The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 29

I lay all this while in great uneasiness; but at length, struggling to get loose, I succeeded in breaking the strings that fastened my left arm to the ground; and at the same time, with a violent pull that gave me extreme pain, I a little loosened the strings that tied down my hair, so that I was just able to turn my head about two inches.

Who acts: I, strings, violent pull · What happens: lie, struggle, get, succeed, break, fasten · To what, where: this, strings, left arm, extreme pain, me, hair

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, strings, violent pull), 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	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 this	det:predet
4	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 lay	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 uneasiness	mark
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 uneasiness	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 uneasiness	amod
8	uneasiness	uneasiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	advcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 length	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 length	cc
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 length	case
12	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 struggling	punct
14	struggling	struggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lay	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 get	mark
16	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 struggling	xcomp
17	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 get	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 succeeded	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 succeeded	nsubj
20	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lay	conj
21	in	in	SCONJ	_	22 breaking	mark
22	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 succeeded	advcl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 strings	det
24	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 breaking	obj
25	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 fastened	nsubj
26	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 strings	acl:relcl
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 arm	nmod:poss
28	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 arm	amod
29	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 fastened	obj
30	to	to	ADP	_	32 ground	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 ground	det
32	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 fastened	obl
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 time	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 time	cc
35	at	at	ADP	_	38 time	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 time	det
37	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 time	amod
38	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	parataxis
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 pull	punct
40	with	with	ADP	_	43 pull	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 pull	det
42	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 pull	amod
43	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 time	parataxis
44	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 gave	nsubj
45	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 pull	acl:relcl
46	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 gave	iobj
47	extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 pain	amod
48	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 gave	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 loosened	punct
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 loosened	nsubj
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 little	det
52	little	little	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 loosened	advmod
53	loosened	loosen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 gave	conj
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 strings	det
55	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 loosened	obj
56	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 tied	nsubj
57	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 strings	acl:relcl
58	down	down	ADP	_	57 tied	compound:prt
59	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 hair	nmod:poss
60	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 tied	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 able	punct
62	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	67 able	mark
63	that	that	SCONJ	_	62 so	fixed
64	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 able	nsubj
65	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 able	cop
66	just	just	ADV	_	67 able	advmod
67	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 loosened	advcl
68	to	to	PART	_	69 turn	mark
69	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 able	xcomp
70	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 head	nmod:poss
71	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 turn	obj
72	about	about	ADV	_	73 two	advmod
73	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	74 inches	nummod
74	inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 turn	obj
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lay	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	lie	past	I	this			vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location this=Theme
2	struggle	gerund	I not said here				tree rules
3	get	to-infinitive	I not said here			loose property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	succeed	past	I				vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	break	gerund	I not said here	the strings			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer string=Patient
6	fasten	past	the strings	my left arm		to the ground	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient to ground=Co-Patient
7	give	past	a violent pull	extreme pain	me		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pain=Theme
8	loosen	past	I	the strings		little property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent string=Patient
9	tie down	past	the strings	my hair			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
10	is	past	I			able property	tree rules
11	turn	to-infinitive	I not said here	my head			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent head=Theme inch=Result

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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