The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 1, sentence 78
He thought the old woman took off all his clothes and wrapped him up in a squirrel skin, and that he went about with the other squirrels and guinea pigs, who were all very pleasant and well mannered, and waited on the old woman.
Who acts: scent, old woman, other squirrels · What happens: think, take off, wrap up, go about, be, wait · To what, where: clothes, scent, squirrel skin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (scent, old woman, other squirrels), 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 woman | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 woman | amod |
| 5 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | nsubj |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 took | compound:prt |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 clothes | det:predet |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 6 took | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wrapped | cc |
| 12 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wrapped | obj |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 wrapped | compound:prt |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 skin | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 skin | det |
| 17 | squirrel | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 skin | compound |
| 18 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wrapped | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 went | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 went | cc |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 went | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 went | nsubj |
| 23 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | conj |
| 24 | about | about | ADV | _ | 23 went | advmod |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 squirrels | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 squirrels | det |
| 27 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 squirrels | amod |
| 28 | squirrels | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 went | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 pigs | cc |
| 30 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 pigs | compound |
| 31 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 squirrels | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 pleasant | punct |
| 33 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 pleasant | nsubj |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 pleasant | cop |
| 35 | all | all | ADV | _ | 37 pleasant | advmod |
| 36 | very | very | ADV | _ | 37 pleasant | advmod |
| 37 | pleasant | pleasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 squirrels | parataxis |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 mannered | cc |
| 39 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 mannered | advmod |
| 40 | mannered | mannered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 pleasant | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 waited | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 waited | cc |
| 43 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | conj |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 47 woman | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 woman | det |
| 46 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 woman | amod |
| 47 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 waited | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | scent | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take off | past | the old woman | scent's clothes | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wrap up | past | scent not said here | scent | a squirrel skin | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in skin=Destination | |||
| 4 | go about | past | scent | with the other squirrels and guinea pigs; about property | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with squirrel=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | is | past | the other squirrels and guinea pigs | all, pleasant property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | be | the other squirrels and guinea pigs not said here | well property | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | wait | past | scent not said here | on the old woman | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on woman=Location |
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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