The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 10
As soon as they got into order they divided into two parties, discharged blunt arrows, drew their swords, fled and pursued, and, in short, showed the best military discipline I ever beheld.
Who acts: sticks, two parties, I · What happens: get, divide, discharge, draw, flee, pursue · To what, where: order, two parties, blunt arrows, swords, best military discipline
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sticks, two parties, I), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 divided | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 divided | advcl |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 order | case |
| 7 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obl |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 divided | nsubj |
| 9 | divided | divide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 parties | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 parties | nummod |
| 12 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 divided | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 discharged | punct |
| 14 | discharged | discharge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 parties | acl |
| 15 | blunt | blunt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 arrows | amod |
| 16 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 discharged | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 drew | punct |
| 18 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 divided | conj |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 swords | nmod:poss |
| 20 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 drew | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 fled | punct |
| 22 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 drew | conj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 pursued | cc |
| 24 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 fled | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 showed | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 showed | cc |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 and | punct |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 short | case |
| 29 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 showed | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 short | punct |
| 31 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 divided | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 discipline | det |
| 33 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 35 discipline | amod |
| 34 | military | military | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 discipline | amod |
| 35 | discipline | discipline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 showed | obj |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 beheld | nsubj |
| 37 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 38 beheld | advmod |
| 38 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 discipline | acl:relcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 divided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | sticks = stick | order | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into order=Destination | ||||
| 2 | divide | past | sticks = stick | two parties | soon property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 3 | discharge | participle | two parties not said here | blunt arrows | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme | ||||
| 4 | draw | past | sticks = stick not said here | sticks's swords | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 5 | flee | past | sticks = stick not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | pursue | past | sticks = stick not said here | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | show | past | sticks = stick not said here | the best military discipline | in short | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent discipline=Patient in short=Topic | |||
| 8 | behold | past | I | the best military discipline not said here | ever | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer discipline=Stimulus |
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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