The Red Fairy Book, The Norka, sentence 90
And when the bird had come flying up, she perceived that her little ones were covered over, and she said, ‘Who has wrapped up my nestlings?’ and presently, seeing the Prince, she added: ‘Didst thou do that?
Who acts: bird, thunder · What happens: come, fly up, perceive, cover over, say, wrap up · To what, where: little ones, nestlings, Prince, thou, that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Norka. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bird, thunder), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 come | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 come | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | aux |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 come | xcomp |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 flying | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 perceived | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 perceived | nsubj |
| 11 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | parataxis |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 covered | mark |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 ones | nmod:poss |
| 14 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ones | amod |
| 15 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 covered | aux:pass |
| 17 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 perceived | ccomp |
| 18 | over | over | ADV | _ | 17 covered | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 said | cc |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 said | nsubj |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 perceived | parataxis |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 wrapped | punct |
| 24 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 27 wrapped | punct |
| 25 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 wrapped | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 wrapped | aux |
| 27 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 said | conj |
| 28 | up | up | ADP | _ | 27 wrapped | compound:prt |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 nestlings | nmod:poss |
| 30 | nestlings | nestling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 wrapped | obj |
| 31 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 30 nestlings | punct |
| 32 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 nestlings | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 presently | cc |
| 34 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 30 nestlings | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 seeing | punct |
| 36 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 wrapped | advcl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Prince | det |
| 38 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 seeing | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 added | punct |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 added | nsubj |
| 41 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 perceived | conj |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 Didst | punct |
| 43 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 44 Didst | punct |
| 44 | Didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 added | conj |
| 45 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 Didst | obj |
| 46 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 Didst | xcomp |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 do | obj |
| 48 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | the bird | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fly up | gerund | the bird not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | perceive | past | thunder | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | cover over | past · passive | thunder's little ones | over property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | thunder | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | wrap up | present · perfect · passive | my nestlings | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | see | gerund | the Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | add speech: assert | past | thunder | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | do | past | thunder not said here | thou | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | do | infinitive | thunder not said here | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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