The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 130

‘However, I left the spit sticking in his head, and took to my heels; but I soon found he was in pursuit of me, although blind; and having an enchanted ring he threw it at me, and it fell on my big toe and remained fastened to it.

Who acts: I, spit, fear · What happens: leave, stick, take, find, be, have · To what, where: spit, head, pursuit, enchanted ring, big toe · 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 (I, spit, fear), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	5 left	punct
2	However	however	ADV	_	5 left	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 However	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 left	nsubj
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spit	det
7	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obj
8	sticking	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 spit	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sticking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 took	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 took	cc
14	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 heels	case
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 heels	nmod:poss
17	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 took	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 found	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 found	cc
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 found	nsubj
21	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 found	advmod
22	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	conj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 pursuit	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 pursuit	cop
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 pursuit	case
26	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 found	ccomp
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 me	case
28	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 pursuit	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 blind	punct
30	although	although	SCONJ	_	31 blind	mark
31	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 found	parataxis
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 having	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 having	cc
34	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 left	advcl
35	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 ring	det
36	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 ring	amod
37	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 having	obj
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 threw	nsubj
39	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 ring	acl:relcl
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 threw	obj
41	at	at	ADP	_	42 me	case
42	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 threw	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 fell	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 fell	cc
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 fell	nsubj
46	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	conj
47	on	on	ADP	_	50 toe	case
48	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 toe	nmod:poss
49	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 toe	amod
50	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 fell	obl
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 fastened	cc
52	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 fastened	aux:pass
53	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 fell	conj
54	to	to	ADP	_	55 it	case
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 fastened	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 left	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past	I	the spit			however property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spit=Theme
2	stick	gerund	the spit not said here			fear's head		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in head=Destination
3	take	past	I not said here				to my heels result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to heel=Result
4	find	past	I				soon property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	fear			pursuit	of me	tree rules
6	have	gerund	I not said here	a enchanted ring				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
7	enchant	participle						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
8	throw	past	fear	spit			at me	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at i=Destination
9	fall	past	spit			my big toe		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on toe=Location
10	fasten	past · passive	spit not said here		spit			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: to it=Co-Patient

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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