The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 3
Next morning he rose and went out, and the queen ran to the threshold of the cave, and washed the stones, and pulled up some moss and little flowers that were hidden in the crannies, and by and bye when dusk had fallen the giant came home.
Who acts: soul, queen, dusk · What happens: rise, go out, run, wash, pull up, hide · To what, where: stones, moss, little flowers, crannies, giant
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soul, queen, dusk), 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 | Next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 morning | amod |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rose | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rose | nsubj |
| 4 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 went | cc |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rose | conj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 went | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ran | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 queen | det |
| 11 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | nsubj |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rose | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 threshold | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 threshold | det |
| 15 | threshold | threshold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 cave | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cave | det |
| 18 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 threshold | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 washed | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 washed | cc |
| 21 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rose | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 stones | det |
| 23 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 washed | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 pulled | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 pulled | cc |
| 26 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 washed | conj |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 pulled | compound:prt |
| 28 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 29 moss | det |
| 29 | moss | moss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 pulled | obj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 flowers | cc |
| 31 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 flowers | amod |
| 32 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 moss | conj |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 hidden | aux:pass |
| 35 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 flowers | acl:relcl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 crannies | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 crannies | det |
| 38 | crannies | cranny | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 hidden | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 came | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 came | cc |
| 41 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 bye | case |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 bye | cc |
| 43 | bye | bye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 came | obl |
| 44 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 47 fallen | mark |
| 45 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 fallen | nsubj |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 fallen | aux |
| 47 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 bye | acl:relcl |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 giant | det |
| 49 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 fallen | obj |
| 50 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rose | conj |
| 51 | home | home | ADV | _ | 50 came | advmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | soul | morning | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | go out | past | soul not said here | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | run | past | the queen | to the threshold of the cave result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to threshold=Result | ||||
| 4 | wash | past | soul not said here | the stones | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient | ||||
| 5 | pull up | past | soul not said here | some moss and little flowers | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moss=Theme | ||||
| 6 | hide | past · passive | little flowers | the crannies | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in cranny=Location | ||||
| 7 | fall | past · perfect | dusk | the giant | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient giant=Result | ||||
| 8 | come | past | soul not said here | by bye; home property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bye=Location |
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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