More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 7, sentence 4

But the more she refused him the sweeter the pipe played, and the deeper the young man fell in love; till at last he begged her, as a proof of his sincerity, to come that night at twelve to the King's ball, just as she was, with the herdboy and his geese, and in her torn petticoat and bare feet, and he would dance with her before the King and the lords and ladies, and present her to them all, as his dear and honoured bride.

Who acts: wife, pipe, deeper, man · What happens: refuse, play, fall, beg, come, be · To what, where: King, love, wife, twelve, ladies, sincerity

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, pipe, deeper, 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 refused	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 more	det
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 refused	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 refused	nsubj
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 refused	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sweeter	det
8	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 refused	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pipe	det
10	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 played	nsubj
11	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sweeter	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fell	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fell	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 deeper	det
15	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 fell	nsubj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 man	det
17	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 man	amod
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deeper	nsubj
19	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 refused	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 love	case
21	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fell	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 begged	punct
23	till	till	ADP	_	25 last	case
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 last	case
25	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 begged	obl
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 begged	nsubj
27	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 fell	conj
28	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 begged	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 proof	punct
30	as	as	ADP	_	32 proof	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 proof	det
32	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 begged	conj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 sincerity	case
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 sincerity	nmod:poss
35	sincerity	sincerity	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 proof	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 come	punct
37	to	to	PART	_	38 come	mark
38	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 begged	conj
39	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	40 night	det
40	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 come	obl:unmarked
41	at	at	ADP	_	42 twelve	case
42	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 come	obl
43	to	to	ADP	_	47 ball	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 King	det
45	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 ball	nmod:poss
46	's	's	PART	_	45 King	case
47	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 twelve	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 herdboy	punct
49	just	just	ADV	_	56 herdboy	advmod
50	as	as	SCONJ	_	56 herdboy	mark
51	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 herdboy	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 herdboy	cop
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 herdboy	punct
54	with	with	ADP	_	56 herdboy	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 herdboy	det
56	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 come	parataxis
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 geese	cc
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 geese	nmod:poss
59	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 herdboy	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 petticoat	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 petticoat	cc
62	in	in	ADP	_	65 petticoat	case
63	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 petticoat	nmod:poss
64	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 petticoat	amod
65	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 herdboy	conj
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 feet	cc
67	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 feet	amod
68	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 petticoat	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 dance	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 dance	cc
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 dance	nsubj
72	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 dance	aux
73	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	parataxis
74	with	with	ADP	_	75 her	case
75	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 dance	obl
76	before	before	ADP	_	78 King	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 King	det
78	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 dance	obl
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 lords	cc
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 lords	det
81	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 King	conj
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 ladies	cc
83	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 lords	conj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 present	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 present	cc
86	present	present	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	73 dance	parataxis
87	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 present	obj
88	to	to	ADP	_	89 them	case
89	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 present	obl
90	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	89 them	nmod:unmarked
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 bride	punct
92	as	as	ADP	_	97 bride	case
93	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	97 bride	nmod:poss
94	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	97 bride	amod
95	and	and	CCONJ	_	96 honoured	cc
96	honoured	honoured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 dear	conj
97	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 present	conj
98	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 refused	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	wife	King				sweet property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	play	past	the pipe						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fall	past	the deeper			love			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location
4	beg speech: request	past	man		wife		till last		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
5	come	to-infinitive	man not said here			twelve to the King's ball	night		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at twelve=Location
6	is	past	wife					with the herdboy and King's geese and wife's torn petticoat and bare feet	tree rules
7	tear	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	dance	would	man				before the King and the lords and ladies	with wife	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before king=Location
9	present	infinitive		wife	ladies = lady				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to they=Recipient
10	proof			King's sincerity					nom proof «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: «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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