The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 33
Then she sent for her chariot of green rushes, ornamented with May dewdrops, which she particularly valued and always collected with great care; and ordered her six short-tailed moles to carry them all back to the well-known pastures, which they did in a remarkably short time; and Sylvain and Jocosa were overjoyed to see their dearly-loved home once more after all their toilful wanderings.
Who acts: Fairy, Sylvain · What happens: send, ornament, value, collect, order, tail · To what, where: green rushes, May dewdrops, six tailed moles, Fairy, moles, known pastures
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 (Fairy, Sylvain), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 sent | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 chariot | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 chariot | nmod:poss |
| 6 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 rushes | case |
| 8 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rushes | amod |
| 9 | rushes | rush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 chariot | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ornamented | punct |
| 11 | ornamented | ornament | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 rushes | acl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 dewdrops | case |
| 13 | May | may | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 dewdrops | amod |
| 14 | dewdrops | dewdrop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 ornamented | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 valued | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 valued | obj |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 valued | nsubj |
| 18 | particularly | particularly | ADV | _ | 19 valued | advmod |
| 19 | valued | value | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 dewdrops | acl:relcl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 collected | cc |
| 21 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 22 collected | advmod |
| 22 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 valued | conj |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 care | case |
| 24 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 care | amod |
| 25 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 collected | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 ordered | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 ordered | cc |
| 28 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | conj |
| 29 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 ordered | obj |
| 30 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 moles | nummod |
| 31 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 tailed | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 short | punct |
| 33 | tailed | tail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 moles | amod |
| 34 | moles | mole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 ordered | obj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 carry | mark |
| 36 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 ordered | advcl |
| 37 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 carry | obj |
| 38 | all | all | ADV | _ | 39 back | advmod |
| 39 | back | back | ADV | _ | 36 carry | advmod |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 pastures | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 pastures | det |
| 42 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 44 known | advmod |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 well | punct |
| 44 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 pastures | amod |
| 45 | pastures | pasture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 carry | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 did | punct |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 did | obj |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 did | nsubj |
| 49 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 pastures | acl:relcl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 time | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 time | det |
| 52 | remarkably | remarkably | ADV | _ | 53 short | advmod |
| 53 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 time | amod |
| 54 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 did | obl |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 overjoyed | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 Sylvain | cc |
| 57 | Sylvain | Sylvain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 overjoyed | nsubj:pass |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 Jocosa | cc |
| 59 | Jocosa | Jocosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 Sylvain | conj |
| 60 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 overjoyed | aux:pass |
| 61 | overjoyed | overjoy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sent | conj |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 see | mark |
| 63 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 61 overjoyed | xcomp |
| 64 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 home | nmod:poss |
| 65 | dearly | dearly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 loved | compound |
| 66 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 65 dearly | punct |
| 67 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 68 home | amod |
| 68 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 see | obj |
| 69 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 70 more | advmod |
| 70 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 63 see | advmod |
| 71 | after | after | ADP | _ | 75 wanderings | case |
| 72 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 75 wanderings | det:predet |
| 73 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 75 wanderings | nmod:poss |
| 74 | toilful | toilful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 wanderings | amod |
| 75 | wanderings | wandering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 see | obl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | Fairy | then | for Fairy's chariot of green rushes | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | ornament | participle | green rushes not said here | with May dewdrops | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dewdrop=Theme | ||||
| 3 | value | past | Fairy | May dewdrops | particularly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | collect | participle | Fairy not said here | with great care; always property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with care=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | order | past | Fairy not said here | six tailed moles | Fairy | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary mole=Theme | |||
| 6 | tail | participle | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | carry | to-infinitive | Fairy not said here | moles = mole | the known pastures | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to pasture=Destination | |||
| 8 | know | participle | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 9 | do | past | Sylvain | the known pastures | time | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | |||
| 10 | overjoy | past · passive | Sylvain and Jocosa | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | see | to-infinitive | Sylvain's loved home | after Sylvain's toilful wanderings | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus | ||||
| 12 | love | participle | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 13 | wander | Sylvain | nom wandering «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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