The Yellow Fairy Book, The Golden Crab(5), sentence 33
When he had brought the precious robes, the Crab put on the golden garment and then crept upon the golden cushion, and in this way the fisherman carried him to the castle, where the Crab presented the other garment to his bride.
Who acts: man, Crab, fisherman · What happens: bring, put, creep, carry, present · To what, where: precious robes, golden garment, golden cushion, man, way, other garment
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Crab(5). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, Crab, fisherman), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 brought | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 brought | aux |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 put | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 robes | det |
| 6 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 robes | amod |
| 7 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 brought | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Crab | det |
| 10 | Crab | Crab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 put | nsubj |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 garment | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 garment | det |
| 14 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 garment | amod |
| 15 | garment | garment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 crept | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 crept | advmod |
| 18 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | conj |
| 19 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 22 cushion | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 cushion | det |
| 21 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 cushion | amod |
| 22 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 crept | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 carried | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 carried | cc |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 way | case |
| 26 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 way | det |
| 27 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carried | obl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 fisherman | det |
| 29 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carried | nsubj |
| 30 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | parataxis |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 carried | obj |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 castle | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 castle | det |
| 34 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carried | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 presented | punct |
| 36 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 39 presented | advmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Crab | det |
| 38 | Crab | Crab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 presented | nsubj |
| 39 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 carried | conj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 garment | det |
| 41 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 garment | amod |
| 42 | garment | garment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 presented | obj |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 bride | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 bride | nmod:poss |
| 45 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 presented | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · perfect | man | the precious robes | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | ||||
| 2 | put | past | the Crab | the golden garment | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on garment=Destination | ||||
| 3 | creep | past | the Crab not said here | the golden cushion | then | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon cushion=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | carry | past | the fisherman | man | this way | to the castle | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to castle=Destination | ||
| 5 | present | past | the Crab | the other garment | man's bride | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent garment=Theme to bride=Recipient |
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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