The Blue Fairy Book, The Forty Thieves, sentence 94

Beginning at the first jar and ending at the last, he said to each man: “As soon as I throw some stones from the window of the chamber where I lie, cut the jars open with your knives and come out, and I will be with you in a trice.”

Who acts: captain, jars · What happens: begin, end, say, throw, lie, cut · To what, where: first jar, last, man, stones, window, trice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Forty Thieves. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (captain, jars), 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	Beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 said	advcl
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 jar	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jar	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 jar	amod
5	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Beginning	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ending	cc
7	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Beginning	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 last	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 last	det
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ending	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Beginning	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 man	case
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	obl
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	36 cut	punct
18	“	"	PUNCT	_	20 soon	punct
19	As	as	ADV	_	20 soon	advmod
20	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	36 cut	advmod
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 throw	mark
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 throw	nsubj
23	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 cut	advcl
24	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	25 stones	det
25	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 throw	obj
26	from	from	ADP	_	28 window	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 window	det
28	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 throw	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 chamber	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 chamber	det
31	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 window	nmod
32	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	34 lie	advmod
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 lie	nsubj
34	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 chamber	acl:relcl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 throw	punct
36	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 said	ccomp
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 jars	det
38	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 open	nsubj
39	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 cut	parataxis
40	with	with	ADP	_	42 knives	case
41	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 knives	nmod:poss
42	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 open	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 come	cc
44	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 open	conj
45	out	out	ADV	_	44 come	advmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 you	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 you	cc
48	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 you	nsubj
49	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 you	aux
50	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	52 you	cop
51	with	with	ADP	_	52 you	case
52	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 cut	conj
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 trice	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 trice	det
55	trice	trice	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 cut	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	36 cut	punct
57	”	"	PUNCT	_	36 cut	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	begin	gerund	captain not said here			the first jar		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	end	gerund	captain not said here			the last		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past	captain		each man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient clause=Topic
4	throw in a quote	present	captain	some stones		the window of the chamber		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from window=Initial_Location
5	lie in a quote	present	captain					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	cut in a quote	infinitive				a trice	soon property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	open in a quote	present	the jars				with your knives	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	come out in a quote	present	the jars not said here				out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
9	is in a quote	future	captain				with each man = man	tree rules

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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