The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 11

And a servant came and cut the tree into small pieces, there was quite a bundle of them; they flickered brightly under the great copper in the brew-house; the tree sighed deeply, and each sigh was like a pistol-shot; so the children who were playing there ran up, and sat in front of the fire, gazing at it, and crying, ‘Piff! puff! bang!’

Who acts: servant, bundle, pieces, tree, sigh, children · What happens: come, cut, be, flicker, sigh, play · To what, where: tree, small pieces, great copper, front

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servant, bundle, pieces, tree), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 came	cc
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 servant	det
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cut	cc
6	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 pieces	case
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pieces	amod
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cut	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 was	punct
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	14 was	expl
14	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	parataxis
15	quite	quite	DET	PronType=Ind	17 bundle	det:predet
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bundle	det
17	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 was	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bundle	nmod
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 flickered	punct
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 flickered	nsubj
22	flickered	flicker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	parataxis
23	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	22 flickered	advmod
24	under	under	ADP	_	27 copper	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 copper	det
26	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 copper	amod
27	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 flickered	obl
28	in	in	ADP	_	32 house	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 house	det
30	brew	brew	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 house	compound
31	-	-	PUNCT	_	30 brew	punct
32	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 copper	nmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 sighed	punct
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 tree	det
35	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 sighed	nsubj
36	sighed	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 flickered	conj
37	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	36 sighed	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 shot	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 shot	cc
40	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	41 sigh	det
41	sigh	sigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 shot	nsubj
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 shot	cop
43	like	like	ADP	_	47 shot	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 shot	det
45	pistol	pistol	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 shot	compound
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 pistol	punct
47	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 sighed	obl
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 ran	punct
49	so	so	ADV	_	56 ran	advmod
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 children	det
51	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 ran	nsubj
52	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 playing	nsubj
53	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 playing	aux
54	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 children	acl:relcl
55	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	54 playing	advmod
56	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
57	up	up	ADP	_	56 ran	compound:prt
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 sat	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 sat	cc
60	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
61	in	in	ADP	_	62 front	case
62	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 sat	obl
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 fire	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 fire	det
65	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 front	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 gazing	punct
67	gazing	gaze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	60 sat	advcl
68	at	at	ADP	_	69 it	case
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 gazing	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 puff	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 puff	cc
72	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	77 puff	csubj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 crying	punct
74	‘	'	PUNCT	_	75 Piff	punct
75	Piff	Piff	PROPN	Number=Sing	77 puff	compound
76	!	!	PUNCT	_	75 Piff	punct
77	puff	puff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	parataxis
78	!	!	PUNCT	_	79 bang	punct
79	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 puff	appos
80	!	!	PUNCT	_	79 bang	punct
81	’	'	PUNCT	_	77 puff	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	a servant				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cut	past	a servant not said here	the tree	small pieces		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent tree=Material into piece=Product
3	be	past	quite bundle of pieces		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	flicker	past	pieces = piece		the great copper in the brew house	brightly property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under copper=Location
5	sigh	past	the tree			deeply property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	past	each sigh			like a pistol shot	tree rules
7	play	past · progressive	the children		there		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	run up	past	the children				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	sit	past	a servant not said here		front of the fire		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location
10	gaze	gerund	a servant not said here			at sigh	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme
11	cry speech: express	gerund					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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