The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 79

He knew all the common fruits, so he thought he ought to be able to guess right; but so as not to let it seem too easy, he gazed up at the ceiling with a puzzled expression, and looked down at the floor with an air or wisdom and his fingers pressed against his forehead, and then he said, slowly, with his eyes on the king,--

Who acts: Moti, riddle, fingers · What happens: know, think, be, guess, not let, seem · To what, where: common fruits, riddle, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moti, riddle, fingers), 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 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 fruits	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fruits	det
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fruits	amod
6	fruits	fruit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 knew	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 thought	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thought	nsubj
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	conj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 able	nsubj
12	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 able	aux
13	to	to	PART	_	15 able	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 able	cop
15	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thought	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 guess	mark
17	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 able	xcomp
18	right	right	ADV	_	17 guess	advmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 let	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 let	cc
21	so	so	ADV	_	25 let	advmod
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 let	mark
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 let	advmod
24	to	to	PART	_	25 let	mark
25	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 knew	conj
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 let	obj
27	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 let	xcomp
28	too	too	ADV	_	29 easy	advmod
29	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 seem	xcomp
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 gazed	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 gazed	nsubj
32	gazed	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	conj
33	up	up	ADP	_	32 gazed	compound:prt
34	at	at	ADP	_	36 ceiling	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 ceiling	det
36	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 gazed	obl
37	with	with	ADP	_	40 expression	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 expression	det
39	puzzled	puzzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 expression	amod
40	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 gazed	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 looked	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 looked	cc
43	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	parataxis
44	down	down	ADP	_	43 looked	compound:prt
45	at	at	ADP	_	47 floor	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 floor	det
47	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 looked	obl
48	with	with	ADP	_	50 air	case
49	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 air	det
50	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 looked	obl
51	or	or	CCONJ	_	52 wisdom	cc
52	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 air	conj
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 pressed	cc
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 fingers	nmod:poss
55	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 pressed	nsubj
56	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 looked	conj
57	against	against	ADP	_	59 forehead	case
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 forehead	nmod:poss
59	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 pressed	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 said	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 said	cc
62	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	64 said	advmod
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 said	nsubj
64	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	parataxis
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 slowly	punct
66	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	64 said	advmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 eyes	punct
68	with	with	ADP	_	70 eyes	case
69	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 eyes	nmod:poss
70	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 said	obj
71	on	on	ADP	_	73 king	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 king	det
73	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 eyes	nmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 eyes	punct
75	--	--	PUNCT	_	2 knew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	Moti	all common fruits			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	past	Moti				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	ought	Moti			able property	tree rules
4	guess	to-infinitive	Moti not said here			right property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	not let	to-infinitive	Moti not said here	riddle			tree rules
6	seem	infinitive	riddle not said here			easy property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
7	gaze up	past	Moti			with a puzzled expression; at the ceiling	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ceiling=Theme
8	puzzle	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
9	look down	past				with a air or wisdom; at the floor	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at floor=Theme
10	press	past	Moti's fingers			against Moti's forehead	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against forehead=Theme
11	say speech: assert	past	Moti	Moti's eyes	then	on the king; slowly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent eye=Topic

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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