English Fairy Tales, Jack and His Golden Snuff-box, sentence 70

At last he found the place; and there was one of the frogs on sentry, and gun upon his shoulder, and did try to hinder Jack from going in; but when Jack said to him that he wanted to see the King, he allowed him to pass; and Jack made up to the door.

Who acts: Jack · What happens: find, be, try, hinder, go in, say · To what, where: place, last, one, Jack, King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Jack and His Golden Snuff-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 last	case
2	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 was	cc
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 was	expl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 found	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 frogs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 frogs	det
14	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 one	nmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 sentry	case
16	sentry	sentry	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 frogs	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gun	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 gun	cc
19	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obl
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	22 shoulder	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 shoulder	nmod:poss
22	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gun	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 try	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 try	cc
25	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 try	aux
26	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 found	conj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 hinder	mark
28	hinder	hinder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 try	xcomp
29	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 hinder	obj
30	from	from	SCONJ	_	31 going	mark
31	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 hinder	advcl
32	in	in	ADV	_	31 going	advmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 said	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	37 said	cc
35	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	37 said	advmod
36	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 said	nsubj
37	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	parataxis
38	to	to	ADP	_	39 him	case
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 said	obl
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 wanted	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 wanted	nsubj
42	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 said	ccomp
43	to	to	PART	_	44 see	mark
44	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 wanted	xcomp
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 King	det
46	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 see	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 allowed	punct
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 allowed	nsubj
49	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 wanted	conj
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 allowed	iobj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 pass	mark
52	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 allowed	xcomp
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 made	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 made	cc
55	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 made	nsubj
56	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
57	up	up	ADP	_	56 made	compound:prt
58	to	to	ADP	_	60 door	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 door	det
60	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 made	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	past	Jack	the place		last	gun upon Jack's shoulder obl	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent place=Theme at last=Asset
2	is a	past		one			of the frogs on sentry	tree rules
3	try	past · do-support	Jack not said here					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	hinder not said to happen	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	Jack				vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer jack=Eventuality
5	go in	gerund	Jack not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	say speech: assert	past	Jack		King			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic
7	want	past	Jack					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	the King				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus
9	allow	past	Jack		King			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
10	pass not said to happen	to-infinitive	Jack not said here					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	make up	past	Jack				to the door	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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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