The Green Fairy Book, The Half-chick, sentence 55

‘Here is the very thing I want,’ he exclaimed, ‘for the King has just sent a message to say that he must have chicken broth for his dinner,’ and opening the window he stretched out his arm, caught Medio Pollito, and popped him into the broth-pot that was standing near the fire.

Who acts: thing, I, King, broth pot · What happens: be, want, exclaim, send, say, have · To what, where: thing, message, chicken broth, arm, Medio, King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Half-chick. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, I, King, broth pot), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	2 Here	punct
2	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 stretched	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Here	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 thing	advmod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Here	nsubj
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 exclaimed	punct
10	’	'	PUNCT	_	12 exclaimed	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 exclaimed	nsubj
12	exclaimed	exclaim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Here	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sent	punct
14	‘	‘	CCONJ	_	20 sent	cc
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 King	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 King	det
17	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 sent	obl
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 sent	aux
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 sent	advmod
20	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 Here	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 message	det
22	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sent	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 say	mark
24	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 sent	advcl
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 have	mark
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 have	nsubj
27	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 have	aux
28	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 say	ccomp
29	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 broth	compound
30	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 have	obj
31	for	for	ADP	_	33 dinner	case
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 dinner	nmod:poss
33	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 have	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Here	punct
35	’	'	PUNCT	_	2 Here	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 opening	cc
37	opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 Here	conj
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 window	det
39	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Here	nsubj
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 stretched	nsubj
41	stretched	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
42	out	out	ADP	_	41 stretched	compound:prt
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 arm	nmod:poss
44	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 stretched	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 caught	punct
46	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 stretched	conj
47	Medio	Medio	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 caught	obj
48	Pollito	Pollito	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Medio	flat
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 popped	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 popped	cc
51	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 stretched	conj
52	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 popped	obj
53	into	into	ADP	_	57 pot	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 pot	det
55	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 pot	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 broth	punct
57	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 popped	obl
58	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 standing	nsubj
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 standing	aux
60	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 pot	acl:relcl
61	near	near	ADP	_	63 fire	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 fire	det
63	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 standing	obl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 stretched	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the thing			here property	tree rules
2	want	present	I	the thing not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme
3	exclaim speech: express	past	King				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	send	present · perfect	the thing not said here	a message		for the King	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
5	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	the thing not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	have	must	King	chicken broth		for King's dinner	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broth=Patient
7	open	gerund	the thing not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	stretch out	past	King	King's arm			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
9	catch	past	King not said here	Medio			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medio=Theme
10	pop	past	King not said here	King		into the broth pot result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into pot=Result
11	stand	past · progressive	the broth pot		the fire		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near fire=Location

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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