The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3, sentence 90
He did as she bade, and as soon as they were in the garden put her on the ground, when she waddled off as fast as she could towards the lake, Jem hurrying after her with an anxious heart, for he knew that his life depended on her success.
Who acts: father, doors, Mimi, lake, life · What happens: do, be, put, waddle off, hurry, know · To what, where: garden, Mimi, ground, lake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, doors, Mimi, lake), 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 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 bade | case |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bade | compound |
| 5 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 put | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 put | cc |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 soon | advmod |
| 9 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 put | advmod |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 garden | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 garden | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 garden | cop |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 garden | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 garden | det |
| 15 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 put | advcl |
| 16 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | conj |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 put | obj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 ground | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 ground | det |
| 20 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 put | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 waddled | punct |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 waddled | advmod |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 waddled | nsubj |
| 24 | waddled | waddle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 25 | off | off | ADP | _ | 24 waddled | compound:prt |
| 26 | as | as | ADV | _ | 27 fast | advmod |
| 27 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 waddled | advmod |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 could | mark |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 could | nsubj |
| 30 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 fast | advcl |
| 31 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 33 lake | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 lake | det |
| 33 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 waddled | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Jem | punct |
| 35 | Jem | Jem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 lake | appos |
| 36 | hurrying | hurry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 lake | acl |
| 37 | after | after | ADP | _ | 38 her | case |
| 38 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 hurrying | obl |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 heart | case |
| 40 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 heart | det |
| 41 | anxious | anxious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 heart | amod |
| 42 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 hurrying | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 knew | punct |
| 44 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 46 knew | mark |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 knew | nsubj |
| 46 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 waddled | parataxis |
| 47 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 50 depended | mark |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 life | nmod:poss |
| 49 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 depended | nsubj |
| 50 | depended | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 knew | ccomp |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 success | case |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 success | nmod:poss |
| 53 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 depended | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | father | as she bade | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | doors = door | the garden | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | put | past | father not said here | Mimi | the ground | soon property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme on ground=Destination | ||
| 4 | waddle off | past | Mimi | the lake | fast property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards lake=Destination | |||
| 5 | hurry | gerund | the lake not said here | after Mimi | with a anxious heart | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with heart=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | know | past | father | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | depend | past | father's life | on Mimi's success | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on success=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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