English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-killer, sentence 73
When she entered the place of the Old One, she gave the handkerchief to old Lucifer, who laid it upon a shelf, whence Jack took it and brought it to his master, who showed it to the lady next day, and so saved his life.
Who acts: cap, old Lucifer, Jack, master · What happens: enter, give, lay, take, bring, show · To what, where: place, handkerchief, old Lucifer, shelf, master, lady
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 (cap, old Lucifer, Jack, master), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 entered | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 entered | nsubj |
| 3 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 gave | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 place | det |
| 5 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 entered | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 One | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 One | det |
| 8 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 One | amod |
| 9 | One | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 place | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 entered | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gave | nsubj |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 handkerchief | det |
| 14 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Lucifer | case |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Lucifer | amod |
| 17 | Lucifer | Lucifer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 laid | punct |
| 19 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 laid | nsubj |
| 20 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 Lucifer | acl:relcl |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 laid | obj |
| 22 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 24 shelf | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 shelf | det |
| 24 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 laid | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 took | punct |
| 26 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 took | advmod |
| 27 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 took | nsubj |
| 28 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 gave | conj |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 took | obj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 brought | cc |
| 31 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 took | conj |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 brought | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 master | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 master | nmod:poss |
| 35 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 brought | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 showed | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 showed | nsubj |
| 38 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 master | acl:relcl |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 showed | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 lady | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 lady | det |
| 42 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 showed | obl |
| 43 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 day | amod |
| 44 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 lady | nmod:unmarked |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 saved | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 saved | cc |
| 47 | so | so | ADV | _ | 48 saved | advmod |
| 48 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 took | conj |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 life | nmod:poss |
| 50 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 saved | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | cap | the place of the Old One | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Destination | ||||
| 2 | give | past | cap | the handkerchief | old Lucifer | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Theme to lucifer=Recipient | |||
| 3 | lay | past | old Lucifer | handkerchief | a shelf | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon shelf=Destination | |||
| 4 | take | past | Jack | handkerchief | whence property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 5 | bring | past | Jack not said here | handkerchief | Jack's master | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to master=Destination | |||
| 6 | show | past | Jack's master | handkerchief | the lady next day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to lady=Recipient | |||
| 7 | save | past | Jack not said here | Jack's life | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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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