The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 91
In front of the entrance was a sort of tent supported on poles, and under it the giant was sitting, basking in the sun. As soon as he noticed the colt bearing Peronnik and the lady, he lifted his head, and cried in a voice of thunder:
Who acts: giant, colt · What happens: be, support, sit, bask, notice, bear · To what, where: sort, front, tent, poles, sun., colt
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 (giant, colt), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 front | case |
| 2 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sort | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 entrance | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 entrance | det |
| 5 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 front | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sort | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sort | det |
| 8 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 tent | case |
| 10 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sort | nmod |
| 11 | supported | support | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 tent | acl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 poles | case |
| 13 | poles | pole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 supported | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sitting | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 sitting | cc |
| 16 | under | under | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 sitting | obl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 giant | det |
| 19 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sitting | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 sitting | aux |
| 21 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 sort | acl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 basking | punct |
| 23 | basking | bask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 sitting | conj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 sun. | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 sun. | det |
| 26 | sun. | sun. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 basking | obl |
| 27 | As | as | ADV | _ | 28 soon | advmod |
| 28 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 23 basking | advmod |
| 29 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 noticed | mark |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 noticed | nsubj |
| 31 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 soon | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 colt | det |
| 33 | colt | colt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 noticed | obj |
| 34 | bearing | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 colt | acl |
| 35 | Peronnik | Peronnik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 bearing | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 lady | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 lady | det |
| 38 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Peronnik | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 lifted | punct |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 lifted | nsubj |
| 41 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 soon | advcl |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 head | nmod:poss |
| 43 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 lifted | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 cried | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 cried | cc |
| 46 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 lifted | conj |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 voice | case |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 voice | det |
| 49 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 cried | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 thunder | case |
| 51 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 voice | nmod |
| 52 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 sort | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a sort | front of the entrance | of tent | tree rules | |||
| 2 | support | participle | tent not said here | poles | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | sit | past · progressive | the giant | a sort not said here | tent | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent sort=Theme under it=Location | |||
| 4 | bask | gerund | the giant not said here | the sun. | soon property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | notice | past | giant | the colt | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer colt=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | bear | gerund | the colt not said here | Peronnik and the lady | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peronnik=Patient | ||||
| 7 | lift | past | giant | giant's head | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ||||
| 8 | cry speech: express | past | giant not said here | a voice of thunder | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=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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