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The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 49

I made a sign with my hand that was loose, putting it to the other (but over his Excellency’s head, for fear of hurting him or his train), to show that I desired my liberty.

Who acts: I, hand, fear · What happens: make, be, put, hurt, show, desire · To what, where: sign, head, person, liberty · Speech: someone speaks here

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, hand, fear), 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

nsubjdetobjcasenmod:possoblnsubjcopacl:relclpunctadvclobjcasedetoblpunctcccasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctcaseconjmarkaclobjccnmod:possconjpunctpunctmarkadvclmarknsubjccompnmod:possobjpunctrootIPRONmadeVERBaDETsignNOUNwithADPmyPRONhandNOUNthatPRONwasAUXlooseADJ,PUNCTputtingVERBitPRONtoADPtheDETotherADJ(PUNCTbutCCONJoverADPhisPRONExcellencyNOUN’sPARTheadNOUN,PUNCTforADPfearNOUNofSCONJhurtingVERBhimPRONorCCONJhisPRONtrainNOUN)PUNCT,PUNCTtoPARTshowVERBthatSCONJIPRONdesiredVERBmyPRONlibertyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 madensubj
2mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 signdet
4signsignNOUNNumber=Sing2 madeobj
5withwithADP_7 handcase
6mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 handnmod:poss
7handhandNOUNNumber=Sing2 madeobl
8thatthatPRONPronType=Rel10 loosensubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 loosecop
10looselooseADJDegree=Pos7 handacl:relcl
11,,PUNCT_12 puttingpunct
12puttingputVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 madeadvcl
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 puttingobj
14totoADP_16 othercase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 otherdet
16otherotherADJDegree=Pos12 puttingobl
17((PUNCT_23 headpunct
18butbutCCONJ_23 headcc
19overoverADP_23 headcase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 Excellencynmod:poss
21ExcellencyexcellencyNOUNNumber=Sing23 headnmod:poss
22’s'sPART_21 Excellencycase
23headheadNOUNNumber=Sing12 puttingobl
24,,PUNCT_26 fearpunct
25forforADP_26 fearcase
26fearfearNOUNNumber=Sing23 headconj
27ofofSCONJ_28 hurtingmark
28hurtinghurtVERBVerbForm=Ger26 fearacl
29himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 hurtingobj
30ororCCONJ_32 traincc
31hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 trainnmod:poss
32traintrainNOUNNumber=Sing29 himconj
33))PUNCT_23 headpunct
34,,PUNCT_36 showpunct
35totoPART_36 showmark
36showshowVERBVerbForm=Inf2 madeadvcl
37thatthatSCONJ_39 desiredmark
38IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 desirednsubj
39desireddesireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 showccomp
40mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 libertynmod:poss
41libertylibertyNOUNNumber=Sing39 desiredobj
42..PUNCT_2 madepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepastIa signwith my handvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product
2ispastmy handloose propertytree rules
3putgerundI not said heresignperson's Excellency's head and fearto the othervn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over head=Destination
4hurtgerundfear not said herepersonvn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient
5showto-infinitiveI not said herevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6desirepastImy libertyvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot liberty=Theme

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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