The Violet Fairy Book, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1, sentence 56
But though, unlike her sister, she was quite prepared for the appearance of the wolf when she reached the copper bridge, she showed no greater courage, and galloped home as fast as her horse could carry her.
Who acts: sister, horse · What happens: prepare, reach, show, gallop, carry · To what, where: sister, copper bridge, greater courage
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, horse), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 prepared | cc |
| 2 | though | though | ADV | _ | 11 prepared | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 though | punct |
| 4 | unlike | unlike | ADP | _ | 6 sister | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sister | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 prepared | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sister | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 prepared | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 prepared | aux:pass |
| 10 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 11 prepared | advmod |
| 11 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 showed | parataxis |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 appearance | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 appearance | det |
| 14 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 prepared | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 wolf | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 wolf | det |
| 17 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 appearance | nmod |
| 18 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 20 reached | mark |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 reached | nsubj |
| 20 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 showed | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 bridge | det |
| 22 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 bridge | compound |
| 23 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 reached | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 reached | punct |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 showed | nsubj |
| 26 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 27 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 29 courage | det |
| 28 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 courage | amod |
| 29 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 showed | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 galloped | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 galloped | cc |
| 32 | galloped | gallop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 showed | conj |
| 33 | home | home | ADV | _ | 32 galloped | advmod |
| 34 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 fast | advmod |
| 35 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 galloped | advmod |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 40 carry | mark |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 horse | nmod:poss |
| 38 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 carry | nsubj |
| 39 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 carry | aux |
| 40 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 fast | advcl |
| 41 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 carry | obj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 showed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | past · passive | sister | unlike sister's sister; for the appearance of the wolf; though property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for appearance=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | reach | past | sister | the copper bridge | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme | ||||
| 3 | show | past | sister | no greater courage | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent courage=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | gallop | past | sister not said here | fast, home property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | carry | could | sister's horse | sister | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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