The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 10

Then the lad found that he had lost his pocket-handkerchief, and would go out in the boat after it; but no sooner had he got into the boat than it began to move off with him so quickly that the water foamed all round about, and all that the lad did to keep the boat back with the oars was done to no purpose, for it went on and on the whole night through, and at last he came to a white strand that lay far, far away.

Who acts: lad, handkerchief, water, that · What happens: find, lose, go out, have, get, begin · To what, where: pocket handkerchief, boat, oars, last · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princesses of Whiteland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lad, handkerchief, water, that), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 found	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lad	det
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 found	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 handkerchief	nmod:poss
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 handkerchief	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 pocket	punct
12	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 go	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 go	cc
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 go	aux
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 found	conj
17	out	out	ADV	_	16 go	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 boat	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 boat	det
20	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl
21	after	after	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 go	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 had	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 had	cc
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 sooner	det
26	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	27 had	advmod
27	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 got	nsubj
29	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 had	ccomp
30	into	into	ADP	_	32 boat	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 boat	det
32	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 got	obl
33	than	than	SCONJ	_	35 began	mark
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 began	nsubj
35	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 got	advcl
36	to	to	PART	_	37 move	mark
37	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 began	xcomp
38	off	off	ADP	_	37 move	compound:prt
39	with	with	ADP	_	40 him	case
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 move	obl
41	so	so	ADV	_	42 quickly	advmod
42	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	35 began	advmod
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 foamed	mark
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 water	det
45	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 foamed	nsubj
46	foamed	foam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 began	advcl
47	all	all	ADV	_	48 round	advmod
48	round	round	ADV	_	46 foamed	advmod
49	about	about	ADV	_	46 foamed	advmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 did	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 did	cc
52	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	56 did	det:predet
53	that	that	SCONJ	_	56 did	mark
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 lad	det
55	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 did	nsubj
56	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
57	to	to	PART	_	58 keep	mark
58	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 did	xcomp
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 boat	det
60	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 keep	obj
61	back	back	ADV	_	58 keep	advmod
62	with	with	SCONJ	_	66 done	mark
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 oars	det
64	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 done	nsubj:pass
65	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 done	aux:pass
66	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 keep	advcl
67	to	to	ADP	_	69 purpose	case
68	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	69 purpose	det
69	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 done	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 went	punct
71	for	for	SCONJ	_	73 went	mark
72	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 went	nsubj
73	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 did	parataxis
74	on	on	ADV	_	73 went	advmod
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 night	cc
76	on	on	ADP	_	79 night	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 night	det
78	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 night	amod
79	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 went	obl
80	through	through	ADV	_	73 went	advmod
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 came	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 came	cc
83	at	at	ADP	_	84 last	case
84	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 came	obl
85	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 came	nsubj
86	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	parataxis
87	to	to	ADP	_	90 strand	case
88	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	90 strand	det
89	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	90 strand	amod
90	strand	strand	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 lay	obl
91	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	92 lay	nsubj
92	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	86 came	conj
93	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	95 far	advmod
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 far	punct
95	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	96 away	advmod
96	away	away	ADV	_	92 lay	advmod
97	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the lad			then		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lose	past · perfect	lad	lad's pocket handkerchief				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Eventuality
3	go out	would	the lad not said here		the boat	after boat	out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	the lad not said here				soon property	tree rules
5	get	past	lad		the boat			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into boat=Destination
6	begin	past	handkerchief				quickly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
7	move off	to-infinitive	handkerchief not said here				with lad	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
8	foam	past	the water				about, round property	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	do	past	the lad					tree rules
10	keep back	to-infinitive	the lad not said here	the boat				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
11	do	past · passive		the oars			to no purpose	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
12	go on	past	water			night	through property	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	come	past	lad		last			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location
14	lay	present	that				to a white strand; away property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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 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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