More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 5, sentence 54

Tom's fame was thus spread abroad till at length a brewer at Lynn, wanting a good lusty man to carry his beer to Wisbeach went to hire Tom, and promised him a new suit of clothes from top to toe, and that he should eat and drink of the best, so Tom yielded to be his man and his master told him what way he should go, for you must understand there was a monstrous giant who kept part of the marsh-land, so that none durst go that way.

Who acts: good lusty man, Wisbeach, Tom, man, you, monstrous giant · What happens: spread, want, carry, go, hire, promise · To what, where: fame, good lusty man, beer, Tom, new suit, top · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (good lusty man, Wisbeach, Tom, man), 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 fame	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Tom	case
3	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 spread	aux:pass
5	thus	thus	ADV	_	6 spread	advmod
6	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	6 spread	advmod
8	till	till	ADP	_	10 length	case
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 length	case
10	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	obl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 brewer	det
12	brewer	brewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 length	appos
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 Lynn	case
14	Lynn	Lynn	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 brewer	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wanting	punct
16	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 spread	advcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 man	det
18	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 man	amod
19	lusty	lusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 man	amod
20	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wanting	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 carry	mark
22	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 wanting	xcomp
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 beer	nmod:poss
24	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 carry	obj
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 went	case
26	Wisbeach	Wisbeach	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 went	nsubj
27	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 carry	advcl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 hire	mark
29	hire	hire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 went	xcomp
30	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 hire	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 promised	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 promised	cc
33	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 spread	parataxis
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 promised	iobj
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 suit	det
36	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 suit	amod
37	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 promised	obj
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 clothes	case
39	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	37 suit	nmod
40	from	from	ADP	_	41 top	case
41	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 promised	obl
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 toe	case
43	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 top	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 eat	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 eat	cc
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 eat	mark
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 eat	nsubj
48	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 eat	aux
49	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 promised	parataxis
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 drink	cc
51	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 eat	conj
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 best	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 best	det
54	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	51 drink	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 yielded	punct
56	so	so	ADV	_	58 yielded	advmod
57	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 yielded	nsubj
58	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 promised	conj
59	to	to	PART	_	62 man	mark
60	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	62 man	cop
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 man	nmod:poss
62	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 told	nsubj
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 master	cc
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 master	nmod:poss
65	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 man	conj
66	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 yielded	advcl
67	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 told	iobj
68	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	72 go	nsubj
69	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 go	obl:unmarked
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 go	nsubj
71	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 go	aux
72	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 told	ccomp
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 understand	punct
74	for	for	SCONJ	_	77 understand	mark
75	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	77 understand	nsubj
76	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 understand	aux
77	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 go	parataxis
78	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	79 was	expl
79	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 understand	ccomp
80	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	82 giant	det
81	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 giant	amod
82	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 was	nsubj
83	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	84 kept	nsubj
84	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 giant	acl:relcl
85	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 kept	obj
86	of	of	ADP	_	90 land	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 land	det
88	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 land	compound
89	-	-	PUNCT	_	88 marsh	punct
90	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 part	nmod
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 go	punct
92	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	96 go	mark
93	that	that	SCONJ	_	92 so	fixed
94	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	95 durst	compound
95	durst	durst	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 go	nsubj
96	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 understand	conj
97	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	98 way	det
98	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 go	obl:unmarked
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 spread	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past · passive		Tom's fame			till length	abroad, thus property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	want	gerund		a good lusty man					tree rules
3	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	a good lusty man not said here	Tom's beer					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme
4	go	past	Wisbeach						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	hire	to-infinitive	Wisbeach not said here	Tom					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Theme
6	promise speech: promise	past		a new suit of clothes	Tom	top to toe			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal suit=Theme
7	eat	should	Tom						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	drink	infinitive	Tom not said here					of the best	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of good=Source
9	yield	past	Tom						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	is a	to-infinitive		Tom's man and Tom's master					tree rules
11	tell speech: assert	past	Tom's man and Tom's master		Tom				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
12	go	should		way					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	understand	must	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
14	be	past	a monstrous giant			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	keep	past	a monstrous giant	part of the marsh land					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
16	go	infinitive	none durst	that way					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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: «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.

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