The Yellow Fairy Book, The Tinder-box, sentence 40

‘You are a fine fellow!’ said the Soldier, and put him on the Witch’s apron, took as much copper as his pockets could hold; then he shut the chest, put the dog on it again, and went into the second room.

Who acts: You, Soldier, pockets · What happens: be, say, put, take, hold, shut · To what, where: fine fellow, soldier, apron, much copper, chest, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Tinder-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Soldier, pockets), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 fellow	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 fellow	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fellow	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fellow	det
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fellow	amod
6	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	ccomp
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 fellow	punct
8	’	'	PUNCT	_	6 fellow	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Soldier	det
11	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 put	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 put	cc
14	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 said	parataxis
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 put	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	20 apron	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Witch	det
18	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 apron	nmod:poss
19	’s	's	PART	_	18 Witch	case
20	apron	apron	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 put	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 took	punct
22	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
23	as	as	ADV	_	24 much	advmod
24	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 copper	amod
25	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 took	obj
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	30 hold	mark
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 pockets	nmod:poss
28	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 hold	nsubj
29	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 hold	aux
30	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 took	advcl
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 shut	punct
32	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 shut	advmod
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 shut	nsubj
34	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	parataxis
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 chest	det
36	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 shut	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 put	punct
38	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 shut	advcl
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 dog	det
40	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 put	obj
41	on	on	ADP	_	42 it	case
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 put	obl
43	again	again	ADV	_	38 put	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 went	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 went	cc
46	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 shut	conj
47	into	into	ADP	_	50 room	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 room	det
49	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	50 room	amod
50	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 went	obl
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	You	a fine fellow				tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the Soldier					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	put	infinitive		soldier	the Witch's apron			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on apron=Destination
4	take	past	the Soldier not said here	much copper				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Theme
5	hold	could	soldier's pockets					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	shut	past	soldier	the chest		then		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chest=Patient
7	put	infinitive	soldier not said here	the dog		again	on dog	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme on it=Destination
8	go	past	soldier not said here		the second room			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial_Location

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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