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The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Jack the Giant-killer, sentence 34

The giant, about midnight, entered the apartment, and with his bludgeon struck many blows on the bed, in the very place where Jack had laid the log; and then he went back to his own room, thinking he had broken all Jack’s bones.

Who acts: giant midnight, Jack, club · What happens: enter, strike, lay, go back, think, break · To what, where: apartment, many blows, log, bones · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Jack the Giant-killer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (giant midnight, Jack, club), 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

detamodpunctcasensubjpunctdetobjpunctcccasenmod:possoblconjamodobjcasedetoblpunctcasedetadvmodobladvmodnsubjauxacl:relcldetobjpunctccadvmodnsubjconjadvmodcasenmod:possamodoblpunctadvclnsubjauxccompdetnmod:posscaseobjpunctrootTheDETgiantADJ,PUNCTaboutADPmidnightNOUN,PUNCTenteredVERBtheDETapartmentNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwithADPhisPRONbludgeonNOUNstruckVERBmanyADJblowsNOUNonADPtheDETbedNOUN,PUNCTinADPtheDETveryADVplaceNOUNwhereADVJackPROPNhadAUXlaidVERBtheDETlogNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJthenADVhePRONwentVERBbackADVtoADPhisPRONownADJroomNOUN,PUNCTthinkingVERBhePRONhadAUXbrokenVERBallDETJackPROPN’sPARTbonesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 midnightdet
2giantgiantADJDegree=Pos5 midnightamod
3,,PUNCT_5 midnightpunct
4aboutaboutADP_5 midnightcase
5midnightmidnightNOUNNumber=Sing7 enterednsubj
6,,PUNCT_5 midnightpunct
7enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 apartmentdet
9apartmentapartmentNOUNNumber=Sing7 enteredobj
10,,PUNCT_15 struckpunct
11andandCCONJ_15 struckcc
12withwithADP_14 bludgeoncase
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 bludgeonnmod:poss
14bludgeonbludgeonNOUNNumber=Sing15 struckobl
15struckstrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 enteredconj
16manymanyADJDegree=Pos17 blowsamod
17blowsblowNOUNNumber=Plur15 struckobj
18ononADP_20 bedcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 beddet
20bedbedNOUNNumber=Sing15 struckobl
21,,PUNCT_25 placepunct
22ininADP_25 placecase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 placedet
24veryveryADV_25 placeadvmod
25placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing15 struckobl
26wherewhereADVPronType=Rel29 laidadvmod
27JackJackPROPNNumber=Sing29 laidnsubj
28hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 laidaux
29laidlayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part25 placeacl:relcl
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 logdet
31loglogNOUNNumber=Sing29 laidobj
32;;PUNCT_36 wentpunct
33andandCCONJ_36 wentcc
34thenthenADVPronType=Dem36 wentadvmod
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 wentnsubj
36wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 enteredconj
37backbackADV_36 wentadvmod
38totoADP_41 roomcase
39hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 roomnmod:poss
40ownownADJDegree=Pos41 roomamod
41roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing36 wentobl
42,,PUNCT_43 thinkingpunct
43thinkingthinkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 wentadvcl
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 brokennsubj
45hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 brokenaux
46brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part43 thinkingccomp
47allallDETPronType=Tot48 Jackdet
48JackJackPROPNNumber=Sing50 bonesnmod:poss
49’s'sPART_48 Jackcase
50bonesboneNOUNNumber=Plur46 brokenobj
51..PUNCT_7 enteredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1enterpastthe giant midnightthe apartmentvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apartment=Destination
2strikepastthe giant midnight not said heremany blowswith club's bludgeon; in the place; on the bedvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent blow=Instrument on bed=Patient
3laypast · perfectJackthe logvn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Result
4go backpastclubthento club's own room resultvn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to room=Result
5think speech: othergerundclub not said herevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6breakpast · perfectcluball Jack's bonesvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient

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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