The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 59

Before the three days had passed I wrote a letter to my friend the secretary telling him of my resolution; and, without waiting for an answer, went to the coast, and entering the channel, between wading and swimming reached the port of Blefuscu, where the people, who had long expected me, led me to the capital.

Who acts: I, secretary, wading, my · What happens: pass, write, tell, wait, go, enter · To what, where: three days, letter, friend, coast, channel, port · Speech: someone speaks here

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, secretary, wading, 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	Before	before	SCONJ	_	6 passed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 days	det
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 days	nummod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 passed	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 passed	aux
6	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 wrote	advcl
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 wrote	nsubj
8	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 letter	det
10	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrote	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 friend	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 friend	nmod:poss
13	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 letter	nmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 secretary	det
15	secretary	secretary	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 friend	appos
16	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 secretary	acl
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 telling	iobj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 resolution	case
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 resolution	nmod:poss
20	resolution	resolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 telling	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 went	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 went	cc
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 and	punct
24	without	without	SCONJ	_	25 waiting	mark
25	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 went	advcl
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 answer	case
27	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 answer	det
28	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 waiting	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 waiting	punct
30	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wrote	conj
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 coast	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 coast	det
33	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 went	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 entering	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 entering	cc
36	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 went	advcl
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 channel	det
38	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 entering	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 reached	punct
40	between	between	ADP	_	44 reached	mark
41	wading	wading	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 reached	nsubj
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 swimming	cc
43	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 wading	conj
44	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 went	conj
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 port	det
46	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 reached	obj
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 Blefuscu	case
48	Blefuscu	Blefuscu	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 port	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 expected	punct
50	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	57 expected	advmod
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 people	det
52	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 expected	nsubj:pass
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 expected	punct
54	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 expected	nsubj:pass
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 expected	aux
56	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	57 expected	advmod
57	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 port	acl:relcl
58	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 expected	obj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 led	punct
60	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 reached	conj
61	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 led	obj
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 capital	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 capital	det
64	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 led	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 wrote	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	pass	past · perfect · passive		the three days				vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
2	write	past	I	a letter	my friend			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to friend=Recipient
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	the secretary not said here		friend		of my resolution	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	wait	gerund					for a answer	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	go	past	I not said here			the coast		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to coast=Initial_Location
6	enter	gerund	I not said here	the channel				vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme channel=Destination
7	reach	past	wading and swimming	the port of Blefuscu				vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent port=Theme
8	expect	past · perfect · passive		the people			long property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme i=Eventuality
9	lead	past	wading and swimming not said here	me		the capital		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to capital=Destination
10	resolve		my					nom resolution «communication transitive»: 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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