The Violet Fairy Book, The Story of a Gazelle, sentence 162
And when he heard that the gazelle was at the door he felt like a man who has found the time when all prayers are granted, and he rose and kissed it, saying: ‘My father, you have been a long time; you have left sorrow with me.
Who acts: heart, gazelle, man, you · What happens: hear, be, feel, find, grant, rise · To what, where: door, prayers, long time, sorrow · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of a Gazelle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart, gazelle, man, you), 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 heard | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 door | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gazelle | det |
| 7 | gazelle | gazelle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 door | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 door | cop |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 door | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 door | det |
| 11 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | obj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 felt | nsubj |
| 13 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 door | acl:relcl |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 man | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 man | det |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 felt | obl |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 found | nsubj |
| 18 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 found | aux |
| 19 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 man | acl:relcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 found | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 26 granted | mark |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 prayers | det |
| 24 | prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 granted | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 granted | aux:pass |
| 26 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 found | advcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 rose | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 rose | cc |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 rose | nsubj |
| 30 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 heard | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 kissed | cc |
| 32 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 rose | conj |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 kissed | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 saying | punct |
| 35 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 rose | conj |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 ‘ | punct |
| 37 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
| 38 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 father | nmod:poss |
| 39 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 ‘ | advcl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 time | punct |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 time | nsubj |
| 42 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 time | aux |
| 43 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 time | cop |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 time | det |
| 45 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 time | amod |
| 46 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 father | conj |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 left | punct |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 50 left | nsubj |
| 49 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 left | aux |
| 50 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 father | acl |
| 51 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 left | obj |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 me | case |
| 53 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 sorrow | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | heart | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the gazelle | the door | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | feel | past | heart | the door not said here | like a man | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | |||
| 4 | find | present · perfect | a man | time | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | grant | present · passive | all prayers | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | rise | past | heart | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | kiss | past | heart not said here | door | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | ||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | gerund | heart not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | is a | present · perfect | you | a long time | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | leave | present · perfect | you | sorrow | with me | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent sorrow=Recipient with i=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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