The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 55
When you go near it, fire will burst out of its nostrils like flames from a pine torch; but be very careful, and take the bridle which is hanging by the door there, and fling the bit straight into his jaws, and then it will become so tame that you will be able to do what you like with it.”
Who acts: you, fire, bridle, thing · What happens: go, burst out, be, take, hang, fling · To what, where: thing, nostrils, bridle, bit, jaws
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, fire, bridle, thing), 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 go | advmod |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 go | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 burst | punct |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 burst | nsubj |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 burst | aux |
| 9 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | conj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 nostrils | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 nostrils | case |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 nostrils | nmod:poss |
| 13 | nostrils | nostril | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 burst | obl |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 flames | case |
| 15 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 nostrils | nmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 torch | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 torch | det |
| 18 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 torch | compound |
| 19 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 flames | nmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 careful | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 careful | cc |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 careful | cop |
| 23 | very | very | ADV | _ | 24 careful | advmod |
| 24 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 go | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 take | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 take | cc |
| 27 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 24 careful | parataxis |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 bridle | det |
| 29 | bridle | bridle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 take | obj |
| 30 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 hanging | nsubj |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 hanging | aux |
| 32 | hanging | hang | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 bridle | acl:relcl |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 door | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 door | det |
| 35 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hanging | obl |
| 36 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 hanging | advmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 fling | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 fling | cc |
| 39 | fling | fling | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 27 take | conj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 bit | det |
| 41 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 fling | obj |
| 42 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 45 jaws | advmod |
| 43 | into | into | ADP | _ | 45 jaws | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 jaws | nmod:poss |
| 45 | jaws | jaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 fling | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 become | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 become | cc |
| 48 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 51 become | advmod |
| 49 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 become | nsubj |
| 50 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 become | aux |
| 51 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 take | conj |
| 52 | so | so | ADV | _ | 53 tame | advmod |
| 53 | tame | tame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 become | xcomp |
| 54 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 able | mark |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 able | nsubj |
| 56 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 able | aux |
| 57 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 58 able | cop |
| 58 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 tame | advcl |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 do | mark |
| 60 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 able | xcomp |
| 61 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 60 do | obj |
| 62 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 63 like | nsubj |
| 63 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 what | acl:relcl |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 it | case |
| 65 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 like | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 careful | punct |
| 67 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | you | thing | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near it=Location | ||||
| 2 | burst out | future | fire | thing's nostrils like flames from a pine torch | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nostril=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | infinitive | you not said here | careful property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take | infinitive | the bridle | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme | |||||
| 5 | hang | present · progressive | the bridle | there | by the door | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location | |||
| 6 | fling | infinitive | the bit | king's jaws | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bit=Theme into jaw=Destination | ||||
| 7 | become | future | thing | then | tame property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 8 | is | future | you | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | do | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 10 | like | present | you | with thing | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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