The Yellow Fairy Book, The Flying Ship(24), sentence 116
And sure enough, when the forty casks of wine containing forty gallons each were brought alongside of the ship, they disappeared down the thirsty comrade’s throat in no time; and when they were empty he remarked:
Who acts: forty casks, forty gallons, casks, comrade · What happens: contain, bring, disappear, be, remark · To what, where: forty gallons, each
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Flying Ship(24). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (forty casks, forty gallons, casks, comrade), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 2 sure | cc |
| 2 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 2 sure | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 containing | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 containing | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 casks | det |
| 7 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 casks | nummod |
| 8 | casks | cask | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 containing | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 wine | case |
| 10 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 casks | nmod |
| 11 | containing | contain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 sure | parataxis |
| 12 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 gallons | nummod |
| 13 | gallons | gallon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 containing | obj |
| 14 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 brought | aux:pass |
| 16 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 gallons | acl:relcl |
| 17 | alongside | alongside | ADP | _ | 20 ship | case |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 ship | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 ship | det |
| 20 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 brought | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 disappeared | punct |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 disappeared | nsubj |
| 23 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sure | parataxis |
| 24 | down | down | ADP | _ | 29 throat | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 comrade | det |
| 26 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 comrade | amod |
| 27 | comrade | comrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 throat | nmod:poss |
| 28 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 27 comrade | case |
| 29 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 disappeared | obl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 time | case |
| 31 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 32 time | det |
| 32 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 disappeared | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 empty | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 empty | cc |
| 35 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 empty | advmod |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 empty | nsubj |
| 37 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 empty | cop |
| 38 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sure | parataxis |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 remarked | nsubj |
| 40 | remarked | remark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 empty | acl:relcl |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 sure | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | gerund | the forty casks of wine | forty gallons | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gallon=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bring | past · passive | forty gallons not said here | each | alongside the ship | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | disappear | past | casks = cask | time | down the thirsty comrade's throat | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | is | past | casks = cask | empty property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | remark speech: assert | past | comrade | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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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