The Violet Fairy Book, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, sentence 46

He thought more of what she said, however, after his pearls also turned to cinders before the eyes of king and court: then he lost no time in getting home again, and was very sulky when asked how he had succeeded.

Who acts: Paul, woman, time · What happens: think, say, turn, lose, get, be · To what, where: more, cinders · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jesper Who Herded the Hares. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Paul, woman, time), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 thought	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 more	obl
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 turned	punct
9	however	however	ADV	_	15 turned	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 however	punct
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 pearls	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 pearls	nmod:poss
13	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 turned	obl
14	also	also	ADV	_	15 turned	advmod
15	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 cinders	case
17	cinders	cinder	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 turned	obl
18	before	before	ADP	_	20 eyes	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 eyes	det
20	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 turned	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 king	case
22	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 eyes	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 court	cc
24	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 king	conj
25	:	:	PUNCT	_	28 lost	punct
26	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	28 lost	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 lost	nsubj
28	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	parataxis
29	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	30 time	det
30	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 lost	obj
31	in	in	SCONJ	_	32 getting	mark
32	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 time	acl
33	home	home	ADV	_	32 getting	advmod
34	again	again	ADV	_	32 getting	advmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 sulky	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 sulky	cc
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 sulky	cop
38	very	very	ADV	_	39 sulky	advmod
39	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 lost	parataxis
40	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	41 asked	advmod
41	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	39 sulky	advcl
42	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	45 succeeded	advmod
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 succeeded	nsubj
44	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 succeeded	aux
45	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	41 asked	advcl
46	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Paul	more				vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	woman					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	turn	past	Paul not said here		cinders	after Paul's pearls; before the eyes of king and court	however property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to cinder=Source before eye=Trajectory
4	lose	past	Paul			then; time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	get	gerund	no time not said here			again	home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
6	is	past					sulky property	tree rules
7	ask speech: ask	participle						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	succeed	past · perfect	Paul					vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	pearl		Paul					nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

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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