The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 10

I was passing through the wood when you were out hunting, and I wished to find out if you were really good, as everybody said you were, so I took the shape of a little rabbit and came to your arms for shelter, for I know that those who are merciful to animals will be still kinder to their fellow-men.

Who acts: I, you, everybody, those, animals · What happens: pass, hunt, wish, find out, be, say · To what, where: wood, shape, arms · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, everybody, those), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 passing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 passing	aux
3	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 wood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passing	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 hunting	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 hunting	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hunting	aux
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 were	compound:prt
11	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 passing	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wished	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wished	cc
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 wished	nsubj
15	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 passing	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 find	mark
17	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wished	xcomp
18	out	out	ADP	_	17 find	compound:prt
19	if	if	SCONJ	_	23 good	mark
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 good	nsubj
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 good	cop
22	really	really	ADV	_	23 good	advmod
23	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 find	ccomp
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 said	punct
25	as	as	SCONJ	_	27 said	mark
26	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	27 said	nsubj
27	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 good	conj
28	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 were	nsubj
29	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 said	ccomp
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 took	punct
31	so	so	ADV	_	33 took	advmod
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 took	nsubj
33	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 wished	advcl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 shape	det
35	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 took	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	39 rabbit	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 rabbit	det
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 rabbit	amod
39	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 shape	nmod
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 came	cc
41	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 took	conj
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 arms	case
43	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 arms	nmod:poss
44	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 came	obl
45	for	for	ADP	_	46 shelter	case
46	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 came	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 know	punct
48	for	for	SCONJ	_	50 know	mark
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 know	nsubj
50	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 came	parataxis
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 merciful	mark
52	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	55 merciful	nsubj
53	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 merciful	nsubj
54	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 merciful	cop
55	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 know	ccomp
56	to	to	ADP	_	57 animals	case
57	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 merciful	obl
58	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 kinder	aux
59	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	61 kinder	cop
60	still	still	ADV	_	61 kinder	advmod
61	kinder	kind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	57 animals	acl:relcl
62	to	to	ADP	_	66 men	case
63	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 men	nmod:poss
64	fellow	fellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 men	amod
65	-	-	PUNCT	_	64 fellow	punct
66	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 kinder	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 passing	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past · progressive	I		the wood			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through wood=Location
2	hunt	past · progressive	you					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wish	past	I					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	find out not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
5	is a condition, not said to happen	past	you				good property	tree rules
6	say speech: assert	past	everybody					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	be	past	you					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	take	past	I	the shape of a little rabbit				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme
9	come	past	I not said here		your arms		for shelter	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to arm=Initial_Location
10	know	present	I					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
11	is	present	those				to animals; merciful property	tree rules
12	is	future	animals not said here			still	to animals's fellow men; kind property	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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