English Fairy Tales, The Old Woman and Her Pig, sentence 36

As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher; the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile, and so the old woman got home that night.

Who acts: cat, rat, rope, butcher, ox, water · What happens: lap up, begin, kill, gnaw, hang, drink · To what, where: milk, rat, rope, butcher, ox, water

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Old Woman and Her Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cat, rat, rope, butcher), 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	As	as	ADV	_	2 soon	advmod
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 lapped	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 lapped	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lapped	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	aux
7	lapped	lap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 lapped	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 milk	det
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lapped	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 began	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cat	det
13	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 began	nsubj
14	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 milk	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 kill	mark
16	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 began	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rat	det
18	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kill	obj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 began	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 rat	det
21	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 began	nsubj
22	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 gnaw	mark
24	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 began	xcomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 rope	det
26	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gnaw	obj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 began	punct
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 rope	det
29	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 began	nsubj
30	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 hang	mark
32	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 began	xcomp
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 butcher	det
34	butcher	butcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 hang	obj
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 began	punct
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 butcher	det
37	butcher	butcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 began	nsubj
38	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
39	to	to	PART	_	40 kill	mark
40	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 began	xcomp
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 ox	det
42	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 kill	obj
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 began	punct
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 ox	det
45	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 began	nsubj
46	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 drink	mark
48	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 began	xcomp
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 water	det
50	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 drink	obj
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 began	punct
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 water	det
53	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 began	nsubj
54	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
55	to	to	PART	_	56 quench	mark
56	quench	quench	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 began	xcomp
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 fire	det
58	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 quench	obj
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 began	punct
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 fire	det
61	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 began	nsubj
62	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 burn	mark
64	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 began	xcomp
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 stick	det
66	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 burn	obj
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	70 began	punct
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 stick	det
69	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 began	nsubj
70	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
71	to	to	PART	_	72 beat	mark
72	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 began	xcomp
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 dog	det
74	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 beat	obj
75	;	;	PUNCT	_	78 began	punct
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 dog	det
77	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 began	nsubj
78	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	conj
79	to	to	PART	_	80 bite	mark
80	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 began	xcomp
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 pig	det
82	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 bite	obj
83	;	;	PUNCT	_	90 jumped	punct
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 pig	det
85	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 pig	amod
86	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 jumped	nsubj
87	in	in	ADP	_	89 fright	case
88	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 fright	det
89	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 pig	nmod
90	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lapped	parataxis
91	over	over	ADP	_	93 stile	case
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 stile	det
93	stile	stile	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 jumped	obl
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 got	punct
95	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 got	cc
96	so	so	ADV	_	100 got	advmod
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 woman	det
98	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 woman	amod
99	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 got	nsubj
100	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	90 jumped	conj
101	home	home	ADV	_	100 got	advmod
102	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	103 night	det
103	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 got	obl:unmarked
104	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lapped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lap up	past · perfect	the cat	the milk			soon property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient
2	begin	past	the cat	the milk not said here				tree rules
3	kill	to-infinitive	the cat not said here	the rat				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme
4	begin	past	the rat					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	gnaw	to-infinitive	the rat not said here	the rope				vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient
6	begin	past	the rope					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
7	hang	to-infinitive	the rope not said here	the butcher				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butcher=Patient
8	begin	past	the butcher					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	kill	to-infinitive	the butcher not said here	the ox				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Theme
10	begin	past	the ox					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
11	drink	to-infinitive	the ox not said here	the water				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
12	begin	past	the water					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
13	quench	to-infinitive	the water not said here	the fire				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fire=Experiencer
14	begin	past	the fire					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
15	burn	to-infinitive	the fire not said here	the stick				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stick=Theme
16	begin	past	the stick					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
17	beat	to-infinitive	the stick not said here	the dog				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dog=Theme
18	begin	past	the dog					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
19	bite	to-infinitive	the dog not said here	the pig				vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Patient
20	jump	past	the little pig in a fright		the stile			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over stile=Trajectory
21	get	past	the old woman			night	home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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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