The Red Fairy Book, The Little Good Mouse, sentence 25
But very soon the wicked King clattered into the room, and in a fury because the Queen would not answer when he called to her, he tore back her silken coverings and tweaked off her lace cap, and when all her lovely hair came tumbling down over her shoulders, he wound it three times round his hand and threw her over his shoulder, where he carried her like a sack of flour.
Who acts: wicked King, Queen, head, lovely hair · What happens: clatter, not answer, call, tore back, tweak, come · To what, where: room, fury, Queen, silken coverings, shoulders, hair · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Little Good Mouse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wicked King, Queen, head, lovely hair), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 clattered | cc |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 soon | advmod |
| 3 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 clattered | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 5 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 King | amod |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 clattered | nsubj |
| 7 | clattered | clatter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 clattered | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 fury | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 fury | cc |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 fury | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 fury | det |
| 15 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 clattered | obl |
| 16 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 21 answer | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Queen | det |
| 18 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 answer | nsubj |
| 19 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 answer | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 answer | advmod |
| 21 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 fury | acl |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 called | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 called | nsubj |
| 24 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 answer | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 her | case |
| 26 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 called | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 tore | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 tore | nsubj |
| 29 | tore | tore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 clattered | parataxis |
| 30 | back | back | ADV | _ | 29 tore | advmod |
| 31 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 coverings | nmod:poss |
| 32 | silken | silken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 coverings | amod |
| 33 | coverings | covering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 tore | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 tweaked | cc |
| 35 | tweaked | tweak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 tore | conj |
| 36 | off | off | ADP | _ | 39 cap | case |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 cap | nmod:poss |
| 38 | lace | lace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 cap | compound |
| 39 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 tweaked | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 wound | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 wound | cc |
| 42 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 47 came | advmod |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 hair | det |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 hair | nmod:poss |
| 45 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 hair | amod |
| 46 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 came | nsubj |
| 47 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 wound | advcl |
| 48 | tumbling | tumble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 47 came | xcomp |
| 49 | down | down | ADV | _ | 48 tumbling | advmod |
| 50 | over | over | ADP | _ | 52 shoulders | case |
| 51 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 52 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 tumbling | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 came | punct |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 wound | nsubj |
| 55 | wound | woun | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 clattered | parataxis |
| 56 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 wound | obj |
| 57 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 58 times | nummod |
| 58 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 wound | obl:unmarked |
| 59 | round | round | ADP | _ | 61 hand | case |
| 60 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 hand | nmod:poss |
| 61 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 wound | obl |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 threw | cc |
| 63 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 wound | conj |
| 64 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 threw | obj |
| 65 | over | over | ADP | _ | 67 shoulder | case |
| 66 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 67 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 threw | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 carried | punct |
| 69 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 71 carried | advmod |
| 70 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 carried | nsubj |
| 71 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 threw | conj |
| 72 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 carried | obj |
| 73 | like | like | ADP | _ | 75 sack | case |
| 74 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 75 sack | det |
| 75 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 carried | obl |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 flour | case |
| 77 | flour | flour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 sack | nmod |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 clattered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clatter | past | the wicked King | the room | in a fury; soon property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fury=Location | |||
| 2 | not answer speech: assert | would | the Queen | a fury not said here | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fury=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | call | past | head | Queen | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | tore back | past | head | Queen's silken coverings | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | tweak | participle | head not said here | off Queen's lace cap | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | come | past | Queen's lovely hair | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | tumble down | gerund | Queen's lovely hair not said here | Queen's shoulders | down property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Initial_Location | |||
| 8 | woun | past | head | hair | time | round head's hand | tree rules | ||
| 9 | throw | past | head not said here | Queen | head's shoulder | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme over shoulder=Destination | |||
| 10 | carry | past | head | Queen | like a sack of flour | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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