The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 116

After that she turned, and went joyfully down the hill again, carrying her treasures, but her long climb had tired her out, and the brazen pitcher was very heavy, and as she walked a few drops of the water spilt on the stones, and as it touched them they changed into young men and maidens, crowding about her to give thanks for their deliverance.

Who acts: girl, long climb, brazen pitcher, climb, pitcher · What happens: turn, go, carry, have out, be, walk · To what, where: hill, treasures, girl, few drops, water, stones

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 (girl, long climb, brazen pitcher, climb), 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	After	after	ADP	_	2 that	case
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 turned	obl
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 went	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 went	cc
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
8	joyfully	joyfully	ADV	_	7 went	advmod
9	down	down	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 went	obl
12	again	again	ADV	_	7 went	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 carrying	punct
14	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 went	advcl
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 treasures	nmod:poss
16	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 carrying	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 had	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 had	cc
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 climb	nmod:poss
20	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 climb	amod
21	climb	climb	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 had	nsubj
22	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
23	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 her	amod
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 had	obl
25	out	out	ADP	_	22 had	compound:prt
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 heavy	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 heavy	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 pitcher	det
29	brazen	brazen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 pitcher	amod
30	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 heavy	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 heavy	cop
32	very	very	ADV	_	33 heavy	advmod
33	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turned	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 walked	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 walked	cc
36	as	as	SCONJ	_	38 walked	mark
37	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 walked	nsubj
38	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 drops	det
40	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 drops	amod
41	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 walked	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 water	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 water	det
44	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 drops	nmod
45	spilt	spilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 water	acl
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 stones	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 stones	det
48	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 spilt	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 changed	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 changed	cc
51	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 touched	mark
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 touched	nsubj
53	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 changed	advcl
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 touched	obj
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 changed	nsubj
56	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
57	into	into	ADP	_	59 men	case
58	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 men	amod
59	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 changed	obl
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 maidens	cc
61	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 men	conj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 crowding	punct
63	crowding	crowd	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 changed	advcl
64	about	about	ADP	_	65 her	case
65	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 crowding	obl
66	to	to	PART	_	67 give	mark
67	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 crowding	advcl
68	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 give	obj
69	for	for	ADP	_	71 deliverance	case
70	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 deliverance	nmod:poss
71	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 thanks	nmod
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	girl			after that		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past	girl not said here		the hill	again	joyfully property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme down hill=Initial_Location
3	carry	gerund	girl not said here	girl's treasures				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme
4	have out	past	girl's long climb	girl				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	the brazen pitcher				heavy property	tree rules
6	walk	past	girl	a few drops of the water				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drop=Trajectory
7	spilt	participle		the water not said here	the stones			tree rules
8	touch	past	climb	pitcher				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme
9	change	past	pitcher				into young men and maidens result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into man=Result
10	crowd	gerund	pitcher not said here				about girl	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme about she=Destination
11	give	to-infinitive	pitcher not said here	thanks			for pitcher's deliverance	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme for deliverance=Asset
12	treasure		girl					nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent
13	deliver		pitcher					nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=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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