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The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 124

In the meantime, however, the Master Thief took the joint and ran off with it, and whether the Governor got any roast meat for his dinner that day I know not, but I know that he had no roast hare, though he chased it till he was both hot and tired.

Who acts: Master Thief, Governor, I · What happens: take, run off, get, not know, know, have · To what, where: joint, meantime, roast meat, day, roast hare, meat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Thief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master Thief, Governor, I), 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

casedetoblpunctadvmodpunctdetcompoundnsubjdetobjccconjcompound:prtcaseoblpunctccmarkdetnsubjconjdetcompoundobjcasenmod:possobldetobl:unmarkednsubjacl:relcladvmodpunctccnsubjparataxismarknsubjccompdetcompoundobjpunctmarknsubjconjobjmarknsubjcopadvmodadvclccconjpunctrootInADPtheDETmeantimeNOUN,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTtheDETMasterPROPNThiefPROPNtookVERBtheDETjointNOUNandCCONJranVERBoffADPwithADPitPRON,PUNCTandCCONJwhetherSCONJtheDETGovernorNOUNgotVERBanyDETroastNOUNmeatNOUNforADPhisPRONdinnerNOUNthatDETdayNOUNIPRONknowVERBnotPART,PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONknowVERBthatSCONJhePRONhadVERBnoDETroastNOUNhareNOUN,PUNCTthoughSCONJhePRONchasedVERBitPRONtillSCONJhePRONwasAUXbothADVhotADJandCCONJtiredADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 meantimecase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 meantimedet
3meantimemeantimeNOUNNumber=Sing10 tookobl
4,,PUNCT_3 meantimepunct
5howeverhoweverADV_10 tookadvmod
6,,PUNCT_5 howeverpunct
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Thiefdet
8MasterMasterPROPNNumber=Sing9 Thiefcompound
9ThiefThiefPROPNNumber=Sing10 tooknsubj
10tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 jointdet
12jointjointNOUNNumber=Sing10 tookobj
13andandCCONJ_14 rancc
14ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 tookconj
15offoffADP_14 rancompound:prt
16withwithADP_17 itcase
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 ranobl
18,,PUNCT_23 gotpunct
19andandCCONJ_23 gotcc
20whetherwhetherSCONJ_23 gotmark
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 Governordet
22GovernorgovernorNOUNNumber=Sing23 gotnsubj
23gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 tookconj
24anyanyDETPronType=Ind26 meatdet
25roastroastNOUNNumber=Sing26 meatcompound
26meatmeatNOUNNumber=Sing23 gotobj
27forforADP_29 dinnercase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 dinnernmod:poss
29dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing23 gotobl
30thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem31 daydet
31daydayNOUNNumber=Sing23 gotobl:unmarked
32IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs33 knownsubj
33knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 dayacl:relcl
34notnotPARTPolarity=Neg33 knowadvmod
35,,PUNCT_38 knowpunct
36butbutCCONJ_38 knowcc
37IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 knownsubj
38knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 tookparataxis
39thatthatSCONJ_41 hadmark
40hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 hadnsubj
41hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 knowccomp
42nonoDETPronType=Neg44 haredet
43roastroastNOUNNumber=Sing44 harecompound
44harehareNOUNNumber=Sing41 hadobj
45,,PUNCT_48 chasedpunct
46thoughthoughSCONJ_48 chasedmark
47hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 chasednsubj
48chasedchaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 hadconj
49ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 chasedobj
50tilltillSCONJ_54 hotmark
51hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 hotnsubj
52wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin54 hotcop
53bothbothADV_54 hotadvmod
54hothotADJDegree=Pos48 chasedadvcl
55andandCCONJ_56 tiredcc
56tiredtiredADJDegree=Pos54 hotconj
57..PUNCT_10 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastthe Master Thiefthe jointthe meantimehowever propertyvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent joint=Value in meantime=Location
2run offpastthe Master Thief not said herewith jointvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with it=Material
3getpastthe Governorany roast meatdayfor Governor's dinnervn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent meat=Theme for dinner=Source
4not knowpresentIthat day not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer day=Stimulus
5knowpresentIvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6havepastGovernorno roast harevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Patient
7chasepastGovernormeatvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
8ispastGovernorboth, hot propertytree rules
9beGovernor not said heretree 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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