob · To what, where: sleep, wonderful thief, all, sun
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (idea, sun, Gallows Bird, one), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 came | cc |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 idea | det |
| 3 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 arose | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 arose | cc |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 arose | nsubj |
| 10 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 11 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 arose | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 was | punct |
| 13 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 16 was | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sun | det |
| 15 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 was | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 arose | advcl |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 was | compound:prt |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 set | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 set | cc |
| 20 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 21 | off | off | ADP | _ | 20 set | compound:prt |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 home | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 home | det |
| 24 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 set | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Rogue | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Rogue | det |
| 27 | Black | Black | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Rogue | compound |
| 28 | Rogue | Rogue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 home | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Bird | punct |
| 30 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 31 Gallows | cc |
| 31 | Gallows | Gallows | PROPN | Number=Plur | 32 Bird | compound |
| 32 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 came | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 thief | punct |
| 34 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 thief | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 thief | cop |
| 36 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 39 thief | det:predet |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 thief | det |
| 38 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 thief | amod |
| 39 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Bird | appos |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 robbed | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 robbed | punct |
| 42 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 46 robbed | mark |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 robbed | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 robbed | aux |
| 45 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 robbed | aux:pass |
| 46 | robbed | rob | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 thief | acl:relcl |
| 47 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 him | case |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 robbed | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 catch | punct |
| 50 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 51 one | det |
| 51 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 catch | nsubj |
| 52 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 catch | aux |
| 53 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 came | conj |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 catch | obj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a idea | sleep | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | arise | past | idea | early property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | be up | past | the sun | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | set off | past | a idea not said here | for the home of the Black Rogue | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | Gallows Bird | such wonderful thief | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | rob | past · perfect · passive | sun | all | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | catch | could | no one | sun | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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