The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11, sentence 79

He shut the forge door at nightfall, and the neighbours all gathered in the yard, and they heard him hammering, hammering, hammering, from that to daybreak; and every now and then he’d throw out through the window bits of gold, silver, and copper; and the idlers scrambled for them, and cursed one another, and prayed for the good luck of the workman.

Who acts: smith, neighbours, idlers · What happens: shut, gather, hear, hammer, have, throw out · To what, where: forge door, nightfall, smith, that, copper, window bits

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (smith, neighbours, idlers), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shut	nsubj
2	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
4	forge	forge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 door	compound
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shut	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 nightfall	case
7	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shut	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gathered	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gathered	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 neighbours	det
11	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gathered	nsubj
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 gathered	advmod
13	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shut	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 yard	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 yard	det
16	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gathered	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 heard	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 heard	cc
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 heard	nsubj
20	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shut	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 heard	obj
22	hammering	hammer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 heard	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 hammering	punct
24	hammering	hammer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 hammering	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 hammering	punct
26	hammering	hammer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 hammering	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 that	punct
28	from	from	ADP	_	29 that	case
29	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 hammering	obl
30	to	to	ADP	_	31 daybreak	case
31	daybreak	daybreak	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 hammering	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 ’d	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 ’d	cc
34	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	39 ’d	det
35	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 ’d	advmod
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 ’d	cc
37	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 ’d	advmod
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 ’d	nsubj
39	’d	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shut	parataxis
40	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 ’d	ccomp
41	out	out	ADP	_	40 throw	compound:prt
42	through	through	ADP	_	45 bits	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 bits	det
44	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 bits	compound
45	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 throw	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 gold	case
47	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 bits	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 silver	punct
49	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 gold	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 copper	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 copper	cc
52	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 throw	obl
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 scrambled	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 scrambled	cc
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 idlers	det
56	idlers	idler	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 scrambled	nsubj
57	scrambled	scramble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 ’d	conj
58	for	for	ADP	_	59 them	case
59	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 scrambled	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 cursed	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 cursed	cc
62	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 scrambled	conj
63	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	62 cursed	obj
64	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	63 one	fixed
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 prayed	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 prayed	cc
67	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 ’d	conj
68	for	for	ADP	_	71 luck	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 luck	det
70	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 luck	amod
71	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 prayed	obl
72	of	of	ADP	_	74 workman	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 workman	det
74	workman	workman	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 luck	nmod
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	past	smith	the forge door	nightfall			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	gather	past	the neighbours				in the yard; all property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hear	past	neighbours = neighbour	smith				tree rules
4	hammer	gerund	smith not said here					vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
5	hammer	gerund	smith not said here					vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
6	hammer	gerund	smith not said here		that		to daybreak	vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
7	have	past	smith			now; then		tree rules
8	throw out	infinitive	smith not said here	copper	the window bits of gold and silver			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through bit=Destination
9	scramble	past	the idlers				for neighbours = neighbour	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	curse	participle	the idlers not said here	one				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
11	pray	past	smith not said here				for the good luck of the workman	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for luck=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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