The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 108
‘You must go to that mountain, which is so full of stones that your feet will hardly find a place to tread, and as you climb you will hear a noise as if all the stones in the world were mocking you; but pay no heed to anything you may hear, and, once you gain the top, you have gained everything.’
Who acts: You, mountain, feet, stones · What happens: go, be, find, tread, climb, hear · To what, where: mountain, stones, noise, you, heed, top
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, mountain, feet, stones), 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 | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 mountain | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 mountain | det |
| 7 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 full | punct |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 full | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 full | cop |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 full | advmod |
| 12 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mountain | amod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 stones | case |
| 14 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 full | obl |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 find | obj |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 feet | nmod:poss |
| 17 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 find | nsubj |
| 18 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 find | aux |
| 19 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 20 find | advmod |
| 20 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 stones | acl:relcl |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 place | det |
| 22 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 find | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 tread | mark |
| 24 | tread | tread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 place | acl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 hear | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 hear | cc |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 29 climb | mark |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 climb | nsubj |
| 29 | climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 hear | advcl |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 hear | nsubj |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 hear | aux |
| 32 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 noise | det |
| 34 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hear | obj |
| 35 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 mocking | mark |
| 36 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 44 mocking | mark |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 stones | det:predet |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 stones | det |
| 39 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 mocking | nsubj |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 world | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 world | det |
| 42 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stones | nmod |
| 43 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 mocking | aux |
| 44 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 hear | advcl |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 mocking | obj |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 pay | punct |
| 47 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 pay | cc |
| 48 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 49 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 50 heed | det |
| 50 | heed | heed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 pay | obj |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 anything | case |
| 52 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 48 pay | obl |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 hear | nsubj |
| 54 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 hear | aux |
| 55 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 anything | acl:relcl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 gain | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 gain | cc |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 gain | punct |
| 59 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 61 gain | mark |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 61 gain | nsubj |
| 61 | gain | gain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | parataxis |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 top | det |
| 63 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 gain | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 gained | punct |
| 65 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 67 gained | nsubj |
| 66 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 67 gained | aux |
| 67 | gained | gain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 go | advcl |
| 68 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 67 gained | obj |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 70 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | must | You | that mountain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that mountain | of stones; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | find | future | your feet | stones | hardly property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme place=Attribute | |||
| 4 | tread | to-infinitive | your feet not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | climb | present | you | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | hear | future | you | a noise | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | mock | past · progressive | all stones in the world | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 8 | pay | infinitive | You not said here | no heed | to anything | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset | |||
| 9 | hear | may | you | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | gain | present | you | the top | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent top=Theme | ||||
| 11 | gain | present · perfect | you | everything | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=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 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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