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The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 26

Whittington brought poor puss and delivered her to the captain, with tears in his eyes, for he said he should now be disturbed by the rats and mice as much as ever.

Who acts: Whittington, rats · What happens: bring, deliver, say, disturb · To what, where: poor puss, cat, captain, Whittington · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Whittington, rats), 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

nsubjamodobjccconjobjcasedetoblpunctcaseconjcasenmod:possnmodpunctmarknsubjconjnsubj:passauxadvmodaux:passccompcasedetoblccconjadvmodobjcaseoblpunctrootWhittingtonPROPNbroughtVERBpoorADJpussNOUNandCCONJdeliveredVERBherPRONtoADPtheDETcaptainNOUN,PUNCTwithADPtearsNOUNinADPhisPRONeyesNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJhePRONsaidVERBhePRONshouldAUXnowADVbeAUXdisturbedVERBbyADPtheDETratsNOUNandCCONJmiceNOUNasADVmuchADJasADPeverADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhittingtonWhittingtonPROPNNumber=Sing2 broughtnsubj
2broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3poorpoorADJDegree=Pos4 pussamod
4pusspussNOUNNumber=Sing2 broughtobj
5andandCCONJ_6 deliveredcc
6delivereddeliverVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 broughtconj
7hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 deliveredobj
8totoADP_10 captaincase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 captaindet
10captaincaptainNOUNNumber=Sing6 deliveredobl
11,,PUNCT_13 tearspunct
12withwithADP_13 tearscase
13tearstearNOUNNumber=Plur10 captainconj
14ininADP_16 eyescase
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 eyesnmod:poss
16eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur13 tearsnmod
17,,PUNCT_20 saidpunct
18forforSCONJ_20 saidmark
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 saidnsubj
20saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 deliveredconj
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 disturbednsubj:pass
22shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 disturbedaux
23nownowADVPronType=Dem25 disturbedadvmod
24bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf25 disturbedaux:pass
25disturbeddisturbVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 saidccomp
26bybyADP_28 ratscase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 ratsdet
28ratsratNOUNNumber=Plur25 disturbedobl
29andandCCONJ_30 micecc
30micemouseNOUNNumber=Plur28 ratsconj
31asasADV_32 muchadvmod
32muchmuchADJDegree=Pos25 disturbedobj
33asasADP_34 evercase
34evereverADVPronType=Ind32 muchobl
35..PUNCT_2 broughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bringpastWhittingtonpoor pussvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent puss=Theme
2deliverpastWhittington not said herecatthe captain and tears in Whittington's eyesvn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to captain=Destination
3say speech: assertpastWhittingtonvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4disturbshould · passivethe rats and miceWhittingtonnowvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer much=Result

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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