The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 51
So the stone remained before the young man till the rest had taken their places, and then, darting like a bird to its own hole, came upon the beggar, who, thinking himself quite safe, was staggering along under the weight of his treasures.
Who acts: own hole, beggar, man · What happens: remain, take, dart, come, think, stagger · To what, where: stone, own hole, beggar, man, weight
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (own hole, beggar, man), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 13 taken | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stone | det |
| 3 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 stone | acl |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 man | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remained | obl |
| 9 | till | till | ADP | _ | 11 rest | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rest | det |
| 11 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remained | obl |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 taken | aux |
| 13 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 places | nmod:poss |
| 15 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 taken | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 darting | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 darting | cc |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 darting | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 darting | punct |
| 20 | darting | dart | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 taken | parataxis |
| 21 | like | like | ADP | _ | 23 bird | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 bird | det |
| 23 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 darting | obl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 hole | case |
| 25 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 hole | nmod:poss |
| 26 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 hole | amod |
| 27 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 darting | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 came | punct |
| 29 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 hole | acl:relcl |
| 30 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 32 beggar | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 beggar | det |
| 32 | beggar | beggar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 came | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 thinking | punct |
| 34 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 thinking | nsubj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 thinking | punct |
| 36 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 beggar | acl:relcl |
| 37 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 36 thinking | obj |
| 38 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 39 safe | advmod |
| 39 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 thinking | xcomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 staggering | punct |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 staggering | aux |
| 42 | staggering | stagger | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 darting | conj |
| 43 | along | along | ADV | _ | 42 staggering | advmod |
| 44 | under | under | ADP | _ | 46 weight | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 weight | det |
| 46 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 staggering | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 treasures | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 treasures | nmod:poss |
| 49 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 weight | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 taken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | participle | the stone not said here | before the young man; till the rest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before man=Location | ||||
| 2 | take | past · perfect · passive | the stone | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination | |||||
| 3 | dart | gerund | stone's own hole | then | like a bird | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hole=Destination | |||
| 4 | come | past | stone's own hole not said here | the beggar | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon beggar=Location | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | gerund | the beggar | man | safe property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | |||
| 6 | stagger | past · progressive | the weight of man's treasures | along property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under weight=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | treasure | man | nom treasure «possession 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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