The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 148
At the end of a few minutes she had made up her mind, and, turning to Schurka, said: ‘Let us go together into the town, and the moment we meet a baker you must make a rush between his legs and upset the tray from off his head; I will lay hold of the rolls, and will carry them off to our master.’
Who acts: Waska, us, we, baker, I · What happens: make up, turn, say, let, go together, meet · To what, where: mind, end, Schurka, us, town, rush · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Waska, us, we, baker), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 end | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 minutes | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 minutes | det |
| 6 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 minutes | amod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 made | obl |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | aux |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 made | compound:prt |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mind | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turning | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 turning | cc |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turning | punct |
| 17 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 made | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Schurka | case |
| 19 | Schurka | Schurka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 said | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Schurka | punct |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 turning | conj |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 Let | punct |
| 23 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 Let | punct |
| 24 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 said | ccomp |
| 25 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 Let | obj |
| 26 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Let | xcomp |
| 27 | together | together | ADV | _ | 26 go | advmod |
| 28 | into | into | ADP | _ | 30 town | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 town | det |
| 30 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 go | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 meet | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 meet | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 moment | det |
| 34 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 meet | obl |
| 35 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 meet | nsubj |
| 36 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 Let | conj |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 baker | det |
| 38 | baker | baker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 make | nsubj |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 make | nsubj |
| 40 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 make | aux |
| 41 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 meet | ccomp |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 rush | det |
| 43 | rush | rush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 make | obj |
| 44 | between | between | ADP | _ | 46 legs | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 legs | nmod:poss |
| 46 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 rush | nmod |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 upset | cc |
| 48 | upset | upset | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 make | conj |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 tray | det |
| 50 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 upset | obj |
| 51 | from | from | ADP | _ | 54 head | case |
| 52 | off | off | ADP | _ | 54 head | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 head | nmod:poss |
| 54 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 upset | obl |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 lay | punct |
| 56 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 lay | nsubj |
| 57 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 lay | aux |
| 58 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Let | conj |
| 59 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 lay | obj |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 rolls | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 rolls | det |
| 62 | rolls | roll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 hold | nmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 carry | punct |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 carry | cc |
| 65 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 carry | aux |
| 66 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Let | advcl |
| 67 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 carry | obj |
| 68 | off | off | ADP | _ | 66 carry | compound:prt |
| 69 | to | to | ADP | _ | 71 master | case |
| 70 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 master | nmod:poss |
| 71 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 carry | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 turning | punct |
| 73 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past · perfect | Waska | Waska's mind | at the end; minute | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | |||
| 2 | turn | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Schurka | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to schurka=Experiencer clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | let | infinitive | us | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | go together | infinitive | us not said here | the town | together property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | meet | present | we | moment | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | make | must | a baker | a rush | between Schurka's legs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rush=Product | |||
| 8 | upset | past | a baker not said here | the tray | Schurka's head | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tray=Experiencer | |||
| 9 | lay | future | I | hold of the rolls | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result | ||||
| 10 | carry off | future | rolls = roll | our master | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to master=Destination | ||||
| 11 | mind | Waska | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | hold | the rolls | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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