The Yellow Fairy Book, The Flying Ship(24), sentence 137

During the night the Simpleton and his comrade went, together into a big field, not forgetting to take the bundle of wood with them, which the man spread out in all directions--and in a moment a mighty army stood upon the spot, regiment on regiment of foot and horse soldiers; the bugles sounded and the drums beat, the chargers neighed, and their riders put their lances in rest, and the soldiers presented arms.

Who acts: Simpleton, man, mighty army, bugles, drums, chargers · What happens: go, not forget, take, spread out, stand, sound · To what, where: big field, bundle, directions, regiment, lances, rest

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 (Simpleton, man, mighty army, bugles), 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	During	during	ADP	_	3 night	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 night	det
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Simpleton	det
5	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 comrade	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 comrade	nmod:poss
8	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Simpleton	conj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 together	punct
11	together	together	ADV	_	9 went	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 field	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 field	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 field	amod
15	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 forgetting	punct
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 forgetting	advmod
18	forgetting	forget	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 went	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 take	mark
20	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 forgetting	xcomp
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bundle	det
22	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 take	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 wood	case
24	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 bundle	nmod
25	with	with	ADP	_	26 them	case
26	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 take	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 spread	punct
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 spread	obj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 man	det
30	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 spread	nsubj
31	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 take	conj
32	out	out	ADP	_	31 spread	compound:prt
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 directions	case
34	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	35 directions	det
35	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 spread	obl
36	--	--	PUNCT	_	44 stood	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 stood	cc
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 moment	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 moment	det
40	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stood	obl
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 army	det
42	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 army	amod
43	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stood	nsubj
44	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 went	conj
45	upon	upon	ADP	_	47 spot	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 spot	det
47	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stood	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 regiment	punct
49	regiment	regiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 spot	conj
50	on	on	ADP	_	51 regiment	case
51	regiment	regiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stood	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 foot	case
53	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 regiment	nmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 soldiers	cc
55	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 soldiers	compound
56	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 regiment	conj
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 sounded	punct
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 bugles	det
59	bugles	bugle	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 sounded	nsubj
60	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 went	parataxis
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 beat	cc
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 drums	det
63	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 beat	nsubj
64	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 sounded	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 neighed	punct
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 chargers	det
67	chargers	charger	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 neighed	nsubj
68	neighed	neigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 beat	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 put	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 put	cc
71	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 riders	nmod:poss
72	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 put	nsubj
73	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 neighed	conj
74	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 lances	nmod:poss
75	lances	lance	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 put	obj
76	in	in	ADP	_	77 rest	case
77	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 put	obl
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 presented	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 presented	cc
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 soldiers	det
81	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 presented	nsubj
82	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 neighed	conj
83	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 presented	obj
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the Simpleton and Simpleton's comrade		a big field	night	together property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial_Location
2	not forget	gerund	the Simpleton and Simpleton's comrade not said here					tree rules
3	take	to-infinitive	the Simpleton and Simpleton's comrade not said here	the bundle of wood			with sons = son	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme
4	spread out	past	the man		all directions			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme in direction=Destination
5	stand	past	a mighty army		regiment of foot and horse soldiers	moment	upon the spot and regiment	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon spot=Location
6	sound	past	the bugles					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7	beat	present	the drums					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	neigh	past	the chargers					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	put	past	sons's riders	sons's lances	rest			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lance=Theme in rest=Destination
10	present	past	the soldiers	arms				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=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 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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