The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1, sentence 77

But the sly old man, who was terrified for his life that the three rogues might do him some harm, was on his guard, and said to his housekeeper, ‘Nina, take this bladder, which is filled with blood, and hide it under your cloak; then when these thieves come I’ll lay all the blame on you, and will pretend to be so angry with you that I will run at you with my knife, and pierce the bladder with it; then you must fall on the ground as if you were dead, and leave the rest to me.’

Who acts: sly old man, three rogues, Nina, thieves, I, you · What happens: be, do, say, take, fill, hide · To what, where: man, guard, bladder, cloak, blame, ground · 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 (sly old man, three rogues, Nina, 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	29 said	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
3	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 said	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 terrified	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 terrified	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 terrified	cop
9	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 life	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 terrified	obl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 do	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rogues	det
15	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 rogues	nummod
16	rogues	rogue	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 do	nsubj
17	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 do	aux
18	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 terrified	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 do	obj
20	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	21 harm	det
21	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 do	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 guard	punct
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 guard	cop
24	on	on	ADP	_	26 guard	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 guard	nmod:poss
26	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 said	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 said	cc
29	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
30	to	to	ADP	_	32 housekeeper	case
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 housekeeper	nmod:poss
32	housekeeper	housekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 said	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Nina	punct
34	‘	‘	ADP	_	35 Nina	case
35	Nina	Nina	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 take	nsubj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 take	punct
37	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 said	ccomp
38	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 bladder	det
39	bladder	bladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 take	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 filled	punct
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 filled	nsubj:pass
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 filled	aux:pass
43	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 bladder	acl
44	with	with	ADP	_	45 blood	case
45	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 filled	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 hide	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 hide	cc
48	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 said	ccomp
49	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 hide	obj
50	under	under	ADP	_	52 cloak	case
51	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 cloak	nmod:poss
52	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 hide	obl
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 come	punct
54	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 come	advmod
55	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	58 come	advmod
56	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	57 thieves	det
57	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 come	nsubj
58	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 said	conj
59	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 lay	nsubj
60	’ll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 lay	aux
61	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 come	conj
62	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	64 blame	det:predet
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 blame	det
64	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 lay	obj
65	on	on	ADP	_	66 you	case
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	61 lay	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 pretend	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 pretend	cc
69	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 pretend	aux
70	pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	58 come	parataxis
71	to	to	PART	_	74 angry	mark
72	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 angry	cop
73	so	so	ADV	_	74 angry	advmod
74	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 pretend	xcomp
75	with	with	ADP	_	76 you	case
76	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	74 angry	obl
77	that	that	SCONJ	_	80 run	mark
78	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	80 run	nsubj
79	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 run	aux
80	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 angry	advcl
81	at	at	ADP	_	82 you	case
82	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	80 run	obl
83	with	with	ADP	_	85 knife	case
84	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 knife	nmod:poss
85	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 run	obl
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 pierce	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 pierce	cc
88	pierce	pierce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	70 pretend	conj
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 bladder	det
90	bladder	bladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 pierce	obj
91	with	with	ADP	_	92 it	case
92	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	88 pierce	obl
93	;	;	PUNCT	_	97 fall	punct
94	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	97 fall	advmod
95	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	97 fall	nsubj
96	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	97 fall	aux
97	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 said	ccomp
98	on	on	ADP	_	100 ground	case
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 ground	det
100	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 fall	obl
101	as	as	SCONJ	_	105 dead	mark
102	if	if	SCONJ	_	105 dead	mark
103	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	105 dead	nsubj
104	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 dead	cop
105	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	97 fall	advcl
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 leave	punct
107	and	and	CCONJ	_	108 leave	cc
108	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	97 fall	conj
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	110 rest	det
110	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 leave	obj
111	to	to	ADP	_	112 me	case
112	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	108 leave	obl
113	.	.	PUNCT	_	97 fall	punct
114	’	'	PUNCT	_	97 fall	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the sly old man and man's guard					for man's life; terrified property	tree rules
2	do	might	the three rogues	man					tree rules
3	is	past	the sly old man and man's guard not said here			man's guard			tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	the sly old man and man's guard					to man's housekeeper	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to housekeeper=Experiencer clause=Topic
5	take	infinitive	Nina	this bladder					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bladder=Theme
6	fill	present · passive		this bladder				with blood	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with blood=Instrument
7	hide	present		bladder		your cloak			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under cloak=Location
8	come	present	this thieves				then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	lay	future	I	all blame				on you	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blame=Theme on you=Destination
10	pretend	future							tree rules
11	is	to-infinitive						with you; angry property	tree rules
12	run	future	I					at you; with my knife	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at you=Trajectory
13	pierce	infinitive		the bladder				with thief	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bladder=Patient with it=Instrument
14	fall	must	you			the ground	then		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location
15	is	past	you					dead property	tree rules
16	leave	infinitive	you not said here	the rest	me				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to i=Recipient

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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