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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2, sentence 42

But the King was overcome by a sudden terror when he saw the enormous pack of wolves approaching nearer and nearer, and calling out to Ferko he said, ‘Enough, enough, we don’t want any more.’

Who acts: sudden terror, King, wolves, we · What happens: overcome, see, approach, call out, say, not want · To what, where: King, enormous pack, Ferko · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sudden terror, King, wolves, we), 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

ccdetnsubjaux:passcasedetamodobladvmodnsubjadvcldetamodobjcasenmodaclxcompccconjpunctccconjcompound:prtcaseoblnsubjparataxispunctpunctccomppunctconjpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjdetadvmodpunctpunctrootButCCONJtheDETKingPROPNwasAUXovercomeVERBbyADPaDETsuddenADJterrorNOUNwhenADVhePRONsawVERBtheDETenormousADJpackNOUNofADPwolvesNOUNapproachingVERBnearerADJandCCONJnearerADJ,PUNCTandCCONJcallingVERBoutADPtoADPFerkoPROPNhePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT‘PUNCTEnoughADJ,PUNCTenoughADJ,PUNCTwePRONdoAUXn’tPARTwantVERBanyDETmoreADV.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_5 overcomecc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Kingdet
3KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing5 overcomensubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 overcomeaux:pass
5overcomeovercomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6bybyADP_9 terrorcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 terrordet
8suddensuddenADJDegree=Pos9 terroramod
9terrorterrorNOUNNumber=Sing5 overcomeobl
10whenwhenADVPronType=Int12 sawadvmod
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 sawnsubj
12sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 overcomeadvcl
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 packdet
14enormousenormousADJDegree=Pos15 packamod
15packpackNOUNNumber=Sing12 sawobj
16ofofADP_17 wolvescase
17wolveswolfNOUNNumber=Plur15 packnmod
18approachingapproachVERBVerbForm=Ger17 wolvesacl
19nearernearADJDegree=Cmp18 approachingxcomp
20andandCCONJ_21 nearercc
21nearernearADJDegree=Cmp19 nearerconj
22,,PUNCT_24 callingpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 callingcc
24callingcallVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 sawconj
25outoutADP_24 callingcompound:prt
26totoADP_27 Ferkocase
27FerkoFerkoPROPNNumber=Sing24 callingobl
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 saidnsubj
29saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 callingparataxis
30,,PUNCT_32 Enoughpunct
31‘'PUNCT_32 Enoughpunct
32EnoughenoughADJDegree=Pos29 saidccomp
33,,PUNCT_34 enoughpunct
34enoughenoughADJDegree=Pos32 Enoughconj
35,,PUNCT_39 wantpunct
36wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs39 wantnsubj
37dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 wantaux
38n’tnotPARTPolarity=Neg39 wantadvmod
39wantwantVERBVerbForm=Inf12 sawconj
40anyanyDETPronType=Ind41 moredet
41moremoreADVDegree=Cmp39 wantadvmod
42..PUNCT_5 overcomepunct
43’'PUNCT_5 overcomepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1overcomepast · passivea sudden terrorthe Kingvn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2seepastKingthe enormous pack of wolvesvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pack=Stimulus
3approachgerundwolves not said herenear propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4call out speech: assertgerundKing not said hereFerkovn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ferko=Recipient
5say speech: assertpastKingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6not wantpresent · do-supportwevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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