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The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 1, sentence 98

So the old woman gave him a little bit of a ship which was no bigger than he could put in his pocket, and then she got her eye back, and she went her way and Minnikin his.

Who acts: old woman, little bit, MINNIKIN, woman · What happens: give, not be, put, get back, go · To what, where: bigger, MINNIKIN, pocket, eye, way

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 (old woman, little bit, MINNIKIN, woman), 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

advmoddetamodnsubjiobjdetamodnsubjcasedetnmodnsubjcopadvmodiobjmarknsubjauxadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodnsubjconjnmod:possobjadvmodpunctccnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjccconjconjpunctrootSoADVtheDEToldADJwomanNOUNgaveVERBhimPRONaDETlittleADJbitNOUNofADPaDETshipNOUNwhichPRONwasAUXnoADVbiggerADJthanSCONJhePRONcouldAUXputVERBinADPhisPRONpocketNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVshePRONgotVERBherPRONeyeNOUNbackADV,PUNCTandCCONJshePRONwentVERBherPRONwayNOUNandCCONJMinnikinPROPNhisPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_5 gaveadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 womandet
3oldoldADJDegree=Pos4 womanamod
4womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing5 gavensubj
5gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 gaveiobj
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 bitdet
8littlelittleADJDegree=Pos9 bitamod
9bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing16 biggernsubj
10ofofADP_12 shipcase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 shipdet
12shipshipNOUNNumber=Sing9 bitnmod
13whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel16 biggernsubj
14wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 biggercop
15nonoADV_16 biggeradvmod
16biggerbigADJDegree=Cmp5 gaveiobj
17thanthanSCONJ_20 putmark
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 putnsubj
19couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin20 putaux
20putputVERBVerbForm=Inf16 biggeradvcl
21ininADP_23 pocketcase
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 pocketnmod:poss
23pocketpocketNOUNNumber=Sing20 putobl
24,,PUNCT_28 gotpunct
25andandCCONJ_28 gotcc
26thenthenADVPronType=Dem28 gotadvmod
27sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 gotnsubj
28gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 gaveconj
29herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 eyenmod:poss
30eyeeyeNOUNNumber=Sing28 gotobj
31backbackADV_28 gotadvmod
32,,PUNCT_35 wentpunct
33andandCCONJ_35 wentcc
34sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 wentnsubj
35wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 gaveparataxis
36herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 waynmod:poss
37waywayNOUNNumber=Sing35 wentobj
38andandCCONJ_39 Minnikincc
39MinnikinMinnikinPROPNNumber=Sing37 wayconj
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 wentconj
41..PUNCT_5 gavepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepastthe old womanbiggerMINNIKINvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient big=Theme
2not ispasta little bit of a shipbig propertytree rules
3putcouldMINNIKINMINNIKIN's pocketvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pocket=Destination
4get backpastwomanwoman's eyethenvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus
5gopastwomanwoman's way and Minnikinvn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=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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