The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, sentence 16

“I was very fond of hunting, and one day, while chasing a stag, I left my attendants far behind; suddenly I saw the animal leap into a pool of water, and I rashly urged my horse to follow it, but before we had gone many steps I felt an extraordinary heat, instead of the coolness of the water; the pond dried up, a great gulf opened before me, out of which flames of fire shot up, and I fell helplessly to the bottom of a precipice.

Who acts: Wonderful Sheep, we, fire · What happens: be, chase, leave, see, urge, follow · To what, where: stag, attendants, animal leap, pool, horse, many steps

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, 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 (Wonderful Sheep, we, fire), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 fond	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 fond	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fond	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fond	advmod
5	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 hunting	case
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fond	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 day	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 day	cc
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 day	nummod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fond	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 chasing	punct
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 chasing	mark
14	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fond	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 stag	det
16	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chasing	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 left	punct
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 left	nsubj
19	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fond	conj
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 attendants	nmod:poss
21	attendants	attendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 left	obj
22	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 behind	advmod
23	behind	behind	ADV	_	19 left	advmod
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 saw	punct
25	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	27 saw	advmod
26	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 saw	nsubj
27	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fond	parataxis
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 leap	det
29	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 leap	compound
30	leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 saw	obj
31	into	into	ADP	_	33 pool	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 pool	det
33	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 saw	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 water	case
35	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 pool	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 urged	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 urged	cc
38	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 urged	nsubj
39	rashly	rashly	ADV	_	40 urged	advmod
40	urged	urge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 saw	conj
41	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 horse	nmod:poss
42	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 urged	obj
43	to	to	PART	_	44 follow	mark
44	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 urged	advcl
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 follow	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 felt	punct
47	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 felt	cc
48	before	before	SCONJ	_	51 gone	mark
49	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 gone	nsubj
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 gone	aux
51	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	55 felt	advcl
52	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 steps	amod
53	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 gone	obj
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 felt	nsubj
55	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 saw	conj
56	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 heat	det
57	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 heat	amod
58	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 felt	obj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 coolness	punct
60	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	63 coolness	case
61	of	of	ADP	_	60 instead	fixed
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 coolness	det
63	coolness	coolness	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 felt	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 water	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 water	det
66	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 coolness	nmod
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 pond	punct
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 pond	det
69	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fond	conj
70	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	69 pond	acl
71	up	up	ADP	_	70 dried	compound:prt
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 gulf	punct
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 gulf	det
74	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 gulf	amod
75	gulf	gulf	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 pond	conj
76	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	75 gulf	acl
77	before	before	ADP	_	78 me	case
78	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	76 opened	obl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 shot	punct
80	out	out	ADP	_	82 which	case
81	of	of	ADP	_	82 which	case
82	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	86 shot	obl
83	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 shot	nsubj:pass
84	of	of	ADP	_	85 fire	case
85	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 flames	nmod
86	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	76 opened	conj
87	up	up	ADP	_	86 shot	compound:prt
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 fell	punct
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 fell	cc
90	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	91 fell	nsubj
91	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 shot	conj
92	helplessly	helplessly	ADV	_	91 fell	advmod
93	to	to	ADP	_	95 bottom	case
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 bottom	det
95	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 fell	obl
96	of	of	ADP	_	98 precipice	case
97	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	98 precipice	det
98	precipice	precipice	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 bottom	nmod
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fond	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep					of hunting; fond property	tree rules
2	chase in a quote	gerund	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep not said here	a stag					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Theme
3	leave in a quote	past	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep	my attendants				behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attendant=Theme
4	see in a quote	past	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep	the animal leap		a pool of water		suddenly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leap=Stimulus
5	urge in a quote	past	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep		my horse			rashly property	vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient
6	follow in a quote	to-infinitive	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep not said here	horse					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
7	go in a quote	past · perfect	we	many steps					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme
8	feel in a quote	past	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep	a extraordinary heat				instead the coolness of the water	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme
9	dry up in a quote	participle		the pond and a great gulf not said here					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
10	open in a quote	participle		a great gulf not said here			before the Wonderful Sheep = sheep		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location
11	shoot up in a quote	participle · passive		flames of fire					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
12	fall in a quote	past	the Wonderful Sheep = sheep					to the bottom of a precipice; helplessly property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to bottom=Theme
13	flame in a quote		fire						nom flame «process intransitive»: of=agent

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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