The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 22, sentence 64
The young man packed up all the food that was left, and wandered on till the shortening shadows and his own hunger warned him that it was midday. he laid the cloth on the ground and spread out his provisions, saying at the same time: ‘Dinner is ready, and anyone who wishes to share it is welcome.’
Who acts: young man, own hunger, hunger, man, Dinner, anyone · What happens: pack up, leave, wander, warn, be, lay · To what, where: food, shortening shadows, man, midday, cloth, ground · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young man, own hunger, hunger, man), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wandered | nsubj |
| 4 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 man | acl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 packed | compound:prt |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 food | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 food | det |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packed | obl |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 left | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | aux:pass |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 food | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wandered | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 wandered | cc |
| 14 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 shadows | case |
| 16 | till | till | ADP | _ | 19 shadows | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 shadows | det |
| 18 | shortening | shortening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shadows | compound |
| 19 | shadows | shadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 wandered | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 warned | cc |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 hunger | nmod:poss |
| 22 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 hunger | amod |
| 23 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 warned | nsubj |
| 24 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 wandered | conj |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 warned | obj |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 midday | mark |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 midday | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 midday | cop |
| 29 | midday | midday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 warned | ccomp |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 wandered | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 laid | nsubj |
| 32 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 wandered | parataxis |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 cloth | det |
| 34 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 laid | obj |
| 35 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 ground | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 ground | det |
| 37 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 laid | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 spread | cc |
| 39 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 wandered | conj |
| 40 | out | out | ADP | _ | 39 spread | compound:prt |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 provisions | nmod:poss |
| 42 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 spread | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 saying | punct |
| 44 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 spread | advcl |
| 45 | at | at | ADP | _ | 48 time | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 time | det |
| 47 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 time | amod |
| 48 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 saying | obl |
| 49 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 53 ready | punct |
| 50 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 ready | punct |
| 51 | Dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 ready | nsubj |
| 52 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 ready | cop |
| 53 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 wandered | parataxis |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 welcome | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 welcome | cc |
| 56 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 63 welcome | nsubj |
| 57 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 wishes | nsubj |
| 58 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 share | mark |
| 60 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 wishes | xcomp |
| 61 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 share | obj |
| 62 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 welcome | cop |
| 63 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 ready | conj |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 53 ready | punct |
| 65 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 wandered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack up | participle | the young man not said here | all food | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | past · passive | all food | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | wander | past | the young man | the shortening shadows | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shadow=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | warn speech: warn | past | man's own hunger | man | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | hunger | midday | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lay | past | man | the cloth | the ground | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme on ground=Destination | |||
| 7 | spread out | past | the young man not said here | man's provisions | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location provision=Theme | ||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | gerund | the young man not said here | time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | is | present | Dinner | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | wish | present | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 11 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | Dinner | tree rules | |||||
| 12 | is | present | anyone | welcome property | tree rules | ||||
| 13 | hunger | man | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 14 | provide | man | nom provision «communication intransitive»: 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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