The Red Fairy Book, The Hen That Lays Golden Eggs., sentence 18
He knew the way to the kitchen, the door of which he found was left ajar; he opened it, shut and locked it after him, and flew back to the Beanstalk, which he descended as fast as his feet would move.
Who acts: Giant, Beanstalk, feet · What happens: know, find, leave, open, lock, fly back · To what, where: way, door · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Hen That Lays Golden Eggs.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Giant, Beanstalk, feet), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knew | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 kitchen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kitchen | det |
| 7 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knew | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 door | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 door | det |
| 10 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kitchen | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 which | case |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 found | obl |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 found | nsubj |
| 14 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 door | acl:relcl |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 left | aux:pass |
| 16 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 found | ccomp |
| 17 | ajar | ajar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 left | xcomp |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 opened | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 opened | nsubj |
| 20 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knew | parataxis |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 opened | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 shut | punct |
| 23 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 opened | advcl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 locked | cc |
| 25 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knew | conj |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 locked | obj |
| 27 | after | after | ADP | _ | 28 him | case |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 locked | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 flew | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 flew | cc |
| 31 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knew | parataxis |
| 32 | back | back | ADV | _ | 31 flew | advmod |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 Beanstalk | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Beanstalk | det |
| 35 | Beanstalk | Beanstalk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 flew | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 descended | punct |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 descended | nsubj |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 descended | nsubj |
| 39 | descended | descend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 Beanstalk | acl:relcl |
| 40 | as | as | ADV | _ | 41 fast | advmod |
| 41 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 39 descended | advmod |
| 42 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 move | mark |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 feet | nmod:poss |
| 44 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 move | nsubj |
| 45 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 move | aux |
| 46 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 fast | advcl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Giant | the way | to the kitchen | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | find | past | Giant | of the door | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | past · passive | ajar property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 4 | open | past | Giant | door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 5 | lock | past | Giant not said here | door | after Giant | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 6 | fly back | past | to the Beanstalk result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to beanstalk=Result | |||||
| 7 | descend | past | the Beanstalk | fast property | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | move | would | Giant's feet | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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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