The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 1, sentence 103

But when Minnikin had walked a short distance, it seemed to him that it might be worth while to see what his ship could do; so he took it out of his pocket, and first he put one foot into it, and then the other, and no sooner had he put one foot into the ship than it became much larger, and when he set the other foot into it, it grew as large as ships that sail on the sea.

Who acts: Minnikin, it, ship, distance, ships · What happens: walk, seem, be, see, do, take · To what, where: short distance, MINNIKIN, ship, pocket, one foot, other foot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, 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 (Minnikin, it, ship, distance), 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	_	11 seemed	cc
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 walked	mark
3	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 walked	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 walked	aux
5	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 seemed	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 distance	det
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distance	amod
8	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 seemed	nsubj
11	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 seemed	obl
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 worth	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 worth	nsubj
16	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 worth	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 worth	cop
18	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seemed	xcomp
19	while	while	SCONJ	_	21 see	mark
20	to	to	PART	_	21 see	mark
21	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 worth	csubj
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 do	obj
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 ship	nmod:poss
24	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 do	nsubj
25	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 do	aux
26	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 see	ccomp
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 took	punct
28	so	so	ADV	_	30 took	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 took	nsubj
30	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 seemed	parataxis
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 took	obj
32	out	out	ADP	_	35 pocket	case
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 pocket	case
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 pocket	nmod:poss
35	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 took	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 put	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 put	cc
38	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	40 put	advmod
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 put	nsubj
40	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 took	conj
41	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	42 foot	nummod
42	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 put	obj
43	into	into	ADP	_	44 it	case
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 put	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 other	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 other	cc
47	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	49 other	advmod
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 other	det
49	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seemed	parataxis
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 put	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 put	cc
52	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	53 sooner	det
53	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	56 put	advmod
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 put	aux
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 put	nsubj
56	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 seemed	conj
57	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	58 foot	nummod
58	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 put	obj
59	into	into	ADP	_	61 ship	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 ship	det
61	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 put	obl
62	than	than	SCONJ	_	64 became	mark
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 became	nsubj
64	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 put	advcl
65	much	much	ADV	_	66 larger	advmod
66	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	64 became	xcomp
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 grew	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 grew	cc
69	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	71 set	advmod
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 set	nsubj
71	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 grew	advcl
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 foot	det
73	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 foot	amod
74	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 set	obj
75	into	into	ADP	_	76 it	case
76	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 set	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 set	punct
78	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 grew	nsubj
79	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 seemed	conj
80	as	as	ADV	_	81 large	advmod
81	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 grew	xcomp
82	as	as	ADP	_	83 ships	case
83	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 large	obl
84	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	85 sail	nsubj
85	sail	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 ships	acl:relcl
86	on	on	ADP	_	88 sea	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 sea	det
88	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 sail	obl
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	walk	past · perfect	Minnikin	a short distance				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme distance=Trajectory
2	seem	past	it		MINNIKIN			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	is	might	it				worth property	tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	do	could	MINNIKIN's ship					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
6	take	past	MINNIKIN	ship		MINNIKIN's pocket		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out pocket=Initial_Location
7	put	past	MINNIKIN	one foot		ship	first property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal
8	put	past	MINNIKIN	one foot		the ship	soon property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal
9	become	past	distance				large property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
10	set	past	MINNIKIN	the other foot		ship		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient foot=Result
11	grow	past	distance				large property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	sail	present	ships			the sea		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: 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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