The Violet Fairy Book, Virgilius the Sorcerer, sentence 96

Then the emperor commanded two copper dogs to be made that would run after the horse, and when the thieves, hanging from the walls, mocked and jeered at Virgilius and the emperor, the dogs leaped high after them and pulled them to the ground, and bit them to death.

Who acts: emperor, that, thieves · What happens: command, make, run, hang, mock, jeer · To what, where: two copper dogs, walls, dogs, horses, ground · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Virgilius the Sorcerer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (emperor, that, thieves), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 commanded	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 emperor	det
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commanded	nsubj
4	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 dogs	nummod
6	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dogs	compound
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 commanded	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 made	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 commanded	advcl
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 run	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 run	aux
13	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	parataxis
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 horse	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 horse	det
16	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 run	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 when	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 when	cc
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 commanded	parataxis
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 thieves	det
21	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 when	nsubj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 hanging	punct
23	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 thieves	acl
24	from	from	ADP	_	26 walls	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 walls	det
26	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 hanging	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 mocked	punct
28	mocked	mock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 walls	acl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 jeered	cc
30	jeered	jeer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 mocked	conj
31	at	at	ADP	_	32 Virgilius	case
32	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 jeered	obl:agent
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 emperor	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 emperor	det
35	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 Virgilius	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 dogs	punct
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 dogs	det
38	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 Virgilius	appos
39	leaped	leap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 dogs	acl
40	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	39 leaped	advmod
41	after	after	ADP	_	42 them	case
42	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 leaped	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 pulled	cc
44	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 mocked	conj
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 pulled	obj
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 ground	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 ground	det
48	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pulled	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 bit	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 bit	cc
51	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 commanded	parataxis
52	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 bit	obj
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 death	case
54	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 bit	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 commanded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	past	the emperor	two copper dogs		then		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive · passive	the emperor not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»
3	run	would	that			after the horse		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hang	gerund	the thieves not said here		the walls			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	mock	participle		the walls not said here				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	jeer	participle						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	leap	participle		the dogs not said here		after horses = horse	high property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	pull	past		horses = horse	the ground			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to ground=Destination
9	bite	past		horses = horse			to death result	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient to death=Result

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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