The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1, sentence 76

When the three comrades saw that Mr. Simon had got the better of them, and done them out of fifty gold pieces, they flew into such a rage that they made up their minds to kill him, and, seizing their weapons for this purpose, went to his house.

Who acts: three comrades, Simon, comrades · What happens: see, get, do, fly, make up, kill · To what, where: comrades, fifty gold pieces, rage, minds, Simon, weapons · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Biter Bit, 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 (three comrades, Simon, comrades), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 saw	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 comrades	det
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 comrades	nummod
4	comrades	comrade	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 flew	advcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 got	mark
7	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Simon	nmod:desc
8	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 saw	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 better	det
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 got	xcomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 better	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 done	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 done	cc
17	done	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saw	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 done	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	23 pieces	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 pieces	case
21	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 pieces	nummod
22	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pieces	compound
23	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 done	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 saw	punct
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 flew	nsubj
26	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
27	into	into	ADP	_	30 rage	case
28	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	30 rage	det:predet
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 rage	det
30	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 flew	obl
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 made	mark
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 made	nsubj
33	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 flew	conj
34	up	up	ADP	_	33 made	compound:prt
35	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 minds	nmod:poss
36	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 made	obj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 kill	mark
38	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 made	advcl
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 kill	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 seizing	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 seizing	cc
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 seizing	punct
43	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 flew	advcl
44	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 weapons	nmod:poss
45	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 seizing	obj
46	for	for	ADP	_	48 purpose	case
47	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	48 purpose	det
48	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 seizing	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 went	punct
50	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 flew	conj
51	to	to	ADP	_	53 house	case
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 house	nmod:poss
53	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 went	obl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 flew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	the three comrades				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	get	past · perfect	Simon Mr.			good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	do	past	the three comrades not said here	comrades = comrade	fifty gold pieces		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality
4	fly	past	comrades = comrade			into such rage result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result
5	make up	past	comrades = comrade	comrades's minds			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot
6	kill	to-infinitive	comrades = comrade not said here	Simon			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7	seize	gerund	comrades = comrade not said here	comrades's weapons		for this purpose	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme for purpose=Beneficiary
8	go	past	comrades = comrade not said here		Simon's house		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
9	mind		comrades = comrade				nom mind «cognition 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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