The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2, sentence 26
As his father spoke, things grew clearer to Jem’s mind, and he saw now that he had not been dreaming, but had really served the old woman seven years in the shape of a squirrel.
Who acts: father, things, Jem · What happens: speak, grow, see, not dream, serve, mind · To what, where: old woman, shape · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (father, things, 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 spoke | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spoke | nsubj |
| 4 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 grew | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spoke | punct |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 grew | nsubj |
| 7 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | clearer | clear | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 grew | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 mind | case |
| 10 | Jem | Jem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 mind | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 10 Jem | case |
| 12 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 clearer | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 saw | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 saw | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 grew | conj |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 saw | advmod |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 dreaming | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 dreaming | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 dreaming | aux |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 dreaming | advmod |
| 22 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 dreaming | aux |
| 23 | dreaming | dream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 saw | advcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 served | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 served | cc |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 served | aux |
| 27 | really | really | ADV | _ | 28 served | advmod |
| 28 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 grew | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 woman | det |
| 30 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 woman | amod |
| 31 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 served | obj |
| 32 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 years | nummod |
| 33 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 served | obl:unmarked |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 shape | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 shape | det |
| 36 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 served | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 squirrel | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 squirrel | det |
| 39 | squirrel | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 shape | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | fairy's father | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | grow | past | things | clear property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | past | father | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | not dream | past · perfect · progressive | father | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | serve | past · perfect | things not said here | the old woman | the shape of a squirrel | year | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent woman=Value in shape=Location | ||
| 6 | mind | Jem | nom mind «cognition transitive»: 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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