The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 20
When I had got out of danger I stopped awhile to pick out the arrows that stuck in my hands and face, and rubbed on some of the same ointment that was given me at my arrival.
Who acts: I, arrows, my · What happens: get out, stop, pick out, stick, rub, give · To what, where: danger, arrows, hands, same ointment, me, arrival
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, arrows, my), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 got | advmod |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 stopped | parataxis |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 danger | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 danger | case |
| 7 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 stopped | nsubj |
| 9 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | awhile | awhile | ADV | _ | 9 stopped | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 pick | mark |
| 12 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 stopped | advcl |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 pick | compound:prt |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 arrows | det |
| 15 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 pick | obj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 stuck | nsubj |
| 17 | stuck | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 arrows | acl:relcl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 hands | case |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 hands | nmod:poss |
| 20 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 stuck | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 face | cc |
| 22 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hands | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 rubbed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 rubbed | cc |
| 25 | rubbed | rub | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 stopped | conj |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 ointment | case |
| 27 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 31 ointment | nsubj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 ointment | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 ointment | det |
| 30 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 ointment | amod |
| 31 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 rubbed | obl |
| 32 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 given | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 given | aux:pass |
| 34 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 ointment | acl:relcl |
| 35 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 given | iobj |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 38 arrival | case |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 38 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 given | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 stopped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | past · perfect | I | danger | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | past | I | awhile property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | pick out | to-infinitive | I not said here | the arrows | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient | ||||
| 4 | stick | past | the arrows | my hands and face | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in hand=Destination | ||||
| 5 | rub | participle | I not said here | the same ointment | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on ointment=Destination | ||||
| 6 | give | past · passive | the same ointment | me | my arrival | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient i=Theme at arrival=Asset | |||
| 7 | arrive | my | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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