The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 25
Hoping to escape from the back of his fiery steed Moti grasped one in passing, but its roots gave way, and he dashed on, with the whole plant looking like a young tree flourishing in his grip.
Who acts: Hoping, roots, Moti, whole plant, young tree · What happens: hope, escape, grasp, give, dash on, look · To what, where: back, one, passing, way, grip
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hoping, roots, Moti, whole plant), 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 | Hoping | hope | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 grasped | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 escape | mark |
| 3 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hoping | xcomp |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 back | det |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 escape | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 steed | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 steed | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 steed | amod |
| 10 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 back | nmod |
| 11 | Moti | Moti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 steed | appos |
| 12 | grasped | grasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 grasped | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 passing | case |
| 15 | passing | passing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grasped | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 gave | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 gave | cc |
| 18 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 roots | nmod:poss |
| 19 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 gave | nsubj |
| 20 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 grasped | conj |
| 21 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 gave | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 dashed | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 dashed | cc |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 dashed | nsubj |
| 25 | dashed | dash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 grasped | conj |
| 26 | on | on | ADV | _ | 25 dashed | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 plant | punct |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 plant | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 plant | det |
| 30 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 plant | amod |
| 31 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 dashed | obl |
| 32 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 plant | acl |
| 33 | like | like | ADP | _ | 36 tree | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 tree | det |
| 35 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 tree | amod |
| 36 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 looking | obl |
| 37 | flourishing | flourish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 36 tree | acl |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 grip | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 grip | nmod:poss |
| 40 | grip | grip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 flourishing | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 grasped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | escape not said to happen | to-infinitive | the back of Moti's fiery steed | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from back=Initial_Location | |||||
| 3 | grasp | past | Hoping | one | passing | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | give | past | passing's roots | way | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 5 | dash on | past | Moti | with the whole plant | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with plant=Instrument | ||||
| 6 | look | gerund | the whole plant not said here | like a young tree | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | flourish | gerund | a young tree not said here | Moti's grip | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grip=Location | ||||
| 8 | grip | Moti | nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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