The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 24
When the hyaenas returned to their homes the little hyaena said to her father: ‘Father, our tribe has very nearly been swept away, and all this has been the work of a tiny creature dressed in the lion’s skin.’
Who acts: hyaenas, little hyaena, this · What happens: return, say, sweep away, be, dress · To what, where: Father, work, tiny creature, skin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hyaenas, little hyaena, this), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 returned | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hyaenas | det |
| 3 | hyaenas | hyaena | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 returned | nsubj |
| 4 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 homes | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 homes | nmod:poss |
| 7 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 returned | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hyaena | det |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hyaena | amod |
| 10 | hyaena | hyaena | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 father | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 father | nmod:poss |
| 14 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | obl |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 swept | punct |
| 16 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 swept | punct |
| 17 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 swept | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 has | punct |
| 19 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 tribe | nmod:poss |
| 20 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 has | nsubj |
| 21 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 swept | aux |
| 22 | very | very | ADV | _ | 25 swept | advmod |
| 23 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 25 swept | advmod |
| 24 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 swept | aux:pass |
| 25 | swept | sweep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | ccomp |
| 26 | away | away | ADV | _ | 25 swept | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 work | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 work | cc |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 work | det:predet |
| 30 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 work | nsubj |
| 31 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 work | aux |
| 32 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 work | cop |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 work | det |
| 34 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 swept | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 creature | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 creature | det |
| 37 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 creature | amod |
| 38 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 work | nmod |
| 39 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 creature | acl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 skin | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 lion | det |
| 42 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 skin | nmod:poss |
| 43 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 42 lion | case |
| 44 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 dressed | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 swept | punct |
| 46 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 swept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | the hyaenas | to hyaenas's homes result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the little hyaena | to beast's father | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to father=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | sweep away | present · perfect · passive | Father | away, nearly property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a | present · perfect | this | all work | of a tiny creature | tree rules | |||
| 5 | dress | participle | a tiny creature not said here | the lion's skin | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «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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