The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 117

When he wrestled with Klas Bogenstrom or Frithiof Waderfelt and struck them in the back, he would say ‘That is what I shall do to a wolf!’ and when he shot arrows at Jonas and they rattled against his sheepskin coat he would say: ‘That is how I should shoot you if you were a wolf!’

Who acts: Walter, That, I, Wolves, you · What happens: wrestle, strike, say, be, do, shoot · To what, where: Wolves, back, arrows, Jonas, sheepskin coat, you · Speech: someone speaks here

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, That, I, Wolves), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 wrestled	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrestled	nsubj
3	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 say	advcl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Klas	case
5	Klas	Klas	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wrestled	obl
6	Bogenstrom	Bogenstrom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Klas	flat
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 Frithiof	cc
8	Frithiof	Frithiof	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Klas	conj
9	Waderfelt	Waderfelt	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Frithiof	flat
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 struck	cc
11	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrestled	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 struck	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 back	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 back	det
15	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 struck	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wrestled	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 say	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 say	aux
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
20	‘	'	PUNCT	_	23 what	punct
21	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 what	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 what	cop
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 say	ccomp
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 do	nsubj
25	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 do	aux
26	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 what	acl:relcl
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 wolf	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 wolf	det
29	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 do	obl
30	!	!	PUNCT	_	26 do	punct
31	’	'	PUNCT	_	26 do	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 shot	cc
33	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	35 shot	advmod
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 shot	nsubj
35	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 do	conj
36	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 shot	obj
37	at	at	ADP	_	38 Jonas	case
38	Jonas	Jonas	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 shot	obl
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 rattled	cc
40	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 rattled	nsubj
41	rattled	rattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 shot	conj
42	against	against	ADP	_	45 coat	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 coat	nmod:poss
44	sheepskin	sheepskin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 coat	amod
45	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 rattled	obl
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 say	nsubj
47	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 say	aux
48	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 coat	acl:relcl
49	:	:	PUNCT	_	56 shoot	punct
50	‘	'	PUNCT	_	56 shoot	punct
51	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 how	nsubj
52	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 how	cop
53	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	56 shoot	advmod
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 shoot	nsubj
55	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 shoot	aux
56	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 say	ccomp
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 shoot	obj
58	if	if	SCONJ	_	62 wolf	mark
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	62 wolf	nsubj
60	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 wolf	cop
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 wolf	det
62	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 shoot	advcl
63	!	!	PUNCT	_	56 shoot	punct
64	’	'	PUNCT	_	56 shoot	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wrestle	past	Walter			with Klas or Frithiof	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with klas=Co-Agent
2	strike	past	Walter not said here	Wolves = wolf	the back		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	say speech: assert	would	Walter				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is a	present	That				tree rules
5	do	shall	I			to a wolf	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	shoot	past	Walter	arrows	Jonas		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme at jonas=Destination
7	rattle	past	Wolves = wolf		Walter's sheepskin coat		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against coat=Location
8	say speech: assert	would	Walter	Walter's sheepskin coat not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent coat=Topic
9	is	present	That			how property	tree rules
10	shoot	should	I	you			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
11	is a a condition, not said to happen	past	you	a wolf			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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