The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 25

Twenty times did Sylvain throw himself into the turbulent waters, hoping to be able to swim to the other side, but each time an irresistible force drove him back upon the bank he had just quitted, while, as for Jocosa, she even essayed to cross the flood upon a tree which came floating down torn up by the roots, but her efforts were equally useless.

Who acts: Sylvain, irresistible force, force, Fairy, tree, efforts · What happens: do, throw, hope, be, swim, drive back · To what, where: Jocosa, turbulent waters, other side, flood

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Sylvain and Jocosa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sylvain, irresistible force, force, Fairy), 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	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 times	nummod
2	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	obl:unmarked
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Sylvain	Sylvain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 throw	nsubj
5	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	ccomp
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 throw	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 waters	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 waters	det
9	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 waters	amod
10	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 throw	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hoping	punct
12	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 throw	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	15 able	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 able	cop
15	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hoping	xcomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 swim	mark
17	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 able	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 side	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 side	det
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 side	amod
21	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 swim	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 drove	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	29 drove	cc
24	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	25 time	det
25	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 drove	obl:unmarked
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 force	det
27	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 force	amod
28	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 drove	nsubj
29	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 drove	obj
31	back	back	ADV	_	29 drove	advmod
32	upon	upon	ADP	_	34 bank	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 bank	det
34	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 quitted	obl
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 quitted	nsubj
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 quitted	aux
37	just	just	ADV	_	38 quitted	advmod
38	quitted	quitt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 drove	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 while	punct
40	while	while	ADV	_	38 quitted	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Jocosa	punct
42	as	as	ADP	_	44 Jocosa	case
43	for	for	ADP	_	44 Jocosa	case
44	Jocosa	Jocosa	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 quitted	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 essayed	punct
46	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 essayed	nsubj
47	even	even	ADV	_	48 essayed	advmod
48	essayed	essay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
49	to	to	PART	_	50 cross	mark
50	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 essayed	xcomp
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 flood	det
52	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 cross	obj
53	upon	upon	ADP	_	55 tree	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 tree	det
55	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 cross	obl
56	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 came	nsubj
57	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 tree	acl:relcl
58	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	57 came	xcomp
59	down	down	ADV	_	60 torn	advmod
60	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 floating	xcomp
61	up	up	ADP	_	60 torn	compound:prt
62	by	by	ADP	_	64 roots	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 roots	det
64	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 torn	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 useless	punct
66	but	but	CCONJ	_	71 useless	cc
67	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 efforts	nmod:poss
68	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 useless	nsubj
69	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 useless	cop
70	equally	equally	ADV	_	71 useless	advmod
71	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 essayed	conj
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				time		tree rules
2	throw	infinitive	Sylvain	Jocosa			into the turbulent waters result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer himself=Theme into water=Result
3	hope	gerund	Sylvain not said here					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	Sylvain not said here				able property	tree rules
5	swim	to-infinitive	Sylvain not said here		the other side			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to side=Destination
6	drive back	past	a irresistible force	Jocosa		time		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7	quitt	past · perfect	force				upon the bank; as Jocosa; while property	tree rules
8	essay	past	Fairy					tree rules
9	cross	to-infinitive	Fairy not said here	the flood			upon a tree	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flood=Patient
10	come	past	a tree					tree rules
11	float	gerund	a tree not said here					tree rules
12	tear up	participle	a tree not said here				by the roots; down property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by root=Trajectory
13	is	past	Fairy's efforts				equally, useless property	tree rules

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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