The Violet Fairy Book, Mogarzea and His Son, sentence 65

But at the first word of explanation the man became beside himself with joy, and he sprang so high into the air that the false soul which the elves had given him flew out of his mouth, and his own, which had been shut tightly into the flask of water, took its place.

Who acts: man, false soul · What happens: become, spring, give, fly out, shut, take · To what, where: first word, air, elves, man, mouth, flask

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mogarzea and His Son. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, false soul), 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	_	10 became	cc
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 word	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 became	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 explanation	case
7	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 became	nsubj
10	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	beside	beside	ADP	_	12 himself	case
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 became	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 joy	case
14	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 became	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sprang	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sprang	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sprang	nsubj
18	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 became	conj
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 high	advmod
20	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 sprang	advmod
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 air	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 air	det
23	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sprang	obl
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 flew	mark
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 soul	det
26	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 soul	amod
27	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 flew	nsubj
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 given	obj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 elves	det
30	elves	elf	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 given	nsubj:pass
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 given	aux
32	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 soul	acl:relcl
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 given	iobj
34	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 sprang	advcl
35	out	out	ADP	_	38 mouth	case
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 mouth	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 mouth	nmod:poss
38	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 flew	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 own	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 own	cc
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 own	nmod:poss
42	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 became	parataxis
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 shut	punct
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 shut	nsubj:pass
45	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 shut	aux
46	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	47 shut	aux:pass
47	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 own	conj
48	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	47 shut	advmod
49	into	into	ADP	_	51 flask	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 flask	det
51	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 shut	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 water	case
53	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 flask	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 took	punct
55	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 became	conj
56	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 place	nmod:poss
57	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 took	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past	the man			the first word of explanation	beside man; with joy	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	spring	past	man			the air	high property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into air=Destination
3	give	past · perfect · passive		the elves	man			tree rules
4	fly out	past	the false soul	man's mouth				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme
5	shut	past · perfect · passive				the flask of water	tightly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
6	take	past	the man not said here	soul's place				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
7	word			explanation				nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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