The Violet Fairy Book, The Finest Liar in the World, sentence 43

As I went I turned over in my mind if there was no way for me to get back my millet seed, which had dropped into the sea, and when I arrived at the place with the holy water I saw the seed had fallen on fruitful soil, and was growing before my eyes.

Who acts: I, way, me, seed, my · What happens: go, turn over, be, get back, drop, arrive · To what, where: mind, millet seed, sea, place, holy water, fruitful soil · Speech: someone speaks here

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, way, me, seed), 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 went	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	advcl
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 turned	nsubj
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	5 turned	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 mind	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mind	nmod:poss
9	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 was	mark
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 was	expl
12	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	advcl
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 was	nsubj
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 get	mark
16	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 get	nsubj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 get	mark
18	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 way	acl
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 get	advmod
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 seed	nmod:poss
21	millet	millet	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 seed	compound
22	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 get	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 dropped	punct
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 dropped	nsubj:pass
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 dropped	aux
26	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 seed	acl:relcl
27	into	into	ADP	_	29 sea	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 sea	det
29	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 dropped	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 arrived	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 arrived	cc
32	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	34 arrived	advmod
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 arrived	nsubj
34	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	parataxis
35	at	at	ADP	_	37 place	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 place	det
37	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 arrived	obl
38	with	with	ADP	_	41 water	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 water	det
40	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 water	amod
41	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 place	nmod
42	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 saw	nsubj
43	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 water	acl:relcl
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 seed	det
45	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 fallen	nsubj
46	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 fallen	aux
47	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 saw	ccomp
48	on	on	ADP	_	50 soil	case
49	fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 soil	amod
50	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 fallen	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 growing	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 growing	cc
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 growing	aux
54	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 arrived	conj
55	before	before	ADP	_	57 eyes	case
56	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 eyes	nmod:poss
57	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 growing	obl
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 turned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go	past	I			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	turn over	past	I		my mind	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	be a condition, not said to happen	past	no way		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	get back	to-infinitive	me	my millet seed		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus
5	drop	past · perfect · passive		my millet seed	the sea	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into sea=Destination
6	arrive	past	I		the place with the holy water	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	see	past	I	the holy water not said here		tree rules
8	fall	past · perfect	the seed		fruitful soil	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on soil=Location
9	grow	past · progressive	I not said here		my eyes	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before eye=Location
10	mind		my			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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