The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 65

Near the great gate, through which I could easily creep, they fixed ninety-one chains, like those which hang to a lady’s watch, which were locked to my left leg with thirty-six padlocks; and when the workmen found it was impossible for me to break loose, they cut all the strings that bound me.

Who acts: I, officials, workmen, me, strings · What happens: creep, fix, hang, lock, find, be · To what, where: great gate, one chains, watch, strings, me

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, officials, workmen, me), 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	Near	near	ADP	_	4 gate	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gate	amod
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 creep	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 creep	punct
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 creep	obl
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 creep	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 creep	aux
10	easily	easily	ADV	_	11 creep	advmod
11	creep	creep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fixed	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fixed	nsubj
14	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 creep	parataxis
15	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 one	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 ninety	punct
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 chains	nummod
18	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fixed	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 those	punct
20	like	like	ADP	_	21 those	case
21	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	14 fixed	conj
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 hang	nsubj
23	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 those	acl:relcl
24	to	to	ADP	_	28 watch	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 lady	det
26	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 watch	nmod:poss
27	’s	's	PART	_	26 lady	case
28	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 hang	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 locked	punct
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 locked	nsubj:pass
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 locked	aux:pass
32	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 watch	acl:relcl
33	to	to	ADP	_	36 leg	case
34	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 leg	nmod:poss
35	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 leg	amod
36	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 locked	obl
37	with	with	ADP	_	41 padlocks	case
38	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	40 six	compound
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 thirty	punct
40	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	41 padlocks	nummod
41	padlocks	padlock	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 leg	nmod
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 cut	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 cut	cc
44	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	47 found	advmod
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 workmen	det
46	workmen	workman	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 found	nsubj
47	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 cut	advcl
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 impossible	expl
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 impossible	cop
50	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 found	xcomp
51	for	for	SCONJ	_	54 break	mark
52	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 break	nsubj
53	to	to	PART	_	54 break	mark
54	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 impossible	advcl
55	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 break	xcomp
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 found	punct
57	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 cut	nsubj
58	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 creep	parataxis
59	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	61 strings	det:predet
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 strings	det
61	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 cut	obj
62	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 bound	nsubj
63	bound	bound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 strings	acl:relcl
64	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 bound	obj
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 creep	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	creep	could	I		the great gate	easily property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near gate=Trajectory
2	fix	past	officials = official	one chains			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent chain=Patient
3	hang	present				to a lady's watch	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	lock	past · passive		a lady's watch		to my left leg with six padlocks	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to leg=Co-Patient
5	find	past	the workmen				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
6	is	past	the workmen not said here			impossible property	tree rules
7	break	to-infinitive	me			loose property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
8	cut	past	officials = official	all strings			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset string=Product
9	bound	present	all strings	me			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location i=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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