The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 52
At the sound she grew pale, for she knew it meant that Houarn was in danger; and, hastily, changing the rough dress she wore for her work, she left the farm with the magic stick in her hand.
Who acts: Bellah, it, Houarn · What happens: grow, know, mean, be, change, wear · To what, where: sound, danger, rough dress, farm · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bellah, it, Houarn), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 sound | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sound | det |
| 3 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grew | obl |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grew | nsubj |
| 5 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grew | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 knew | punct |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 knew | mark |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 knew | nsubj |
| 10 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 grew | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 meant | nsubj |
| 12 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 knew | ccomp |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 danger | mark |
| 14 | Houarn | Houarn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 danger | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 danger | cop |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 danger | case |
| 17 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 meant | ccomp |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 hastily | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 hastily | cc |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hastily | punct |
| 21 | hastily | hastily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grew | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 changing | punct |
| 23 | changing | change | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 hastily | advcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 dress | det |
| 25 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 dress | amod |
| 26 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 changing | obj |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 wore | nsubj |
| 28 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 dress | acl:relcl |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 work | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 work | nmod:poss |
| 31 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 wore | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 left | punct |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 left | nsubj |
| 34 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 grew | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 farm | det |
| 36 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 left | obj |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 stick | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 stick | det |
| 39 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 stick | amod |
| 40 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 left | obl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 hand | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 hand | nmod:poss |
| 43 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 stick | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | Bellah | the sound | pale property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sound=Location | |||
| 2 | know | past | Bellah | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | mean | past | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | past | Houarn | danger | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | change | gerund | Bellah not said here | the rough dress | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | ||||
| 6 | wear | past | Bellah | the rough dress not said here | for Bellah's work | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | |||
| 7 | leave | past | Bellah | the farm | with the magic stick in Bellah's hand | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent farm=Recipient with stick=Theme | |||
| 8 | work | Bellah | nom work «act intransitive»: 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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