The Yellow Fairy Book, The Steadfast Tin-soldier, sentence 143

And the floor creaked, and the ceiling was all made of glass mirrors, so that he saw himself standing on his head, and by each window were standing three reporters and an editor; and each of them was writing down what was said, to publish it in the paper that came out and was sold at the street corners for a penny.

Who acts: floor, each, paper · What happens: creak, make, see, stand, write down, say · To what, where: ceiling, floor, head, three reporters, paper, street corners · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Steadfast Tin-soldier. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (floor, each, paper), 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	_	4 creaked	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 floor	det
3	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 creaked	nsubj
4	creaked	creak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 made	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ceiling	det
8	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 made	aux:pass
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 made	advmod
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 creaked	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 mirrors	case
13	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mirrors	compound
14	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 made	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 saw	punct
16	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 saw	mark
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 so	fixed
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 saw	nsubj
19	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 made	conj
20	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	19 saw	obj
21	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 saw	xcomp
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 head	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 head	nmod:poss
24	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 standing	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 standing	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 standing	cc
27	by	by	ADP	_	29 window	case
28	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	29 window	det
29	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 standing	obl
30	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 standing	aux
31	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 saw	advcl
32	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 reporters	nummod
33	reporters	reporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 standing	obj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 editor	cc
35	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 editor	det
36	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 reporters	conj
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 writing	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 writing	cc
39	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	43 writing	nsubj
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 them	case
41	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 each	nmod
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 writing	aux
43	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 creaked	advcl
44	down	down	ADP	_	43 writing	compound:prt
45	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	47 said	nsubj:pass
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 said	aux:pass
47	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 writing	ccomp
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 publish	punct
49	to	to	PART	_	50 publish	mark
50	publish	publish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 creaked	parataxis
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 publish	obj
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 paper	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 paper	det
54	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 publish	obl
55	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 came	nsubj
56	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 paper	acl:relcl
57	out	out	ADV	_	56 came	advmod
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 sold	cc
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 sold	aux:pass
60	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 came	conj
61	at	at	ADP	_	64 corners	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 corners	det
63	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 corners	compound
64	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 sold	obl
65	for	for	ADP	_	67 penny	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 penny	det
67	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 corners	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 creaked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	creak	past	the floor				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	past · passive		the ceiling		of glass mirrors; all property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	see	past	floor	floor			tree rules
4	stand	gerund	floor not said here		floor's head		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location
5	stand	past · progressive	floor not said here	three reporters and a editor		by each window	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent reporter=Theme by window=Destination
6	write down	past · progressive	each				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	say speech: assert	past · passive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
8	publish	to-infinitive		ceiling	the paper		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
9	come out	past	the paper			out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
10	sell	past · passive	the paper not said here		the street corners for a penny		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: at corner=Asset

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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