The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 94
So, without hesitation, she followed the Sheep, who went before her, down, down, down, until she thought they must come out at the other side of the world--indeed, she was not sure that he wasn’t leading her into Fairyland.
Who acts: sheep, Princesses, king · What happens: follow, go, think, come out, not be, not lead · To what, where: Sheep, other side, Fairyland · Speech: someone speaks here
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, Princesses, king), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 7 followed | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 So | punct |
| 3 | without | without | ADP | _ | 4 hesitation | case |
| 4 | hesitation | hesitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 followed | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hesitation | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 followed | nsubj |
| 7 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Sheep | det |
| 9 | Sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 followed | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 went | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 went | nsubj |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Sheep | acl:relcl |
| 13 | before | before | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 went | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 down | punct |
| 16 | down | down | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 down | punct |
| 18 | down | down | ADV | _ | 16 down | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 down | punct |
| 20 | down | down | ADV | _ | 16 down | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 thought | punct |
| 22 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 24 thought | mark |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 thought | nsubj |
| 24 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 went | conj |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 come | nsubj |
| 26 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 come | aux |
| 27 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 thought | ccomp |
| 28 | out | out | ADV | _ | 27 come | advmod |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 side | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 side | det |
| 31 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 side | amod |
| 32 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 come | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 world | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 world | det |
| 35 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 side | nmod |
| 36 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 42 sure | punct |
| 37 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 42 sure | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 sure | punct |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 sure | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 sure | cop |
| 41 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 sure | advmod |
| 42 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 come | parataxis |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 47 leading | mark |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 leading | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 leading | aux |
| 46 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 leading | advmod |
| 47 | leading | lead | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 sure | advcl |
| 48 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 leading | obj |
| 49 | into | into | ADP | _ | 50 Fairyland | case |
| 50 | Fairyland | Fairyland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 leading | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 followed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | past | sheep | the Sheep | without hesitation | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | |||
| 2 | go | past | the Sheep | before sheep | down property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before she=Location | |||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | sheep | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | come out | must | Princesses = princess | the other side of the world | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||
| 5 | not is | past | sheep | indeed, sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not lead | past · progressive | king | sheep | Fairyland | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into fairyland=Destination |
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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