The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Jack the Giant-killer, sentence 39
“Nothing to speak of,” said Jack, carelessly; “a rat, I believe, gave me three or four slaps with its tail, and disturbed me a little; but I soon went to sleep again.”
Who acts: Jack, rat · What happens: speak, say, believe, give, disturb, go · To what, where: three slaps, Jack · 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 (Jack, rat), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Nothing | punct |
| 2 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 said | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 speak | mark |
| 4 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Nothing | acl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 speak | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Nothing | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Nothing | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 carelessly | punct |
| 11 | carelessly | carelessly | ADV | _ | 8 said | advmod |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 gave | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 gave | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 rat | det |
| 15 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 gave | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 believe | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 believe | nsubj |
| 18 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 rat | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 rat | punct |
| 20 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 21 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 gave | iobj |
| 22 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 slaps | nummod |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 four | cc |
| 24 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 three | conj |
| 25 | slaps | slap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 gave | obj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 tail | case |
| 27 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 tail | nmod:poss |
| 28 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 slaps | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 disturbed | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 disturbed | cc |
| 31 | disturbed | disturb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 gave | conj |
| 32 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 disturbed | obj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 little | det |
| 34 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 disturbed | obl:unmarked |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 went | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 went | cc |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 went | nsubj |
| 38 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 39 went | advmod |
| 39 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 sleep | mark |
| 41 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 went | xcomp |
| 42 | again | again | ADV | _ | 41 sleep | advmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 went | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other in a quote | to-infinitive | Jack not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Jack | carelessly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | believe in a quote | present | Jack | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | give in a quote | past | a rat | three slaps | Jack | with rat's tail | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient slap=Theme | ||
| 5 | disturb in a quote | past | a rat not said here | Jack | a little obl:unmarked | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | |||
| 6 | go in a quote | past | Jack | soon property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | sleep in a quote | to-infinitive | Jack not said here | again | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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