The Violet Fairy Book, The Story of Hassebu, sentence 33
It did not take long for Hassebu to find out that his companions had left him to die in the pit, but he had a brave heart, and hoped that he might be able to find a way out for himself.
Who acts: It, companions, Hassebu · What happens: not take, find out, leave, die, have, hope · To what, where: Hassebu, brave heart, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Hassebu. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, companions, Hassebu), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 take | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 take | advmod |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 take | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Hassebu | case |
| 7 | Hassebu | Hassebu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 find | mark |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 take | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 find | compound:prt |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 left | mark |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 companions | nmod:poss |
| 13 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 left | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 left | aux |
| 15 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 find | ccomp |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 left | iobj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 die | mark |
| 18 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 left | advcl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 pit | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 pit | det |
| 21 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 die | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 had | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 had | cc |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 had | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | parataxis |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 heart | det |
| 27 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 heart | amod |
| 28 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 had | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hoped | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 hoped | cc |
| 31 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 had | conj |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 able | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 able | nsubj |
| 34 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 able | aux |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 able | cop |
| 36 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 hoped | ccomp |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 find | mark |
| 38 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 able | xcomp |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 way | det |
| 40 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 find | obj |
| 41 | out | out | ADV | _ | 40 way | advmod |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 himself | case |
| 43 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 38 find | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | past · do-support | It | for Hassebu; long property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for hassebu=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | find out | to-infinitive | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | leave | past · perfect | Hassebu's companions | Hassebu | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | die | to-infinitive | Hassebu's companions not said here | in the pit | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in pit=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | have | past | Hassebu | a brave heart | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ||||
| 6 | hope | past | Hassebu not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 7 | is | might | Hassebu | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | find | to-infinitive | Hassebu not said here | a way | for Hassebu | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent way=Theme for himself=Beneficiary |
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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