The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 6
Remembering what he had seen the wizard do, he patched up an old halter that was hanging in a corner of the stable, twisted a rope of hemp to catch the colt’s feet, and a net such as is used for snaring birds.
Who acts: colt, old halter · What happens: remember, see, do, patch up, hang, twist · To what, where: wizard, old halter, corner, rope, feet, net · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (colt, old halter), 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 | Remembering | remember | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 patched | advcl |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 do | obj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | aux |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wizard | det |
| 7 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | obj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Remembering | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Remembering | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 patched | nsubj |
| 11 | patched | patch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 patched | compound:prt |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 halter | det |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 halter | amod |
| 15 | halter | halter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 patched | obj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 hanging | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 hanging | aux |
| 18 | hanging | hang | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 halter | acl:relcl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 corner | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 corner | det |
| 21 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 hanging | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 stable | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 stable | det |
| 24 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 corner | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 twisted | punct |
| 26 | twisted | twist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 patched | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 rope | det |
| 28 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 twisted | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 hemp | case |
| 30 | hemp | hemp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 rope | nmod |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 catch | mark |
| 32 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 twisted | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 colt | det |
| 34 | colt | colt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 feet | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 colt | case |
| 36 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 catch | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 used | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 used | cc |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 net | det |
| 40 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 used | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 net | amod |
| 42 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 such | fixed |
| 43 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 used | aux:pass |
| 44 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 patched | conj |
| 45 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 46 snaring | mark |
| 46 | snaring | snare | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 used | advcl |
| 47 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 snaring | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 patched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | gerund | colt not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | past · perfect | colt | the wizard | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | do | present | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | patch up | past | colt | a old halter | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent halter=Destination | ||||
| 5 | hang | past · progressive | a old halter | a corner of the stable | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | ||||
| 6 | twist | past | colt not said here | a rope of hemp | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | ||||
| 7 | catch | to-infinitive | colt not said here | the colt's feet | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | ||||
| 8 | use | present · passive | a net | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 9 | snare | gerund | birds | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
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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