The Green Fairy Book, The Three Dogs, sentence 46

While he was lying on his straw pallet, pondering mournfully on his fate, he thought he heard the low whining of his dogs outside; then an idea dawned on him, and he called out as loudly as he could, ‘Mustard, come to my help,’ and in a second he saw the paws of his biggest dog at the window of his cell, and before he could count two the creature had bitten through the iron bars and stood beside him.

Who acts: stranger, my · What happens: lie, ponder, think, hear, dawn, call out · To what, where: straw pallet, low whining, idea, Mustard, help, paws · 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 (stranger, my), 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	While	while	SCONJ	_	4 lying	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 thought	advcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 pallet	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pallet	nmod:poss
7	straw	straw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pallet	amod
8	pallet	pallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pondering	punct
10	pondering	ponder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lying	conj
11	mournfully	mournfully	ADV	_	10 pondering	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 fate	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fate	nmod:poss
14	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pondering	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lying	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 thought	nsubj
17	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 heard	nsubj
19	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 thought	ccomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 whining	det
21	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 whining	amod
22	whining	whining	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 heard	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 dogs	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 dogs	nmod:poss
25	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 whining	nmod
26	outside	outside	ADV	_	25 dogs	advmod
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 idea	punct
28	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	30 idea	advmod
29	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 idea	det
30	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 thought	ccomp
31	dawned	dawn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 idea	acl
32	on	on	ADP	_	33 him	case
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 dawned	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 called	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 called	cc
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 called	nsubj
37	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 thought	parataxis
38	out	out	ADP	_	37 called	compound:prt
39	as	as	ADV	_	40 loudly	advmod
40	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	37 called	advmod
41	as	as	SCONJ	_	43 could	mark
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 could	nsubj
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 loudly	advcl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 Mustard	punct
45	‘	'	PUNCT	_	46 Mustard	punct
46	Mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 called	xcomp
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 come	punct
48	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 Mustard	parataxis
49	to	to	ADP	_	51 help	case
50	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 help	nmod:poss
51	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 come	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 come	punct
53	’	'	PUNCT	_	46 Mustard	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 saw	cc
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 second	case
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 second	det
57	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 saw	obl
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 saw	nsubj
59	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 called	conj
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 paws	det
61	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 saw	obj
62	of	of	ADP	_	65 dog	case
63	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 dog	nmod:poss
64	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	65 dog	amod
65	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 paws	nmod
66	at	at	ADP	_	68 window	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 window	det
68	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 saw	obl
69	of	of	ADP	_	71 cell	case
70	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 cell	nmod:poss
71	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 window	nmod
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 count	punct
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 count	cc
74	before	before	SCONJ	_	77 count	mark
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 count	nsubj
76	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 count	aux
77	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 thought	ccomp
78	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	82 bitten	nsubj:pass
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 creature	det
80	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 bitten	nsubj:pass
81	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 bitten	aux
82	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	77 count	parataxis
83	through	through	ADP	_	86 bars	case
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 bars	det
85	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 bars	compound
86	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 bitten	obl
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 stood	cc
88	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 bitten	conj
89	beside	beside	ADP	_	90 him	case
90	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	88 stood	obl
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	stranger		stranger's straw pallet			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pallet=Location
2	ponder	gerund	stranger not said here				on stranger's fate; mournfully property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on fate=Topic
3	think speech: other	past	stranger					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	hear	past	stranger	the low whining of stranger's dogs				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whining=Stimulus
5	dawn	participle		a idea not said here			on stranger	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location
6	call out speech: assert	past	stranger	Mustard			loudly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	come	infinitive			my help			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to help=Initial_Location
8	see	past	stranger	the paws of stranger's biggest dog	the window of stranger's cell	second		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer paw=Stimulus
9	count	could	stranger					vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
10	bite	past · perfect · passive		two	the iron bars			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient through bar=Location
11	stand	past					beside stranger	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location
12	fate		stranger					nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent
13	help		my					nom help «act 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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