The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 21, sentence 120
As this would take some time, it was necessary that the weasel get to work as soon as possible, because the hunter might return to his net at any minute.
Who acts: this, weasel, hunter · What happens: take, be, get, work, return
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, weasel, hunter), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 take | mark |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 take | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 necessary | advcl |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 necessary | expl |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 necessary | cop |
| 10 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 get | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 weasel | det |
| 13 | weasel | weasel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 get | nsubj |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 necessary | advcl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 work | mark |
| 16 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 get | xcomp |
| 17 | as | as | ADV | _ | 18 soon | advmod |
| 18 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 work | advmod |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 possible | mark |
| 20 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 soon | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 return | punct |
| 22 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 26 return | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 hunter | det |
| 24 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 return | nsubj |
| 25 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 return | aux |
| 26 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 work | conj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 net | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 net | nmod:poss |
| 29 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 return | obl |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 minute | case |
| 31 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 minute | det |
| 32 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 return | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 necessary | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | would | this | time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | necessary property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | get | present | the weasel | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | work | to-infinitive | the weasel not said here | soon property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | return | might | the hunter | minute | to goat's net result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to net=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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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