The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 49
But as they drew near the old man, he jumped up, and beat back the raven, which mounted, with hoarse screams of disappointment, into the sky, and the little bird, freed from its enemy, nestled into the old man’s hand, and he carried it into the house.
Who acts: wings, man, raven, disappointment · What happens: draw, jump up, beat back, mount, free, nestle · To what, where: raven, hoarse screams, sky, little bird, enemy, hand
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 (wings, man, raven, disappointment), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 jumped | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 drew | mark |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 drew | nsubj |
| 4 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 jumped | advcl |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 man | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drew | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 drew | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 jumped | nsubj |
| 11 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 jumped | compound:prt |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 beat | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 beat | cc |
| 15 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 jumped | advcl |
| 16 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 beat | advmod |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 raven | det |
| 18 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 beat | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 mounted | punct |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 mounted | nsubj |
| 21 | mounted | mount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 raven | acl:relcl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 screams | punct |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 screams | case |
| 24 | hoarse | hoarse | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 screams | amod |
| 25 | screams | scream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 mounted | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 disappointment | case |
| 27 | disappointment | disappointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 screams | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 sky | punct |
| 29 | into | into | ADP | _ | 31 sky | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sky | det |
| 31 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 mounted | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 bird | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 bird | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 bird | det |
| 35 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 bird | amod |
| 36 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 jumped | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 freed | punct |
| 38 | freed | free | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 bird | acl |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 enemy | case |
| 40 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 41 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 freed | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 nestled | punct |
| 43 | nestled | nestle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 enemy | acl |
| 44 | into | into | ADP | _ | 49 hand | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 man | det |
| 46 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 man | amod |
| 47 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 hand | nmod:poss |
| 48 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 47 man | case |
| 49 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 nestled | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 carried | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 carried | cc |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 carried | nsubj |
| 53 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 jumped | parataxis |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 carried | obj |
| 55 | into | into | ADP | _ | 57 house | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 house | det |
| 57 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 carried | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 jumped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | wings = wing | near the old man | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | jump up | past | man | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | beat back | infinitive | man not said here | the raven | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location raven=Theme | ||||
| 4 | mount | past | the raven | hoarse screams of disappointment | the sky | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Patient | |||
| 5 | free | participle | the little bird not said here | bird's enemy | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||
| 6 | nestle | participle | bird's enemy not said here | the old man's hand | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | carry | past | man | bird | the house | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 8 | scream | disappointment | nom scream «communication intransitive»: of=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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