The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 30

Then the third son said, ‘Father, let me also show you something;’ and, as it was beginning to rain, he drew his sword and swung it in cross cuts above his head, so that not a drop fell on him, and the rain fell heavier and heavier, till at last it was coming down like a waterspout, but he swung his sword faster and faster, and kept as dry as if he were under cover.

Who acts: third son, Father, house, drop, rain · What happens: say, let, show, begin, draw, swing · To what, where: me, something, you, sword, house, cross cuts · 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 (third son, Father, house, drop), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 son	det
3	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 son	amod
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
7	‘	‘	SCONJ	_	10 let	mark
8	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 let	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Father	punct
10	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	also	also	ADV	_	13 show	advmod
13	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 let	advcl
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 show	iobj
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 show	obj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
17	’	'	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 beginning	cc
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 beginning	punct
20	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 beginning	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 beginning	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 beginning	aux
23	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	conj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 rain	mark
25	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 beginning	advcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 drew	punct
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 drew	nsubj
28	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	parataxis
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 sword	nmod:poss
30	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 drew	obj
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 swung	cc
32	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 drew	conj
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 swung	obj
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 cuts	case
35	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 cuts	amod
36	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 swung	obl
37	above	above	ADP	_	39 head	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 head	nmod:poss
39	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 cuts	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 fell	punct
41	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	46 fell	mark
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 so	fixed
43	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 drop	advmod
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 drop	det
45	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 fell	nsubj
46	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 drew	conj
47	on	on	ADP	_	48 him	case
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 fell	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 fell	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 fell	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 rain	det
52	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 fell	nsubj
53	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
54	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	53 fell	xcomp
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 heavier	cc
56	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	54 heavier	conj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 coming	punct
58	till	till	SCONJ	_	63 coming	mark
59	at	at	ADP	_	60 last	case
60	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 coming	obl
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 coming	nsubj
62	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 coming	aux
63	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 fell	advcl
64	down	down	ADV	_	63 coming	advmod
65	like	like	ADP	_	67 waterspout	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 waterspout	det
67	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 coming	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 swung	punct
69	but	but	CCONJ	_	71 swung	cc
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 swung	nsubj
71	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	parataxis
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 sword	nmod:poss
73	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 swung	obj
74	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	71 swung	xcomp
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 faster	cc
76	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	74 faster	conj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 kept	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 kept	cc
79	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 swung	conj
80	as	as	ADV	_	81 dry	advmod
81	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 kept	xcomp
82	as	as	ADP	_	87 cover	case
83	if	if	SCONJ	_	87 cover	mark
84	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	87 cover	nsubj
85	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 cover	cop
86	under	under	ADP	_	87 cover	case
87	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 dry	obl
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the third son				then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let	infinitive	Father	me					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	show	present	Father not said here	something	you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Topic
4	begin	past · progressive	house						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	draw	past	father	father's sword					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
6	swing	past	father not said here	house		cross cuts above father's head			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cut=Location
7	fall	past	a drop					on father	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location
8	fall	past	the rain					heavy property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	come down	past · progressive	house			last		like a waterspout; down property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location
10	swing	past	father	father's sword				fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
11	keep	participle	father not said here					dry property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
12	is a condition, not said to happen	past	father					as cover	tree rules

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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