The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2, sentence 21
And so it happened; for one day an old woman came and bought a lot of things--more than she could carry; so my wife, being a kindly soul, lent her the boy, and--we have never seen him since.’
Who acts: it, old woman, woman, wife, we · What happens: happen, come, buy, carry, be, lend · To what, where: lot, soul, boy, woman
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 (it, old woman, woman, wife), 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 happened | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 happened | advmod |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 came | punct |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 day | nummod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 woman | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 woman | amod |
| 11 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | nsubj |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happened | parataxis |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 bought | cc |
| 14 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 came | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 lot | det |
| 16 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bought | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 things | case |
| 18 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 lot | nmod |
| 19 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 20 more | punct |
| 20 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 18 things | amod |
| 21 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 24 carry | mark |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 carry | nsubj |
| 23 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 carry | aux |
| 24 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 more | advcl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 lent | punct |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 lent | advmod |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 wife | nmod:poss |
| 28 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lent | nsubj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 soul | punct |
| 30 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 soul | cop |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 soul | det |
| 32 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 33 soul | advmod |
| 33 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 wife | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 wife | punct |
| 35 | lent | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happened | parataxis |
| 36 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 lent | obj |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 boy | det |
| 38 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lent | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 seen | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 seen | cc |
| 41 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 40 and | punct |
| 42 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 seen | nsubj |
| 43 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 seen | aux |
| 44 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 45 seen | advmod |
| 45 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 lent | conj |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 seen | obj |
| 47 | since | since | ADV | _ | 45 seen | advmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| 49 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come | past | a old woman | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | buy | past | a old woman not said here | a lot of things | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ||||
| 4 | carry | could | woman | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is a | gerund | a soul | kindly property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lend | past | my wife | the boy | woman | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient boy=Theme | |||
| 7 | not see | present · perfect | we | boy | since property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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