The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 15
Suddenly he was awakened by a strange noise in the room, and suspecting that a robber might have stolen in, he jumped out of bed, and seized his sword, which lay ready to his hand.
Who acts: strange noise, prince, sword · What happens: awaken, suspect, steal in, jump out, seize, lie · To what, where: prince, robber, bed, sword
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strange noise, prince, sword), 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 | Suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 4 awakened | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 awakened | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 awakened | aux:pass |
| 4 | awakened | awaken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 noise | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 noise | det |
| 7 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 noise | amod |
| 8 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 awakened | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 room | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 room | det |
| 11 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 noise | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 suspecting | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 suspecting | cc |
| 14 | suspecting | suspect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 awakened | advcl |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 stolen | mark |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 robber | det |
| 17 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 stolen | aux |
| 19 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 stolen | aux |
| 20 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 suspecting | advcl |
| 21 | in | in | ADV | _ | 20 stolen | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 jumped | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 jumped | nsubj |
| 24 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 awakened | parataxis |
| 25 | out | out | ADP | _ | 27 bed | case |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 bed | case |
| 27 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 jumped | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 seized | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 seized | cc |
| 30 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 jumped | conj |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 sword | nmod:poss |
| 32 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 seized | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 lay | punct |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 lay | nsubj |
| 35 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 sword | acl:relcl |
| 36 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 lay | xcomp |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 hand | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 hand | nmod:poss |
| 39 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 ready | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 awakened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | awaken | past · passive | a strange noise in the room | prince | suddenly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | suspect | gerund | a strange noise in the room not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | steal in | might · perfect · passive | a robber | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | jump out | past | prince | bed | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bed=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | seize | past | prince not said here | prince's sword | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 6 | lie | past | prince's sword | ready property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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