Celtic Fairy Tales, The Field of Boliauns, sentence 31

Tom was taken so by surprise with this that he was just on the very point of turning round when he recollected himself; so, afraid that the like might happen again, he made a grab at the Lepracaun, and caught him up in his hand; but in his hurry he overset the pitcher, and spilt all the beer, so that he could not get a taste of it to tell what sort it was.

Who acts: surprise, Tom, point · What happens: take, be, turn round, recollect, happen, make · To what, where: Tom, point, grab, Lepracaun, hand, pitcher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Field of Boliauns. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (surprise, Tom, point), 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 taken	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	3 taken	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 surprise	case
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 this	case
8	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 taken	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 point	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 point	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 point	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	16 point	advmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 point	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 point	det
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 point	advmod
16	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	advcl
17	of	of	SCONJ	_	18 turning	mark
18	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 point	acl
19	round	round	ADV	_	18 turning	advmod
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	22 recollected	advmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 recollected	nsubj
22	recollected	recollect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 turning	advcl
23	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	22 recollected	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 afraid	punct
25	so	so	ADV	_	27 afraid	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 afraid	punct
27	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 taken	conj
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 happen	mark
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 like	det
30	like	like	ADP	_	28 that	conj
31	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 happen	aux
32	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 afraid	ccomp
33	again	again	ADV	_	32 happen	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 made	punct
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 made	nsubj
36	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	parataxis
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 grab	det
38	grab	grab	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 made	obj
39	at	at	ADP	_	41 Lepracaun	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Lepracaun	det
41	Lepracaun	Lepracaun	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 made	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 caught	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 caught	cc
44	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 made	conj
45	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 caught	obj
46	up	up	ADP	_	44 caught	compound:prt
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 hand	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 hand	nmod:poss
49	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 caught	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 overset	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	56 overset	cc
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 hurry	case
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 hurry	nmod:poss
54	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 overset	obl
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 overset	nsubj
56	overset	overset	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	conj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 pitcher	det
58	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 overset	obj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 spilt	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 spilt	cc
61	spilt	spilt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 overset	parataxis
62	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	64 beer	det:predet
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 beer	det
64	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 spilt	obj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 get	punct
66	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	71 get	mark
67	that	that	SCONJ	_	66 so	fixed
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 get	nsubj
69	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 get	aux
70	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	71 get	advmod
71	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 spilt	conj
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	73 taste	det
73	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 get	obj
74	of	of	ADP	_	75 it	case
75	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 taste	nmod
76	to	to	PART	_	77 tell	mark
77	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 get	advcl
78	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	79 sort	det
79	sort	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	77 tell	ccomp
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 sort	obj
81	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 sort	cop
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taken	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	surprise	Tom			with this	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination
2	is	past	Tom		the point			tree rules
3	turn round	gerund	the point not said here				round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	recollect	past	Tom	Tom				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
5	happen	might	surprise not said here			again		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	make	past	Tom	a grab	the Lepracaun			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grab=Product
7	catch up	past	Tom not said here	Tom	Tom's hand			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	overset	past	Tom	the pitcher	Tom's hurry			tree rules
9	spilt	past		all beer				tree rules
10	not get	could	Tom	a taste of taste				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer taste=Stimulus
11	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	Tom not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	is	past					sort property	tree rules
13	hurry		Tom					nom hurry «state transitive»: poss=agent
14	taste			taste				nom taste «cognition 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: «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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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