The Violet Fairy Book, The Finest Liar in the World, sentence 41
As I entered the forest I saw two roe-deer hopping on one foot, so I slew them with a single blow, and made three bags from their skins, all of which I filled with honey and placed on the back of the cock.
Who acts: I, two roe deer, skins · What happens: enter, see, hop, slay, make, fill · To what, where: forest, two roe deer, one foot, deer, three bags, skins
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Finest Liar in the World. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, two roe deer, skins), 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 | _ | 3 entered | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 entered | nsubj |
| 3 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 forest | det |
| 5 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 entered | obj |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 deer | nummod |
| 9 | roe | roe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 deer | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 roe | punct |
| 11 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 saw | obj |
| 12 | hopping | hop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 deer | acl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 foot | case |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 foot | nummod |
| 15 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hopping | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 slew | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 slew | advmod |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 slew | nsubj |
| 19 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | conj |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 slew | obj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 blow | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 blow | det |
| 23 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 blow | amod |
| 24 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 slew | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 made | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 made | cc |
| 27 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | conj |
| 28 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 bags | nummod |
| 29 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 made | obj |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 32 skins | case |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 skins | nmod:poss |
| 32 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 made | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 all | punct |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 which | det |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 filled | nsubj |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 filled | nsubj |
| 38 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 skins | acl:relcl |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 honey | case |
| 40 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 filled | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 placed | cc |
| 42 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 filled | conj |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 back | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 back | det |
| 45 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 placed | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 cock | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 cock | det |
| 48 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 back | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | I | the forest | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Destination | ||||
| 2 | see | past | I | two roe deer | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deer=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | hop | gerund | two roe deer not said here | one foot | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | slay | past | I | deer | with a single blow | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with blow=Instrument | |||
| 5 | make | past | I not said here | three bags | deer's skins | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset bag=Product from skin=Material | |||
| 6 | fill | past | deer's skins | with honey | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with honey=Instrument | ||||
| 7 | place | participle | deer's skins not said here | the back of the cock | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on back=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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