The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 102

Seeing the man in black, one of the men cried that was the Black Thief, and, presenting his piece, fired at the man, at which I let him fall, and crept into a little dark corner myself, that was at the entrance of the place.

Who acts: men, that, I, man · What happens: see, cry, be, present, fire, let · To what, where: man, black, one, Black Thief, piece, myself · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, that, I, man), 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	Seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 cried	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seeing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 black	case
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Seeing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 cried	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 men	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 men	det
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cried	nsubj
11	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 Thief	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 Thief	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Thief	det
15	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Thief	amod
16	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cried	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 presenting	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 presenting	cc
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 presenting	punct
20	presenting	present	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 cried	advcl
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 piece	nmod:poss
22	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 presenting	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 fired	punct
24	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 presenting	advcl
25	at	at	ADP	_	27 man	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 man	det
27	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 fired	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 let	punct
29	at	at	ADP	_	30 which	case
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 let	obl
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 let	nsubj
32	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cried	conj
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 let	obj
34	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 let	xcomp
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 crept	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 crept	cc
37	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cried	conj
38	into	into	ADP	_	42 corner	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 corner	det
40	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 corner	amod
41	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 corner	amod
42	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 crept	obl
43	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	37 crept	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 entrance	punct
45	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 entrance	nsubj
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 entrance	cop
47	at	at	ADP	_	49 entrance	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 entrance	det
49	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 crept	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 place	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 place	det
52	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 entrance	nmod
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 cried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	the men not said here	the man	black		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
2	cry speech: express	past	the men	one			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	that	the Black Thief			tree rules
4	present	gerund	the men not said here	man's piece			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
5	fire	participle	the men not said here			at the man	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at man=Destination
6	let	past	I	man			tree rules
7	fall	infinitive	man not said here				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	creep	past	the men not said here	myself	a little dark corner		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into corner=Destination
9	is	past	that		the entrance	of the place	tree rules

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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