The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 113

He can turn cartwheels, stand on his head, ride see-saw, throw snowballs, play ball, crow like a cock, eat bread and butter and drink sour milk, tear his trousers, wear holes in his elbows, break the crockery in pieces, throw balls through the windowpanes, draw old men on important papers, walk over the flower-beds, eat himself sick with gooseberries, and be well after a whipping.

Who acts: Walter · What happens: turn, stand, ride, see, throw, play · To what, where: cartwheels, head, saw, snowballs, ball, bread

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Walter), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turn	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	cartwheels	cartwheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stand	punct
6	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ride	punct
11	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ride	xcomp
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 saw	punct
14	saw	saw	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 throw	punct
16	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
17	snowballs	snowball	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 throw	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 play	punct
19	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	parataxis
20	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 play	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 crow	punct
22	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 play	obl
23	like	like	ADP	_	25 cock	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 cock	det
25	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 crow	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 eat	punct
27	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 play	conj
28	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 eat	obj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 butter	cc
30	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 bread	conj
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 drink	cc
32	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	27 eat	conj
33	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 milk	amod
34	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 drink	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 tear	punct
36	tear	tear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 play	conj
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 trousers	nmod:poss
38	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 tear	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 wear	punct
40	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
41	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 wear	obj
42	in	in	ADP	_	44 elbows	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 elbows	nmod:poss
44	elbows	elbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 holes	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 break	punct
46	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 crockery	det
48	crockery	crockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 break	obj
49	in	in	ADP	_	50 pieces	case
50	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 break	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 throw	punct
52	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 break	parataxis
53	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 throw	obj
54	through	through	ADP	_	56 windowpanes	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 windowpanes	det
56	windowpanes	windowpane	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 throw	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 draw	punct
58	draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 throw	parataxis
59	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 men	amod
60	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 draw	obj
61	on	on	ADP	_	63 papers	case
62	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 papers	amod
63	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 draw	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 walk	punct
65	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 draw	conj
66	over	over	ADP	_	70 beds	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 beds	det
68	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 beds	compound
69	-	-	PUNCT	_	68 flower	punct
70	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 walk	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 eat	punct
72	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 draw	conj
73	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	72 eat	obj
74	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 eat	xcomp
75	with	with	ADP	_	76 gooseberries	case
76	gooseberries	gooseberry	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 sick	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 whipping	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 whipping	cc
79	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	83 whipping	cop
80	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	79 be	advmod
81	after	after	ADP	_	83 whipping	case
82	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 whipping	det
83	whipping	whipping	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turn	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	can	Walter	cartwheels				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cartwheel=Theme
2	stand	infinitive	Walter not said here		Walter's head			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location
3	ride	infinitive	Walter not said here					tree rules
4	see	infinitive	Walter not said here	saw				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer saw=Stimulus
5	throw	infinitive	Walter not said here	snowballs				vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowball=Theme
6	play	infinitive		ball			crow like a cock obl	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme
7	eat	infinitive		bread and butter				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient
8	drink	infinitive		sour milk				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient
9	tear	infinitive		Walter's trousers				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location trousers=Theme
10	wear	infinitive	Walter not said here	holes	Walter's elbows			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hole=Source
11	break	infinitive	Walter not said here	the crockery	pieces			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crockery=Patient
12	throw	present		balls	the windowpanes			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme through windowpane=Destination
13	draw	present		old men	important papers			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme on paper=Destination
14	walk	infinitive			the flower beds			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bed=Trajectory
15	eat	present		Walter			sick property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
16	is	infinitive				after a whipping		tree rules

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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