The Green Fairy Book, The Three Dogs, sentence 12

The smallest one is called “Salt,” and will bring you food whenever you wish; the second is called “Pepper,” and will tear anyone to pieces who offers to hurt you; and the great big strong one is called “Mustard,” and is so powerful that it will break iron or steel with its teeth.’

Who acts: you, pieces, food · What happens: call, bring, wish, tear, offer, hurt · To what, where: smallest one, food, you, second, anyone, great big strong one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dogs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, pieces, food), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	“	"	PUNCT	_	7 Salt	punct
7	Salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Salt	punct
9	”	"	PUNCT	_	7 Salt	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bring	cc
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 bring	aux
12	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 called	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 bring	obj
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obj
15	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 wish	advmod
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 wish	nsubj
17	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bring	advcl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 called	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 second	det
20	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 called	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 called	aux:pass
22	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 called	conj
23	“	"	PUNCT	_	24 Pepper	punct
24	Pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 called	xcomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Pepper	punct
26	”	"	PUNCT	_	24 Pepper	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 tear	cc
28	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 tear	aux
29	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 called	conj
30	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	29 tear	obj
31	to	to	ADP	_	32 pieces	case
32	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 tear	obl
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 offers	nsubj
34	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 pieces	acl:relcl
35	to	to	PART	_	36 hurt	mark
36	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 offers	xcomp
37	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 hurt	obj
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 called	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 called	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 one	det
41	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 one	amod
42	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 one	amod
43	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 one	amod
44	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 called	nsubj:pass
45	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 called	aux:pass
46	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 called	conj
47	“	"	PUNCT	_	48 Mustard	punct
48	Mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 called	xcomp
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 Mustard	punct
50	”	"	PUNCT	_	48 Mustard	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 powerful	cc
52	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 powerful	cop
53	so	so	ADV	_	54 powerful	advmod
54	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 called	conj
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 break	mark
56	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 break	nsubj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 break	aux
58	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 powerful	advcl
59	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 break	obj
60	or	or	CCONJ	_	61 steel	cc
61	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 iron	conj
62	with	with	ADP	_	64 teeth	case
63	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 teeth	nmod:poss
64	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 break	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct
66	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		the smallest one			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	bring	future		food	you		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination food=Theme
3	wish	present	you			whenever property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	call	present · passive		the second			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
5	tear	future		anyone		to pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient to piece=Result
6	offer	present	pieces				tree rules
7	hurt not said to happen	to-infinitive	pieces not said here	you			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient
8	call	present · passive		the great big strong one			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
9	is	present				powerful property	tree rules
10	break	future	food	iron or steel		with food's teeth	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent iron=Patient with tooth=Instrument

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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