The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 15
Then, taking the knot in my hand, I began to pull; but not a ship would stir, for they were too fast held by their anchors.
Who acts: I, ship · What happens: take, begin, pull, stir, hold · To what, where: knot, hand, ships
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, ship), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 taking | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Then | punct |
| 3 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 began | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 knot | det |
| 5 | knot | knot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taking | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taking | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 taking | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 began | nsubj |
| 11 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 pull | mark |
| 13 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 began | xcomp |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 stir | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 stir | cc |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 ship | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 ship | det |
| 18 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stir | nsubj |
| 19 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 stir | aux |
| 20 | stir | stir | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 began | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 held | punct |
| 22 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 held | mark |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 held | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 held | aux:pass |
| 25 | too | too | ADV | _ | 26 fast | advmod |
| 26 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 held | advmod |
| 27 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 stir | advcl |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 anchors | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 anchors | nmod:poss |
| 30 | anchors | anchor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 held | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 began | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | I not said here | the knot | my hand | then | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent knot=Value in hand=Location | ||
| 2 | begin | past | I | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | pull | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | stir | would | a ship | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | hold | past · passive | ships = ship | by ships's anchors; fast property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme by anchor=Location |
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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