The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 69

He only turned his ear to the sound of his mother’s voice, fearing it might put him out in his steps, and all the answer he made back was, ‘Whisht with you mother--sure I’m going to be king over the fishes down in the sea, and for a token of luck, and a sign that I’m alive and well, I’ll send you in, every twelvemonth on this day, a piece of burned wood to Trafraska.’

Who acts: Maurice, ear, answer, I · What happens: turn, fear, put out, make, be, whisht · To what, where: ear, sound, Maurice, sea, king, sign · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maurice, ear, answer, I), 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	3 turned	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 turned	advmod
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 sound	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 voice	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 voice	nmod:poss
12	’s	's	PART	_	11 mother	case
13	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sound	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fearing	punct
15	fearing	fear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 turned	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 put	nsubj
17	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 put	aux
18	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 fearing	ccomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 put	obj
20	out	out	ADP	_	18 put	compound:prt
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 steps	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 steps	nmod:poss
23	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 put	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 made	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 made	cc
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 answer	det:predet
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 answer	det
28	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 made	nsubj
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 made	nsubj
30	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	parataxis
31	back	back	ADV	_	30 made	advmod
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 back	cop
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Whisht	punct
34	‘	'	PUNCT	_	35 Whisht	punct
35	Whisht	whisht	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 made	conj
36	with	with	ADP	_	38 mother	case
37	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 mother	nsubj
38	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 Whisht	obl
39	--	--	PUNCT	_	40 sure	punct
40	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 mother	amod
41	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 ’m	nsubj
42	’m	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 sure	ccomp
43	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	42 ’m	xcomp
44	to	to	PART	_	46 king	mark
45	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	46 king	cop
46	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 going	xcomp
47	over	over	ADP	_	49 fishes	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 fishes	det
49	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 going	obl
50	down	down	ADV	_	53 sea	advmod
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 sea	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 sea	det
53	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 going	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 token	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 token	cc
56	for	for	ADP	_	58 token	case
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 token	det
58	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	parataxis
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 luck	case
60	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 token	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 sign	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 sign	cc
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 sign	det
64	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 token	conj
65	that	that	SCONJ	_	67 ’m	mark
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 ’m	nsubj
67	’m	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 sign	acl
68	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 ’m	xcomp
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 send	cc
70	well	well	INTJ	_	74 send	discourse
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 well	punct
72	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	74 send	nsubj
73	’ll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 send	aux
74	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 ’m	conj
75	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	74 send	iobj
76	in	in	ADV	_	74 send	advmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 twelvemonth	punct
78	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	79 twelvemonth	det
79	twelvemonth	twelvemonth	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 token	conj
80	on	on	ADP	_	82 day	case
81	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	82 day	det
82	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 twelvemonth	nmod
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 piece	punct
84	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 piece	det
85	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 token	appos
86	of	of	ADP	_	88 wood	case
87	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	88 wood	amod
88	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 piece	nmod
89	to	to	ADP	_	90 Trafraska	case
90	Trafraska	Trafraska	PROPN	Number=Sing	88 wood	nmod
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	85 piece	punct
92	’	'	PUNCT	_	85 piece	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn	past	Maurice	Maurice's ear		the sound of Maurice's mother's voice		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ear=Theme to sound=Trajectory
2	fear	gerund	Maurice not said here					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	put out	might	ear	Maurice			in Maurice's steps	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in step=Destination
4	make	past	all answer					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	is	past					back property	tree rules
6	whisht	infinitive	all answer not said here				with mother	tree rules
7	be	present	I					tree rules
8	go	gerund	I not said here			the sea	over the fishes	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over fish=Initial_Location
9	is a	to-infinitive	I not said here	king				tree rules
10	be	present	I	a sign not said here			alive property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sign=Theme
11	send	future	I		you			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
12	burn	participle						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	step		Maurice					nom step «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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