English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, sentence 57
But Molly came out from the back of the door, and the giant saw her, and he after her; and he ran and she ran, till they came to the “Bridge of one hair,” and she got over but he couldn't; and he said, “Woe worth you, Molly Whuppie! never you come again.”
Who acts: Molly, giant, dog, man, you · What happens: come out, see, run, come, get over, say · To what, where: back, Molly, Bridge, Woe · 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, dog, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 came | cc |
| 2 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 back | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 back | det |
| 7 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 door | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 door | det |
| 10 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 back | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 saw | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 saw | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 14 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 saw | nsubj |
| 15 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | parataxis |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 saw | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 her | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 her | cc |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 her | nsubj |
| 20 | after | after | ADP | _ | 21 her | case |
| 21 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 saw | conj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 ran | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 ran | cc |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 ran | nsubj |
| 25 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | parataxis |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 ran | cc |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 ran | nsubj |
| 28 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 ran | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 came | punct |
| 30 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 32 came | mark |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 came | nsubj |
| 32 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 ran | conj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 Bridge | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Bridge | det |
| 35 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 Bridge | punct |
| 36 | Bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 came | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 hair | case |
| 38 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 hair | nummod |
| 39 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Bridge | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Bridge | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 Bridge | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 got | cc |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 got | nsubj |
| 44 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 came | conj |
| 45 | over | over | ADV | _ | 44 got | advmod |
| 46 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 could | cc |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 could | nsubj |
| 48 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 got | conj |
| 49 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 could | advmod |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 said | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 said | cc |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 said | nsubj |
| 53 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 Woe | punct |
| 55 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 Woe | punct |
| 56 | Woe | woe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 said | obj |
| 57 | worth | worth | ADP | _ | 58 you | case |
| 58 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 56 Woe | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 Molly | punct |
| 60 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Woe | appos |
| 61 | Whuppie | Whuppie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Molly | flat |
| 62 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 56 Woe | punct |
| 63 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 65 come | advmod |
| 64 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 65 come | nsubj |
| 65 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 said | advcl |
| 66 | again | again | ADV | _ | 65 come | advmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| 68 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | Molly | the back of the door | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | see | past | the giant | Molly | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | run | past | dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | run | past | Molly | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | come | past | man | the Bridge of one hair | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bridge=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | get over | past | Molly | over property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | say speech: express | past | dog | Woe | worth you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent woe=Topic | |||
| 8 | not come in a quote | present | you | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: 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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