More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 5, sentence 106

I could buy a grand house and all, and live like the Queen herself, and not do a stroke of work all day, but just sit by the fire with a cup of tea; or maybe I'll give it to the priest to keep for me, and get a piece as I'm wanting; or maybe I'll just bury it in a hole at the garden-foot, and put a bit on the chimney, between the chiney teapot and the spoons--for ornament like.

Who acts: I · What happens: buy, live, not do, sit, give, keep · To what, where: grand house, Mercy, stroke, priest, piece, hole

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 buy	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 buy	aux
3	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 house	det
5	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 house	amod
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buy	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 all	cc
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 house	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 live	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 live	cc
11	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 buy	conj
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 Queen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 live	obl
15	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 live	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 do	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 do	cc
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 do	advmod
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 buy	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 stroke	det
21	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 do	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 work	case
23	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 stroke	nmod
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 day	det
25	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 do	obl:unmarked
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 sit	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	29 sit	cc
28	just	just	ADV	_	29 sit	advmod
29	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 buy	parataxis
30	by	by	ADP	_	32 fire	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 fire	det
32	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 sit	obl
33	with	with	ADP	_	35 cup	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 cup	det
35	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 sit	obl
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 tea	case
37	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 cup	nmod
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 give	punct
39	or	or	CCONJ	_	43 give	cc
40	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	43 give	advmod
41	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 give	nsubj
42	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 give	aux
43	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 sit	conj
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 give	obj
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 priest	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 priest	det
47	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 give	obl
48	to	to	PART	_	49 keep	mark
49	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 give	advcl
50	for	for	ADP	_	51 me	case
51	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	49 keep	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 get	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 get	cc
54	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	29 sit	conj
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 piece	det
56	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 get	obj
57	as	as	SCONJ	_	60 wanting	mark
58	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 wanting	nsubj
59	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 wanting	aux
60	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 get	advcl
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	67 bury	punct
62	or	or	CCONJ	_	67 bury	cc
63	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	67 bury	advmod
64	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 bury	nsubj
65	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 bury	aux
66	just	just	ADV	_	67 bury	advmod
67	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 buy	conj
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 bury	obj
69	in	in	ADP	_	71 hole	case
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 hole	det
71	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 bury	obl
72	at	at	ADP	_	76 foot	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 foot	det
74	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 foot	compound
75	-	-	PUNCT	_	74 garden	punct
76	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 hole	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 put	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 put	cc
79	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 buy	conj
80	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 bit	det
81	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 put	obj
82	on	on	ADP	_	84 chimney	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 chimney	det
84	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 put	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 teapot	punct
86	between	between	ADP	_	89 teapot	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 teapot	det
88	chiney	chiney	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 teapot	compound
89	teapot	teapot	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 put	parataxis
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 spoons	cc
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 spoons	det
92	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 teapot	conj
93	--	--	PUNCT	_	95 ornament	punct
94	for	for	ADP	_	95 ornament	case
95	ornament	ornament	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 teapot	conj
96	like	like	INTJ	_	95 ornament	discourse
97	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 buy	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	could	I	a grand house					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2	live	present	I not said here	Mercy				like the Queen	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not do	infinitive	I not said here	a stroke of work			day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Eventuality
4	sit	infinitive						by the fire; with a cup of tea	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
5	give	future	I	stroke	the priest			maybe property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to priest=Recipient
6	keep	to-infinitive	I not said here					for me	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	get	infinitive		a piece					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus
8	want	present · progressive	I						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
9	bury	future	I	stroke		a hole at the garden foot		maybe property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hole=Destination
10	put	infinitive	I not said here	a bit		the chimney			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme on chimney=Destination
11	stroke			work					nom stroke «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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/106/