The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 59
Eighty poles were erected for this purpose, and very strong cords fastened to bandages which the workmen had tied round my neck, hands, body, and legs.
What happens: erect, fasten, tie · To what, where: Eighty poles, strong cords, bandages
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: 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 | Eighty | eighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 poles | amod |
| 2 | poles | pole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 erected | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 erected | aux:pass |
| 4 | erected | erect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 purpose | case |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 purpose | det |
| 7 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 erected | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cords | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 cords | cc |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 strong | advmod |
| 11 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cords | amod |
| 12 | cords | cord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 erected | parataxis |
| 13 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 cords | acl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 bandages | case |
| 15 | bandages | bandage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 fastened | obl |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 workmen | det |
| 18 | workmen | workman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 tied | aux |
| 20 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 bandages | acl:relcl |
| 21 | round | round | ADP | _ | 23 neck | case |
| 22 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 neck | nmod:poss |
| 23 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 tied | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 hands | punct |
| 25 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 neck | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 body | punct |
| 27 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 neck | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 legs | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 legs | cc |
| 30 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 erected | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 erected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | erect | past · passive | Eighty poles | for this purpose; legs obl | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for purpose=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | fasten | participle | strong cords not said here | to bandages | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to bandage=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | tie | past · perfect · passive | bandages | round my neck and hands and body | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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