The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 57
At first I was bent on resistance; for while I had liberty I could easily with stones pelt the metropolis to pieces; but I soon rejected that idea with horror, remembering the oath I had made to the Emperor, and the favors I had received from him.
Who acts: bent stones, I · What happens: bend, pelt, reject, remember, make, receive · To what, where: I, resistance, metropolis, idea, oath, favors
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 (bent stones, 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 bent | obl |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 bent | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bent | aux:pass |
| 5 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 stones | amod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 resistance | case |
| 7 | resistance | resistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bent | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 had | mark |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 had | mark |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 could | aux |
| 13 | liberty | liberty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obj |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 could | nsubj |
| 15 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 stones | aux |
| 16 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 15 could | advmod |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 stones | case |
| 18 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 pelt | nsubj |
| 19 | pelt | pelt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 metropolis | det |
| 21 | metropolis | metropolis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 pelt | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 pieces | case |
| 23 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 metropolis | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 rejected | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 rejected | cc |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 rejected | nsubj |
| 27 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 28 rejected | advmod |
| 28 | rejected | reject | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 pelt | parataxis |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 idea | mark |
| 30 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 rejected | xcomp |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 horror | case |
| 32 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 idea | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 remembering | punct |
| 34 | remembering | remember | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 rejected | advcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 oath | det |
| 36 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 remembering | obj |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 made | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 made | aux |
| 39 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 oath | acl |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 Emperor | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Emperor | det |
| 42 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 made | obl:agent |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 received | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 received | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 favors | det |
| 46 | favors | favor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 received | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 received | nsubj |
| 48 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 received | aux |
| 49 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 rejected | parataxis |
| 50 | from | from | ADP | _ | 51 him | case |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 received | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 pelt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | past · passive | I | resistance | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme at first=Location | ||||
| 2 | pelt | present | bent stones | the metropolis | to pieces | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metropolis=Destination | |||
| 3 | reject | past | I | idea with horror | soon property | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | remember | gerund | I not said here | the oath | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | ||||
| 5 | make | past · perfect | I | the oath not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Product | ||||
| 6 | receive | past · perfect · passive | the favors | from Emperor | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from he=Source |
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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