The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 106
Then, followed by the lion, he set out for a great castle on the other side of the plain, and men came and took his horse and placed it in a manger, and the lion went after and lay down on the straw.
Who acts: Owen, men, lion · What happens: follow, set out, come, take, place, go · To what, where: other side, horse, plain, manger, straw
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Owen, men, lion), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 followed | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 followed | punct |
| 3 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 lion | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 followed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 set | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 set | nsubj |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 followed | parataxis |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 set | compound:prt |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 castle | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 castle | det |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 castle | amod |
| 14 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 set | obl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 side | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 side | det |
| 17 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 side | amod |
| 18 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 set | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 plain | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 plain | det |
| 21 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 side | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 came | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 came | cc |
| 24 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 came | nsubj |
| 25 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 set | parataxis |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 took | cc |
| 27 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 came | conj |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 horse | nmod:poss |
| 29 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 took | obj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 placed | cc |
| 31 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 took | conj |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 placed | obj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 manger | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 manger | det |
| 35 | manger | manger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 placed | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 went | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 went | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 lion | det |
| 39 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 went | nsubj |
| 40 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 came | conj |
| 41 | after | after | ADV | _ | 40 went | advmod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 lay | cc |
| 43 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 went | conj |
| 44 | down | down | ADV | _ | 43 lay | advmod |
| 45 | on | on | ADP | _ | 47 straw | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 straw | det |
| 47 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lay | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 followed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | participle | then | by the lion | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by lion=Location | ||||
| 2 | set out | past | Owen | the other side of the plain | for a great castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | come | past | men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | take | past | men not said here | Owen's horse | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | ||||
| 5 | place | past | men not said here | plain | a manger | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in manger=Destination | |||
| 6 | go | past | the lion | after property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | lay down | infinitive | the lion not said here | the straw | down property | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on straw=Destination |
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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