The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1, sentence 92

When one of his comrades heard what had happened, he said, ‘You blockhead, you can’t have done it properly; just let me have a try,’ and with these words he seized his wife by the roots of her hair, cut her throat with a razor, and then took the pipe and blew into it with all his might but he couldn’t bring her back to life.

Who acts: one, rogue, You, me · What happens: hear, happen, say, blockhead, not do, let · To what, where: soul, me, try, wife, throat, pipe · 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 (one, rogue, You, me), 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	6 heard	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 heard	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 comrades	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 comrades	nmod:poss
5	comrades	comrade	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 one	nmod
6	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 said	advcl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happened	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 happened	aux
9	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 heard	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 blockhead	punct
14	‘	'	PUNCT	_	16 blockhead	punct
15	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 blockhead	nsubj
16	blockhead	blockhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 done	punct
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 done	nsubj
19	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 done	aux
20	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 done	advmod
21	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 done	aux
22	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 said	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 done	obj
24	properly	properly	ADV	_	22 done	advmod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 let	punct
26	just	just	ADV	_	27 let	advmod
27	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	ccomp
28	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 let	obj
29	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 let	xcomp
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 try	det
31	try	try	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 have	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 have	punct
33	’	'	PUNCT	_	27 let	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 seized	cc
35	with	with	ADP	_	37 words	case
36	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	37 words	det
37	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 seized	obl
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 seized	nsubj
39	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 said	conj
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 wife	nmod:poss
41	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 seized	obj
42	by	by	ADP	_	44 roots	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 roots	det
44	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 seized	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 hair	case
46	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 hair	nmod:poss
47	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 roots	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 cut	punct
49	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 said	parataxis
50	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 throat	nmod:poss
51	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 cut	obj
52	with	with	ADP	_	54 razor	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 razor	det
54	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 cut	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 took	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 took	cc
57	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 took	advmod
58	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 said	parataxis
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 pipe	det
60	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 took	obj
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 blew	cc
62	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 took	conj
63	into	into	ADP	_	64 it	case
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 blew	obl
65	with	with	SCONJ	_	68 might	mark
66	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	68 might	det:predet
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 might	nmod:poss
68	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 blew	advcl
69	but	but	CCONJ	_	73 bring	cc
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 bring	nsubj
71	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 bring	aux
72	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	73 bring	advmod
73	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 took	conj
74	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 bring	obj
75	back	back	ADV	_	73 bring	advmod
76	to	to	ADP	_	77 life	case
77	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 bring	obl
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	one of rogue's comrades					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	happen	past · perfect						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	rogue					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	blockhead		You					tree rules
5	not do	can · perfect	you	soul			properly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
6	let	infinitive		me				tree rules
7	have	infinitive	me not said here	a try				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent try=Patient
8	seize	past	rogue	rogue's wife			with this words; by the roots of woman's hair	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme
9	cut	past		woman's throat			with a razor	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throat=Patient with razor=Instrument
10	take	past		the pipe		then		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme
11	blow	past			soul			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into it=Product
12	not bring back	could	rogue	woman	life			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to life=Destination

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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