English Fairy Tales, The History of Tom Thumb, sentence 55

The king sent for Tom in great haste, but being fully aware of the danger of royal anger, he crept into an empty snail-shell, where he lay for a long time until he was almost starved with hunger; but at last he ventured to peep out, and seeing a fine large butterfly on the ground, near the place of his concealment, he got close to it and jumping astride on it, was carried up into the air.

Who acts: king · What happens: send, be, creep, lie, starve, venture · To what, where: king, great haste, empty snail shell, last, fine large butterfly, ground

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The History of Tom Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 crept	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 king	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 Tom	case
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 haste	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 haste	amod
8	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 aware	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 aware	cc
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 aware	cop
12	fully	fully	ADV	_	13 aware	advmod
13	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 king	amod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 danger	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 danger	det
16	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 aware	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 anger	case
18	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 anger	amod
19	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 danger	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 king	punct
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 crept	nsubj
22	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	into	into	ADP	_	28 shell	case
24	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 shell	det
25	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 shell	amod
26	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 shell	compound
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 snail	punct
28	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 crept	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 lay	punct
30	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	32 lay	advmod
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 lay	nsubj
32	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 crept	advcl
33	for	for	ADP	_	36 time	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 time	det
35	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 time	amod
36	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 lay	obl
37	until	until	SCONJ	_	41 starved	mark
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 starved	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 starved	aux:pass
40	almost	almost	ADV	_	41 starved	advmod
41	starved	starve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 lay	advcl
42	with	with	ADP	_	43 hunger	case
43	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 starved	obl
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 ventured	punct
45	but	but	CCONJ	_	49 ventured	cc
46	at	at	ADP	_	47 last	case
47	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 ventured	obl
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 ventured	nsubj
49	ventured	venture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 crept	conj
50	to	to	PART	_	51 peep	mark
51	peep	peep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 ventured	xcomp
52	out	out	ADP	_	51 peep	compound:prt
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 seeing	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 seeing	cc
55	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 ventured	advcl
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 butterfly	det
57	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 butterfly	amod
58	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 butterfly	amod
59	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 seeing	obj
60	on	on	ADP	_	62 ground	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 ground	det
62	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 seeing	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 place	punct
64	near	near	ADP	_	66 place	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 place	det
66	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 seeing	obl
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 concealment	case
68	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 concealment	nmod:poss
69	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 place	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 got	punct
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 got	nsubj
72	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 crept	parataxis
73	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 got	xcomp
74	to	to	ADP	_	75 it	case
75	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 close	obl
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 jumping	cc
77	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	72 got	conj
78	astride	astride	ADV	_	77 jumping	advmod
79	on	on	ADP	_	80 it	case
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 jumping	obl
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 carried	punct
82	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 carried	aux:pass
83	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 crept	parataxis
84	up	up	ADP	_	83 carried	compound:prt
85	into	into	ADP	_	87 air	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 air	det
87	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 carried	obl
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 crept	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	participle		the king not said here	great haste		for Tom	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in haste=Destination
2	is	gerund					of the danger of royal anger; aware, fully property	tree rules
3	creep	past	the king		a empty snail shell			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into shell=Destination
4	lie	past	king			time		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	starve	past · passive		king			with hunger; almost property	tree rules
6	venture	past	king		last			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	peep out	to-infinitive	king not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	see	gerund	king not said here	a fine large butterfly	the ground		near the place of king's concealment	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer butterfly=Stimulus
9	get	past	king				close property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
10	jump	gerund	king not said here		concealment		astride property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory
11	carry up	past · passive			the air			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»
12	conceal		king					nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent

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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