English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, sentence 45
Molly crept out and reached over the bed, and got hold of the giant's hand, and she pulled and she pulled until she got off the ring; but just as she got it off the giant got up, and gripped her by the hand, and he says: “Now I have catcht you, Molly Whuppie, and, if I had done as much ill to you as ye have done to me, what would ye do to me?”
Who acts: Molly, giant, king, ye · What happens: creep out, reach, get, pull, get off, get up · To what, where: bed, hold, ring, giant, Molly, catcht · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Molly Whuppie. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Molly, giant, king, ye), 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 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 crept | nsubj |
| 2 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 crept | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 reached | cc |
| 5 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 crept | conj |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 bed | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bed | det |
| 8 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reached | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 got | cc |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 crept | parataxis |
| 12 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 hand | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 giant | det |
| 15 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 hand | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 giant | case |
| 17 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hold | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 pulled | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 pulled | cc |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 pulled | nsubj |
| 21 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 got | parataxis |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 pulled | cc |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 pulled | nsubj |
| 24 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 pulled | conj |
| 25 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 27 got | mark |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 got | nsubj |
| 27 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 pulled | advcl |
| 28 | off | off | ADP | _ | 30 ring | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 ring | det |
| 30 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 got | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 got | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 got | cc |
| 33 | just | just | ADV | _ | 36 got | advmod |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 36 got | mark |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 got | nsubj |
| 36 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 crept | parataxis |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 got | obj |
| 38 | off | off | ADP | _ | 41 got | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 giant | det |
| 40 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 got | nsubj |
| 41 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 got | advcl |
| 42 | up | up | ADP | _ | 41 got | compound:prt |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 gripped | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 gripped | cc |
| 45 | gripped | grip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 crept | parataxis |
| 46 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 gripped | obj |
| 47 | by | by | ADP | _ | 49 hand | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 hand | det |
| 49 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 gripped | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 says | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 says | cc |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 says | nsubj |
| 53 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 crept | conj |
| 54 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 58 have | punct |
| 55 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 have | punct |
| 56 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 58 have | advmod |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 have | nsubj |
| 58 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 says | ccomp |
| 59 | catcht | catcht | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 have | obj |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 have | nsubj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 Whuppie | punct |
| 62 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 Whuppie | compound |
| 63 | Whuppie | Whuppie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 have | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 done | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 done | cc |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 and | punct |
| 67 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 70 done | mark |
| 68 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 done | nsubj |
| 69 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 done | aux |
| 70 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 says | conj |
| 71 | as | as | ADV | _ | 72 much | advmod |
| 72 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 ill | amod |
| 73 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 done | xcomp |
| 74 | to | to | ADP | _ | 75 you | case |
| 75 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 70 done | obl |
| 76 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 79 done | mark |
| 77 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 79 done | nsubj |
| 78 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 79 done | aux |
| 79 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 70 done | advcl |
| 80 | to | to | ADP | _ | 81 me | case |
| 81 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 79 done | obl |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 do | punct |
| 83 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 86 do | obj |
| 84 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 86 do | aux |
| 85 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 86 do | nsubj |
| 86 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 says | ccomp |
| 87 | to | to | ADP | _ | 88 me | case |
| 88 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 86 do | obl |
| 89 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 86 do | punct |
| 90 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 86 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | creep out | past | Molly | out property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reach | past | Molly not said here | the bed | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent over bed=Path | ||||
| 3 | get | past | hold of the giant's hand | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | pull | past | Molly | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | pull | past | Molly | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | get off | past | Molly | the ring | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | get | past | Molly | giant | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | get up | past | the giant | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 9 | grip | past | Molly | by the hand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer by hand=Theme | ||||
| 10 | say speech: ask | present | king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 11 | have in a quote | present | king | catcht | now | Molly Whuppie obl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catcht=Patient | ||
| 12 | do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past · perfect | king | you | ill property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 13 | do in a quote | present · perfect | ye | king | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 14 | do in a quote | would | ye | king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 15 | hold | the giant's hand | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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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