The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 27
‘Now, father, you shall see what I can do!’ said the blacksmith, and he sprang after the carriage, tore off the four shoes of the horse as it was going at the top of its speed, and shod it with four new ones without checking its pace.
Who acts: you, I, father, carriage · What happens: see, do, say, spring, go, shoe · To what, where: blacksmith, top, carriage, pace · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, father, carriage), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 see | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 see | vocative |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 father | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 see | nsubj |
| 7 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | aux |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 do | obj |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 do | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 see | ccomp |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 14 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 blacksmith | det |
| 17 | blacksmith | blacksmith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sprang | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 sprang | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 sprang | nsubj |
| 21 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 22 | after | after | ADP | _ | 24 carriage | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 carriage | det |
| 24 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sprang | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 tore | punct |
| 26 | tore | tore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carriage | appos |
| 27 | off | off | ADP | _ | 30 shoes | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 shoes | det |
| 29 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 shoes | nummod |
| 30 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 tore | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 horse | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 horse | det |
| 33 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 shoes | nmod |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 going | mark |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 going | nsubj |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 going | aux |
| 37 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 sprang | advcl |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 40 top | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 top | det |
| 40 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 going | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 speed | case |
| 42 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 speed | nmod:poss |
| 43 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 top | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 shod | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 shod | cc |
| 46 | shod | shoe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 shod | obj |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 ones | case |
| 49 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 51 ones | nummod |
| 50 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 ones | amod |
| 51 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 shod | obl |
| 52 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 53 checking | mark |
| 53 | checking | check | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 46 shod | advcl |
| 54 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 pace | nmod:poss |
| 55 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 checking | obj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | shall | you | now | father vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | do | can | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the blacksmith | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | spring | past | father | after the carriage | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | go | past · progressive | carriage | the top of carriage's speed | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at top=Location | ||||
| 6 | shoe | past | carriage | with four new ones | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with one=Theme | ||||
| 7 | check | gerund | carriage's pace | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pace=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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