The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 84

And how he bawled and roared! and the servants that he used to be boasting to were soon flocking from the castle, and grinning, and huzzaing, and beating tunes on tongs and shovels and pans; and he cursing and swearing, and the eyes ready to start out of his head, and he so black in the face, and kicking out his legs behind him like mad.

Who acts: life, servants · What happens: bawl, roar, use, boast, flock, grin · To what, where: servants, castle, tunes, head, legs

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (life, servants), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 bawled	cc
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 bawled	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bawled	nsubj
4	bawled	bawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 roared	cc
6	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bawled	conj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 bawled	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 flocking	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 servants	det
10	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 flocking	nsubj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 used	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 used	nsubj
13	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 servants	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	16 boasting	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 boasting	aux
16	boasting	boast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 used	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	16 boasting	obl
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 flocking	aux
19	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 flocking	advmod
20	flocking	flock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 bawled	conj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 castle	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 castle	det
23	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 flocking	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 grinning	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 grinning	cc
26	grinning	grin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 bawled	advcl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 huzzaing	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 huzzaing	cc
29	huzzaing	huzza	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 grinning	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 beating	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 beating	cc
32	beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 grinning	conj
33	tunes	tune	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 beating	obj
34	on	on	ADP	_	35 tongs	case
35	tongs	tong	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 beating	obl
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 shovels	cc
37	shovels	shovel	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 tongs	conj
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 pans	cc
39	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 tongs	conj
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 cursing	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 cursing	cc
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 cursing	nsubj
43	cursing	curse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 bawled	advcl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 swearing	cc
45	swearing	swear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 cursing	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 ready	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 ready	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 eyes	det
49	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 ready	nsubj
50	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 cursing	advcl
51	to	to	PART	_	52 start	mark
52	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 ready	xcomp
53	out	out	ADP	_	56 head	case
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 head	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 head	nmod:poss
56	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 start	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 black	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 black	cc
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 black	nsubj
60	so	so	ADV	_	61 black	advmod
61	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bawled	parataxis
62	in	in	ADP	_	64 face	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 face	det
64	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 black	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 kicking	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 kicking	cc
67	kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 bawled	advcl
68	out	out	ADP	_	67 kicking	compound:prt
69	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 legs	nmod:poss
70	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 kicking	obj
71	behind	behind	ADP	_	72 him	case
72	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 kicking	obl
73	like	like	ADP	_	74 mad	case
74	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 kicking	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bawled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bawl speech: other	past	life				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	roar	past	life not said here				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	use	past	life	the servants			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient
4	boast speech: other	to-infinitive · progressive	life not said here				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	flock	past · progressive	the servants		the castle	soon property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	grin	gerund	life not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	huzza	gerund	life not said here				tree rules
8	beat	gerund	life not said here	tunes		on tongs and shovels and pans	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tune=Instrument on tong=Patient
9	curse	gerund	life				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	swear	gerund	life not said here				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
11	start out	to-infinitive	life not said here	eye's head			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality
12	kick out	gerund	life not said here	eye's legs		behind eye; like mad	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leg=Patient behind he=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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