The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2, sentence 114
At last, when all was ready, Jem ordered the two dishes to be put on the fire till he gave the word.
Who acts: all, Jem · What happens: be, order, put, give · To what, where: last, two dishes, fire, word
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (all, Jem), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ready | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 last | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 ready | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 ready | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ready | cop |
| 7 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ordered | punct |
| 9 | Jem | Jem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 ordered | nsubj |
| 10 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ready | parataxis |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 dishes | det |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 dishes | nummod |
| 13 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 ordered | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 put | mark |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 put | aux:pass |
| 16 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 ordered | advcl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 fire | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 fire | det |
| 19 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 put | obl |
| 20 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 22 gave | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 gave | nsubj |
| 22 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 put | advcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 word | det |
| 24 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 gave | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 ready | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | all | last | ready property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | order | past | Jem | the two dishes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Theme | ||||
| 3 | put | to-infinitive · passive | Jem not said here | the fire | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on fire=Destination | ||||
| 4 | give | past | Jem | the word | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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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