English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-killer, sentence 131
This being done, the head of Galligantua was likewise, in the usual manner, conveyed to the Court of King Arthur, where, the very next day, Jack followed, with the knights and ladies who had been delivered.
Who acts: head, Jack · What happens: do, be, convey, follow, deliver · To what, where: This, usual manner, Court, knights, ladies
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Jack the Giant-killer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head, 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 done | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 done | aux:pass |
| 3 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 likewise | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 head | det |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 likewise | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Galligantua | case |
| 8 | Galligantua | Galligantua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 head | nmod |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 likewise | cop |
| 10 | likewise | likewise | ADV | _ | 3 done | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 manner | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 manner | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 manner | det |
| 14 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 manner | amod |
| 15 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 done | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 conveyed | punct |
| 17 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 done | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 Court | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Court | det |
| 20 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 conveyed | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Arthur | case |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Arthur | compound |
| 23 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Court | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 where | punct |
| 25 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 23 Arthur | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 where | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 day | det |
| 28 | very | very | ADV | _ | 29 next | advmod |
| 29 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 day | amod |
| 30 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 where | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 followed | punct |
| 32 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 followed | nsubj |
| 33 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 done | parataxis |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 knights | punct |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 knights | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 knights | det |
| 37 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 followed | obj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 ladies | cc |
| 39 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 knights | conj |
| 40 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 delivered | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 delivered | aux |
| 42 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 delivered | aux:pass |
| 43 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 ladies | acl:relcl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 done | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | gerund · passive | This | the usual manner | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the head of Galligantua | likewise property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | convey | participle | the Court of King Arthur | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to court=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | follow | past | Jack | the knights and ladies | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | ||||
| 5 | deliver | past · perfect · passive | ladies | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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