The Violet Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples, sentence 45
And for the third time the voice still called for water; and when water was given it the last hoop was rent, the cask fell in pieces, and out flew a dragon, who snatched up the empress just as she was returning from her walk, and carried her off.
Who acts: last hoop, cask, dragon, voice · What happens: call, give, be, fall, fly, snatch up · To what, where: voice, water, pieces, dragon, empress, walk · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last hoop, cask, dragon, voice), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 time | cc |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 4 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 voice | det |
| 7 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 time | nsubj |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 called | advmod |
| 9 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 voice | acl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 water | case |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 given | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 given | cc |
| 14 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 17 given | mark |
| 15 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 given | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 given | aux:pass |
| 17 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 voice | acl |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 given | obj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 hoop | det |
| 20 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 hoop | amod |
| 21 | hoop | hoop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rent | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 rent | cop |
| 23 | rent | rent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 given | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 fell | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 cask | det |
| 26 | cask | cask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fell | nsubj |
| 27 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 rent | parataxis |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 pieces | case |
| 29 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 fell | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 flew | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 flew | cc |
| 32 | out | out | ADV | _ | 33 flew | advmod |
| 33 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 fell | conj |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 dragon | det |
| 35 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 flew | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 snatched | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 snatched | nsubj |
| 38 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 dragon | acl:relcl |
| 39 | up | up | ADP | _ | 38 snatched | compound:prt |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 empress | det |
| 41 | empress | empress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 snatched | obj |
| 42 | just | just | ADV | _ | 46 returning | advmod |
| 43 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 returning | mark |
| 44 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 returning | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 returning | aux |
| 46 | returning | return | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 snatched | advcl |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 walk | case |
| 48 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 walk | nmod:poss |
| 49 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 returning | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 carried | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 carried | cc |
| 52 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 flew | conj |
| 53 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 carried | obj |
| 54 | off | off | ADP | _ | 52 carried | compound:prt |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 time | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | the voice not said here | still | for water | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for water=Recipient | |||
| 2 | give | past · passive | water | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient it=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | past | the last hoop | rent property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | fall | past | the cask | pieces | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in piece=Location | ||||
| 5 | fly | past | the cask not said here | a dragon | out property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dragon=Theme | |||
| 6 | snatch up | past | a dragon | the empress | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent empress=Theme | ||||
| 7 | return | past · progressive | voice | voice's walk | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from walk=Initial_Location | ||||
| 8 | carry off | past | the cask not said here | voice | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 9 | walk | voice | nom walk «act 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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