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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 51

Then he forgot how his mother had told him the tale, and was obliged to begin all over again, so the story lasted a long while, and by the time it was ended the children were ready to be rolled up in what ever coverings could be found, and go to sleep.

Who acts: Kenneth, story, time, children · What happens: forget, tell, oblige, begin, last, end · To what, where: mother, tale, story, coverings, sleep · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kenneth, story, time, children), 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

advmodnsubjadvmodnmod:possnsubj:passauxparataxisiobjdetiobjpunctccaux:passconjmarkxcompadvmodadvmodadvmodpunctadvmoddetnsubjconjdetamodobjpunctcccasedetoblnsubj:passaux:passacl:relcldetnsubjcopparataxismarkaux:passxcompcompound:prtcaseobladvmodnsubj:passauxaux:passacl:relclpunctccparataxiscaseoblpunctrootThenADVhePRONforgotVERBhowADVhisPRONmotherNOUNhadAUXtoldVERBhimPRONtheDETtaleNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXobligedVERBtoPARTbeginVERBallADVoverADVagainADV,PUNCTsoADVtheDETstoryNOUNlastedVERBaDETlongADJwhileNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbyADPtheDETtimeNOUNitPRONwasAUXendedVERBtheDETchildrenNOUNwereAUXreadyADJtoPARTbeAUXrolledVERBupADPinADPwhatPRONeverADVcoveringsNOUNcouldAUXbeAUXfoundVERB,PUNCTandCCONJgoVERBtoADPsleepNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem3 forgotadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 forgotnsubj
3forgotforgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4howhowADVPronType=Int8 toldadvmod
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 mothernmod:poss
6mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing8 toldnsubj:pass
7hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 toldaux
8toldtellVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 forgotparataxis
9himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 toldiobj
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 taledet
11taletaleNOUNNumber=Sing8 toldiobj
12,,PUNCT_15 obligedpunct
13andandCCONJ_15 obligedcc
14wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 obligedaux:pass
15obligedobligeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 forgotconj
16totoPART_17 beginmark
17beginbeginVERBVerbForm=Inf15 obligedxcomp
18allallADV_20 againadvmod
19overoverADV_20 againadvmod
20againagainADV_17 beginadvmod
21,,PUNCT_25 lastedpunct
22sosoADV_25 lastedadvmod
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 storydet
24storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing25 lastednsubj
25lastedlastVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 forgotconj
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 whiledet
27longlongADJDegree=Pos28 whileamod
28whilewhileNOUNNumber=Sing25 lastedobj
29,,PUNCT_40 readypunct
30andandCCONJ_40 readycc
31bybyADP_33 timecase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 timedet
33timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing40 readyobl
34ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 endednsubj:pass
35wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 endedaux:pass
36endedendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 timeacl:relcl
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 childrendet
38childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur40 readynsubj
39werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 readycop
40readyreadyADJDegree=Pos3 forgotparataxis
41totoPART_43 rolledmark
42bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf43 rolledaux:pass
43rolledrollVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass40 readyxcomp
44upupADP_43 rolledcompound:prt
45ininADP_46 whatcase
46whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel43 rolledobl
47evereverADVPronType=Ind48 coveringsadvmod
48coveringscoveringNOUNNumber=Plur51 foundnsubj:pass
49couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin51 foundaux
50bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf51 foundaux:pass
51foundfindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 whatacl:relcl
52,,PUNCT_54 gopunct
53andandCCONJ_54 gocc
54gogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin3 forgotparataxis
55totoADP_56 sleepcase
56sleepsleepNOUNNumber=Sing54 goobl
57..PUNCT_3 forgotpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forgetpastKenneththentree rules
2tell speech: assertpast · perfect · passiveKenneth's motherthe taletree rules
3obligepast · passiveKenneth not said herevn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Result
4beginto-infinitiveKenneth not said hereagainvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5lastpastthe storywhilevn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
6endpast · passivethe time not said herestoryvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
7ispastthe childrentimeready propertytree rules
8roll upto-infinitive · passivethe children not said herevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: in what=Trajectory
9findcould · passivecoveringsvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
10goinfinitivesleepvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_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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