The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 39
So he built in the neighbourhood a little shrine, with a room or two added to it, and a small courtyard closely walled up; and, when all was ready, besought the jogi to occupy it, and to receive no other visitors except himself and his queen and such pupils as the jogi might choose, who would hand down his teaching.
Who acts: rajah, all, jogi · What happens: build, add, wall up, be, beseech, occupy · To what, where: little shrine, neighbourhood, room, small courtyard, jogi, other visitors
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 (rajah, all, jogi), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 built | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 built | nsubj |
| 3 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 neighbourhood | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 neighbourhood | det |
| 6 | neighbourhood | neighbourhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 built | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 shrine | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shrine | amod |
| 9 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 built | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 room | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 room | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 room | det |
| 13 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shrine | appos |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 two | cc |
| 15 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 room | conj |
| 16 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 room | acl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 added | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 walled | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 walled | cc |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 courtyard | det |
| 22 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 courtyard | amod |
| 23 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 walled | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 25 walled | advmod |
| 25 | walled | wall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 built | conj |
| 26 | up | up | ADP | _ | 25 walled | compound:prt |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 ready | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 ready | cc |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 ready | punct |
| 30 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 ready | advmod |
| 31 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 ready | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 ready | cop |
| 33 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 built | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 besought | punct |
| 35 | besought | beseech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 ready | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 jogi | det |
| 37 | jogi | jogi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 besought | obj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 occupy | mark |
| 39 | occupy | occupy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 besought | advcl |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 occupy | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 receive | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 receive | cc |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 receive | mark |
| 44 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 built | conj |
| 45 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 47 visitors | det |
| 46 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 visitors | amod |
| 47 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 receive | obj |
| 48 | except | except | ADP | _ | 49 himself | case |
| 49 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 47 visitors | nmod |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 queen | cc |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 queen | nmod:poss |
| 52 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 himself | conj |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 pupils | cc |
| 54 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 pupils | amod |
| 55 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 queen | conj |
| 56 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 60 choose | mark |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 jogi | det |
| 58 | jogi | jogi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 choose | nsubj |
| 59 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 choose | aux |
| 60 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 receive | advcl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 hand | punct |
| 62 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 hand | nsubj |
| 63 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 hand | aux |
| 64 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 choose | conj |
| 65 | down | down | ADP | _ | 64 hand | compound:prt |
| 66 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 teaching | nmod:poss |
| 67 | teaching | teaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 hand | obj |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 built | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | rajah | a little shrine | the neighbourhood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shrine=Product | |||
| 2 | add speech: assert | participle | a room not said here | room | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to it=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | wall up | participle · passive | a small courtyard | closely property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | all | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | beseech | past | all not said here | the jogi | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | occupy | to-infinitive | all not said here | Jogi | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | receive | to-infinitive | rajah not said here | no other visitors | except rajah | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Theme | |||
| 8 | choose | might | the jogi | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | hand down | would | rajah's teaching | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaching=Theme | |||||
| 10 | teach | rajah | nom teaching «act transitive»: 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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