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The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2, sentence 81

Indeed, the steward found it hard to keep himself from laughing at the comic sight, but he ordered the servants off and led the dwarf into his own room.

Who acts: steward, fun · What happens: find, keep, laugh, order off, lead · To what, where: fun, steward, comic sight, servants, dwarf, own room

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 (steward, fun), 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

advmodpunctdetnsubjobjxcompmarkxcompobjmarkadvclcasedetamodoblpunctccnsubjadvcldetobjcompound:prtccconjdetobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootIndeedADV,PUNCTtheDETstewardNOUNfoundVERBitPRONhardADJtoPARTkeepVERBhimselfPRONfromSCONJlaughingVERBatADPtheDETcomicADJsightNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONorderedVERBtheDETservantsNOUNoffADPandCCONJledVERBtheDETdwarfNOUNintoADPhisPRONownADJroomNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IndeedindeedADV_5 foundadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Indeedpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 stewarddet
4stewardstewardNOUNNumber=Sing5 foundnsubj
5foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 foundobj
7hardhardADJDegree=Pos5 foundxcomp
8totoPART_9 keepmark
9keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf7 hardxcomp
10himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes9 keepobj
11fromfromSCONJ_12 laughingmark
12laughinglaughVERBVerbForm=Ger9 keepadvcl
13atatADP_16 sightcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 sightdet
15comiccomicADJDegree=Pos16 sightamod
16sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing12 laughingobl
17,,PUNCT_20 orderedpunct
18butbutCCONJ_20 orderedcc
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 orderednsubj
20orderedorderVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 foundadvcl
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 servantsdet
22servantsservantNOUNNumber=Plur20 orderedobj
23offoffADP_20 orderedcompound:prt
24andandCCONJ_25 ledcc
25ledleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 foundconj
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 dwarfdet
27dwarfdwarfNOUNNumber=Sing25 ledobj
28intointoADP_31 roomcase
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 roomnmod:poss
30ownownADJDegree=Pos31 roomamod
31roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing25 ledobl
32..PUNCT_5 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpastthe stewardfunhard, indeed propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2keepto-infinitivefun not said herestewardvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
3laughgerundfun not said herethe comic sightvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4order offpaststewardthe servantsvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
5leadpastthe steward not said herethe dwarfsteward's own roomvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme into room=Destination

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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