The Yellow Fairy Book, The Flying Ship(24), sentence 36

So the man was only too glad, and got in beside him; and the ship flew, and flew, and flew through the air, till again from his outlook the Simpleton saw a man on the road below, who was hopping on one leg, while his other leg was tied up behind his ear.

Who acts: man, ship, Simpleton, road · What happens: be, get in, fly, see, hop, tie up · To what, where: air, man, road, one leg, other leg, ear

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 (man, ship, Simpleton, road), 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	So	so	ADV	_	7 glad	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 glad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 glad	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 glad	advmod
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 glad	advmod
7	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 glad	conj
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
12	beside	beside	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 flew	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 flew	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ship	det
17	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 flew	nsubj
18	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 glad	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 flew	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 flew	cc
21	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 flew	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 flew	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 flew	cc
24	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 flew	conj
25	through	through	ADP	_	27 air	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 air	det
27	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 flew	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 again	punct
29	till	till	ADP	_	30 again	case
30	again	again	ADV	_	24 flew	advmod
31	from	from	ADP	_	33 outlook	case
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 outlook	nmod:poss
33	outlook	outlook	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 again	obl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Simpleton	det
35	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 saw	nsubj
36	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 flew	conj
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 man	det
38	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 saw	obj
39	on	on	ADP	_	41 road	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 road	det
41	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 saw	obl
42	below	below	ADV	_	41 road	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 hopping	punct
44	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 hopping	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 hopping	aux
46	hopping	hop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	41 road	conj
47	on	on	ADP	_	49 leg	case
48	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	49 leg	nummod
49	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 hopping	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 tied	punct
51	while	while	SCONJ	_	56 tied	mark
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 leg	nmod:poss
53	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 leg	amod
54	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 tied	nsubj:pass
55	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 tied	aux:pass
56	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 saw	conj
57	up	up	ADP	_	56 tied	compound:prt
58	behind	behind	ADP	_	60 ear	case
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 ear	nmod:poss
60	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 tied	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 glad	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the man			glad property	tree rules
2	get in	past	the man not said here			beside man	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	fly	past	the ship				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fly	past	the ship not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	fly	past	the ship not said here		the air		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location
6	see	past	the Simpleton	a man	the road		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
7	hop	past · progressive	the road		one leg		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory
8	tie up	past · passive		Simpleton's other leg	Simpleton's ear		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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