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The Green Fairy Book, The Story of Caliph Stork, sentence 113

When the Caliph had recovered from his surprise, he drew up his feet into a graceful position, bent his long neck, and said: ‘Oh, screech owl! from your words I am led to believe that we see in you a companion in misfortune.

Who acts: Caliph, piece, I, we, your · What happens: recover, draw up, bend, say, lead, believe · To what, where: surprise, feet, graceful position, long neck, I, companion · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Caliph Stork. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Caliph, piece, I, we), 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

markdetnsubjauxadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjcompound:prtnmod:possobjcasedetamodoblpunctconjnmod:possamodobjpunctccconjpunctpunctdiscoursepunctcompoundccomppunctcasenmod:possnmodnsubjaux:passacl:relclmarkxcompmarknsubjadvclcaseobldetobjcasenmodpunctrootWhenSCONJtheDETCaliphPROPNhadAUXrecoveredVERBfromADPhisPRONsurpriseNOUN,PUNCThePRONdrewVERBupADPhisPRONfeetNOUNintoADPaDETgracefulADJpositionNOUN,PUNCTbentVERBhisPRONlongADJneckNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERB:PUNCT‘PUNCTOhINTJ,PUNCTscreechNOUNowlNOUN!PUNCTfromADPyourPRONwordsNOUNIPRONamAUXledVERBtoPARTbelieveVERBthatSCONJwePRONseeVERBinADPyouPRONaDETcompanionNOUNinADPmisfortuneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_5 recoveredmark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Caliphdet
3CaliphCaliphPROPNNumber=Sing5 recoverednsubj
4hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 recoveredaux
5recoveredrecoverVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 drewadvcl
6fromfromADP_8 surprisecase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 surprisenmod:poss
8surprisesurpriseNOUNNumber=Sing5 recoveredobl
9,,PUNCT_5 recoveredpunct
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 drewnsubj
11drewdrawVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12upupADP_11 drewcompound:prt
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 feetnmod:poss
14feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur11 drewobj
15intointoADP_18 positioncase
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 positiondet
17gracefulgracefulADJDegree=Pos18 positionamod
18positionpositionNOUNNumber=Sing11 drewobl
19,,PUNCT_20 bentpunct
20bentbendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 drewconj
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 necknmod:poss
22longlongADJDegree=Pos23 neckamod
23neckneckNOUNNumber=Sing20 bentobj
24,,PUNCT_26 saidpunct
25andandCCONJ_26 saidcc
26saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 drewconj
27::PUNCT_32 owlpunct
28‘'PUNCT_32 owlpunct
29OhohINTJ_32 owldiscourse
30,,PUNCT_29 Ohpunct
31screechscreechNOUNNumber=Sing32 owlcompound
32owlowlNOUNNumber=Sing26 saidccomp
33!!PUNCT_32 owlpunct
34fromfromADP_36 wordscase
35youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 wordsnmod:poss
36wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur32 owlnmod
37IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 lednsubj
38ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 ledaux:pass
39ledleadVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 wordsacl:relcl
40totoPART_41 believemark
41believebelieveVERBVerbForm=Inf39 ledxcomp
42thatthatSCONJ_44 seemark
43wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs44 seensubj
44seeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 believeadvcl
45ininADP_46 youcase
46youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs44 seeobl
47aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 companiondet
48companioncompanionNOUNNumber=Sing44 seeobj
49ininADP_50 misfortunecase
50misfortunemisfortuneNOUNNumber=Sing48 companionnmod
51..PUNCT_11 drewpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1recoverpast · perfectthe Caliphpiece's surprisevn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from surprise=Source
2draw uppastpiecepiece's feetinto a graceful position resultvn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent foot=Patient into position=Result
3bendpastpiece not said herepiece's long neckvn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent neck=Material
4say speech: assertpastpiece not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5leadpresent · passiveIvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
6believeto-infinitiveI not said herevn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
7seepresentwea companionmisfortunein youvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer companion=Stimulus
8surprisepiecenom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
9wordyournom word «communication 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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