The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 93
Now, if she had not been so alarmed by everything that had happened, nothing could have induced her to go into this frightful cave, but she was so afraid of what might be behind her that she would have thrown herself even down a well at this moment.
Who acts: sheep · What happens: not alarm, happen, induce, go, be, throw · To what, where: sheep, nothing, frightful cave
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, 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 (sheep), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 induced | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 alarmed | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 alarmed | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 alarmed | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 alarmed | advmod |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 alarmed | aux:pass |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 alarmed | advmod |
| 9 | alarmed | alarm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Now | advcl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 everything | case |
| 11 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 alarmed | obl |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 happened | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 happened | aux |
| 14 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 everything | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 16 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 19 induced | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 induced | aux |
| 18 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 induced | aux |
| 19 | induced | induce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 induced | obj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 go | mark |
| 22 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 induced | advcl |
| 23 | into | into | ADP | _ | 26 cave | case |
| 24 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 cave | det |
| 25 | frightful | frightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 cave | amod |
| 26 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 go | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 afraid | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 afraid | cc |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 afraid | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 afraid | cop |
| 31 | so | so | ADV | _ | 32 afraid | advmod |
| 32 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 induced | advcl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 what | case |
| 34 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 afraid | obl |
| 35 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 her | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 her | cop |
| 37 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 38 her | case |
| 38 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 what | acl:relcl |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 thrown | mark |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 thrown | aux |
| 42 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 thrown | aux |
| 43 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 afraid | advcl |
| 44 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 43 thrown | obj |
| 45 | even | even | ADV | _ | 51 moment | advmod |
| 46 | down | down | ADP | _ | 51 moment | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 moment | det |
| 48 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 51 moment | advmod |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 moment | case |
| 50 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 moment | det |
| 51 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 thrown | obl:unmarked |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 induced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not alarm | past · perfect · passive | sheep | by everything | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | happen | past · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | induce | could · perfect · passive | nothing | now | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go | to-infinitive | this frightful cave | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into cave=Initial_Location | |||||
| 5 | is | past | sheep | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | might | behind Miranda | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | throw | would · perfect · passive | sheep | moment | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination herself=Theme |
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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