The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 59

When the day began to dawn, and he had power to throw down the shovel, he did not stay long where he was, but ran away as fast as he possibly could; and everyone who met him stared and looked after him, for he was flying as if he were mad, and he could not have looked worse if he had been both flayed and tanned, and everyone wondered where he had been, but for very shame he would tell nothing.

Who acts: day, sheriff, power, everyone · What happens: begin, have, throw down, not stay, be, run away · To what, where: power, shovel, sheriff, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (day, sheriff, power, everyone), 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	4 began	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 day	det
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 stay	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 dawn	mark
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 began	conj
11	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 throw	mark
13	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
14	down	down	ADP	_	13 throw	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shovel	det
16	shovel	shovel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 throw	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 stay	nsubj
19	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 stay	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 stay	advmod
21	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
22	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 stay	xcomp
23	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	25 was	advmod
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 was	nsubj
25	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 long	advcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 ran	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 ran	cc
28	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 stay	advcl
29	away	away	ADV	_	31 fast	advmod
30	as	as	ADV	_	31 fast	advmod
31	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	28 ran	advmod
32	as	as	SCONJ	_	35 could	mark
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 could	nsubj
34	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	35 could	advmod
35	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 fast	advcl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 stared	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 stared	cc
38	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	42 stared	nsubj
39	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 met	nsubj
40	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 everyone	acl:relcl
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 met	obj
42	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 stay	advcl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 looked	cc
44	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 stared	conj
45	after	after	ADP	_	46 him	case
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 looked	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 flying	punct
48	for	for	SCONJ	_	51 flying	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 flying	nsubj
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 flying	aux
51	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	44 looked	advcl
52	as	as	SCONJ	_	56 mad	mark
53	if	if	SCONJ	_	56 mad	mark
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 mad	nsubj
55	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 mad	cop
56	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 flying	advcl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 looked	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 looked	cc
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 looked	nsubj
60	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 looked	aux
61	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	63 looked	advmod
62	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 looked	aux
63	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 stay	parataxis
64	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	63 looked	xcomp
65	if	if	SCONJ	_	67 had	mark
66	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 had	nsubj
67	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 looked	advcl
68	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	70 flayed	cop
69	both	both	ADV	_	70 flayed	advmod
70	flayed	flay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 had	conj
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 tanned	cc
72	tanned	tan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 flayed	conj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 wondered	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 wondered	cc
75	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	76 wondered	nsubj
76	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 tanned	conj
77	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	80 been	advmod
78	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 been	nsubj
79	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 been	aux
80	been	be	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	76 wondered	ccomp
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 tell	punct
82	but	but	CCONJ	_	88 tell	cc
83	for	for	ADP	_	85 shame	case
84	very	very	ADV	_	85 shame	advmod
85	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 tell	obl
86	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	88 tell	nsubj
87	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	88 tell	aux
88	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 tanned	conj
89	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	88 tell	obj
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 stay	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the day		dawn		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	have	past	sheriff	power			tree rules
3	throw down	to-infinitive	power not said here	the shovel			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shovel=Theme
4	not stay	past · do-support	sheriff			long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	be	past	sheriff				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	run away	past	sheriff not said here			fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	meet	past		sheriff			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
8	stare	past	everyone				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
9	look	past	everyone not said here		after sheriff		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
10	fly	past · progressive	sheriff				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	is	past	sheriff			mad property	tree rules
12	not look	could · perfect	sheriff			bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
13	have a condition, not said to happen	past	sheriff				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
14	is	participle	sheriff not said here			both, flay property	tree rules
15	tan	past	sheriff not said here				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
16	wonder speech: ask	past	everyone				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
17	be	past · perfect	sheriff				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
18	tell speech: assert	would	sheriff	nothing		for shame	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient

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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