The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 106

In vain they determined that, come what might, they would not close their eyes; at the first note of music they all fell asleep, and when the farmer arrived in the morning to see his grandson, he found them all weeping, for while they had slept the baby had vanished.

Who acts: wings, farmer, baby · What happens: determine, come, not close, fall, arrive, see · To what, where: vain, eyes, first note, grandson, wings, music

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wings, farmer, baby), 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 vain	case
2	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 determined	obl
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 determined	nsubj
4	determined	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 come	mark
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 determined	xcomp
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 come	obj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 what	aux
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 close	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 close	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 close	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 close	advmod
14	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	conj
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 eyes	nmod:poss
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 close	obj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 fell	punct
18	at	at	ADP	_	21 note	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 note	det
20	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 note	amod
21	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 fell	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 music	case
23	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 note	nmod
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 fell	nsubj
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 they	det
26	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 determined	conj
27	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 fell	xcomp
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 found	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 found	cc
30	when	when	SCONJ	_	33 arrived	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 farmer	det
32	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 arrived	nsubj
33	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 found	advcl
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 morning	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 morning	det
36	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 arrived	obl
37	to	to	PART	_	38 see	mark
38	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 arrived	advcl
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 grandson	nmod:poss
40	grandson	grandson	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 see	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 arrived	punct
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 found	nsubj
43	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 fell	conj
44	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 found	obj
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 weeping	det
46	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 found	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 slept	punct
48	for	for	SCONJ	_	52 slept	mark
49	while	while	SCONJ	_	52 slept	mark
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 slept	nsubj
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 slept	aux
52	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 found	parataxis
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 baby	det
54	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 vanished	nsubj
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 vanished	aux
56	vanished	vanish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	52 slept	advcl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 determined	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	past	wings = wing		vain			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	come	infinitive	wings = wing not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme
3	not close	would	wings = wing	wings's eyes				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
4	fall	past	wings = wing		the first note of music		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at note=Location
5	arrive	past	the farmer			morning		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	see	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here	farmer's grandson				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandson=Stimulus
7	find	past	farmer	wings = wing				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme weeping=Attribute
8	sleep	past · perfect	wings = wing					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	vanish	past · perfect	the baby					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	note			music				nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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