The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 1, sentence 46
So they rushed on each other and fought, and as for the Bull he butted and kicked with all the strength of his body, but the Troll fought quite as well as he did, and the whole day went by before the Bull put an end to him, and then he himself was so full of wounds and so worn out that he was scarcely able to move.
Who acts: woods, bull, Troll, whole day · What happens: rush, fight, butt, kick, do, go · To what, where: each, end, Troll
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woods, bull, Troll, whole day), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 rushed | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rushed | nsubj |
| 3 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 each | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 3 rushed | obl |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 each | fixed |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fought | cc |
| 8 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rushed | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 butted | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 butted | cc |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 Bull | case |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 Bull | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Bull | det |
| 14 | Bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 butted | obl |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 butted | nsubj |
| 16 | butted | butt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rushed | parataxis |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 kicked | cc |
| 18 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 butted | conj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 strength | case |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 strength | det:predet |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 strength | det |
| 22 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 kicked | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 body | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 body | nmod:poss |
| 25 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 strength | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 fought | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 fought | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Troll | det |
| 29 | Troll | Troll | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 fought | nsubj |
| 30 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rushed | conj |
| 31 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 32 as | advmod |
| 32 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 30 fought | advmod |
| 33 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 as | fixed |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 36 did | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 did | nsubj |
| 36 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 fought | advcl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 went | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 went | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 day | det |
| 40 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 day | amod |
| 41 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 went | nsubj |
| 42 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rushed | conj |
| 43 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 47 put | mark |
| 44 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 47 put | mark |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Bull | det |
| 46 | Bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 put | nsubj |
| 47 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 went | advcl |
| 48 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 end | det |
| 49 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 put | obj |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 51 him | case |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 put | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 full | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 full | cc |
| 54 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 59 full | advmod |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 full | nsubj |
| 56 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 55 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 57 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 full | cop |
| 58 | so | so | ADV | _ | 59 full | advmod |
| 59 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rushed | parataxis |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 wounds | case |
| 61 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 full | obl |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 worn | cc |
| 63 | so | so | ADV | _ | 64 worn | advmod |
| 64 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 59 full | conj |
| 65 | out | out | ADP | _ | 64 worn | compound:prt |
| 66 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 70 able | mark |
| 67 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 able | nsubj |
| 68 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 able | cop |
| 69 | scarcely | scarcely | ADV | _ | 70 able | advmod |
| 70 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 worn | advcl |
| 71 | to | to | PART | _ | 72 move | mark |
| 72 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 70 able | xcomp |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rushed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rush | past | woods = wood | each | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on each=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | fight | past | woods = wood not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | butt | past | bull | as the Bull | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | kick | past | bull not said here | with all strength of bull's body | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with strength=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | fight | past | the Troll | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | do | past | bull | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | go | past | the whole day | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | put | past | the Bull | a end | Troll | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | |||
| 9 | is | past | bull | then | of wounds; full property | tree rules | |||
| 10 | wear out | participle | bull not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | is | past | bull | able, scarcely property | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | move | to-infinitive | bull not said here | 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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