The Violet Fairy Book, The Underground Workers, sentence 78

After thinking it over till he was nearly mad, he tried at last to believe that one night between Christmas and the New Year he had met a stranger in the forest, and had slept all night in his company before a big fire; the next day they had dined together, and had drunk a great deal more than was good for them--in short, he had spent two whole days revelling with another man.

Who acts: friend, Christmas, two whole days · What happens: think over, be, try, believe, meet, sleep · To what, where: memory, stranger, forest, great deal

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Underground Workers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (friend, Christmas, two whole days), 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	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 thinking	mark
2	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 tried	advcl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinking	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	2 thinking	compound:prt
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 mad	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mad	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 mad	cop
8	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	9 mad	advmod
9	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinking	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 thinking	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 tried	nsubj
12	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 last	case
14	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tried	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 believe	mark
16	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 last	xcomp
17	that	that	ADP	_	19 night	case
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 night	nummod
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 believe	obl
20	between	between	ADP	_	21 Christmas	case
21	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 night	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 Year	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Year	det
24	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Year	compound
25	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Christmas	conj
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 met	nsubj
27	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 met	aux
28	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 night	acl:relcl
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 stranger	det
30	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 met	obj
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 forest	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 forest	det
33	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 stranger	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 slept	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 slept	cc
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 slept	aux
37	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 tried	conj
38	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	39 night	det
39	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 slept	obl:unmarked
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 company	case
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 company	nmod:poss
42	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 night	nmod
43	before	before	ADP	_	46 fire	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 fire	det
45	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 fire	amod
46	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 slept	obl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 dined	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 day	det
49	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 day	amod
50	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 dined	obl:unmarked
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 dined	nsubj
52	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 dined	aux
53	dined	dine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 tried	conj
54	together	together	ADV	_	53 dined	advmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 drunk	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 drunk	cc
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 drunk	aux
58	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 dined	parataxis
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 deal	det
60	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 deal	amod
61	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 drunk	obj
62	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	65 good	advmod
63	than	than	ADP	_	65 good	case
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 good	cop
65	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 drunk	advcl
66	for	for	ADP	_	67 them	case
67	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 good	obl
68	--	--	PUNCT	_	70 short	punct
69	in	in	ADP	_	70 short	case
70	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 drunk	conj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 spent	punct
72	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 spent	nsubj
73	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 spent	aux
74	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	70 short	parataxis
75	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	77 days	nummod
76	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 days	amod
77	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 spent	obj
78	revelling	revell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	77 days	acl
79	with	with	ADP	_	81 man	case
80	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	81 man	det
81	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 revelling	obl
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 tried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think over speech: other	gerund	friend not said here	memory				vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	is	past	friend				mad, nearly property	tree rules
3	try	past	friend				last property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	believe	to-infinitive	friend not said here			night		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
5	meet	past · perfect	friend	a stranger	the forest			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent
6	sleep	past · perfect	friend not said here			before a big fire; night		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	dine	past · perfect	Christmas			day	together property	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	drink	past · perfect		a great deal				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient
9	is	past					for Christmas; good property	tree rules
10	spend	past · perfect	friend			day		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	revell	gerund	two whole days not said here				with another man	tree rules

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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