The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 91
Now the panther was not going to let the jackal get off like that, and set off at a trot to catch him.
Who acts: panther, going · What happens: not go, let, get off, set off, catch · To what, where: jackal, trot, thing
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (panther, going), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 going | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 panther | det |
| 3 | panther | panther | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 going | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 going | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 going | advmod |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 get | csubj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 let | mark |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 going | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 jackal | det |
| 10 | jackal | jackal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 let | obj |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 get | compound:prt |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 that | case |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 get | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 set | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 set | cc |
| 17 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 get | conj |
| 18 | off | off | ADP | _ | 17 set | compound:prt |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 trot | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 trot | det |
| 21 | trot | trot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 set | obl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 catch | mark |
| 23 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 set | advcl |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 catch | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | past · progressive | the panther | now | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | let | to-infinitive | the panther not said here | the jackal | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get off | present | going | like that | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | set off | infinitive | going not said here | a trot | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | catch | to-infinitive | going not said here | thing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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