More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 19, sentence 102

"Give me the money," said the courtier; and he began with the first, and gave him a whack over the shoulders that he groaned, and said, "There is one," and he served all of them that they groaned; but when he came to the last he gave him a good blow, saying, "Here is the twelfth man."

Who acts: courtier, one, men, saying · What happens: give, say, begin, groan, be, serve · To what, where: money, courtier, whack, shoulders, all, last · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (courtier, one, men, saying), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Give	punct
2	Give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 Give	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Give	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Give	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Give	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 courtier	det
10	courtier	courtier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 began	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 began	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 began	nsubj
14	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	parataxis
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 first	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 first	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 began	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 gave	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 gave	cc
20	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 gave	iobj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 whack	det
23	whack	whack	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 gave	obj
24	over	over	ADP	_	26 shoulders	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 shoulders	det
26	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 gave	obl
27	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 groaned	obj
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 groaned	nsubj
29	groaned	groan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 shoulders	acl:relcl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 said	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 said	cc
32	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 gave	parataxis
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 is	punct
34	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 is	punct
35	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	36 is	expl
36	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 said	ccomp
37	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 is	nsubj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 is	punct
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 is	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 served	cc
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 served	nsubj
42	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 said	conj
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	42 served	obj
44	of	of	ADP	_	45 them	case
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 all	nmod
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 groaned	mark
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 groaned	nsubj
48	groaned	groan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 served	advcl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 gave	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 gave	cc
51	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	53 came	advmod
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 came	nsubj
53	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 gave	advcl
54	to	to	ADP	_	56 last	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 last	det
56	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 came	obl
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 gave	nsubj
58	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	conj
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 gave	iobj
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 blow	det
61	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 blow	amod
62	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 gave	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 saying	punct
64	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	71 man	csubj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 Here	punct
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	67 Here	punct
67	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	64 saying	advmod
68	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 man	cop
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 man	det
70	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 man	amod
71	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 gave	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	71 man	punct
73	"	"	PUNCT	_	71 man	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	infinitive		the money	the courtier = courtier			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient money=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the courtier					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	begin	past	courtier				with the first	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with first=Subeventuality
4	give	past	the courtier not said here	a whack	courtier	the shoulders		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient whack=Theme
5	groan	past	courtier	the shoulders				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Theme
6	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	be in a quote	present	one			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	serve	past	courtier	all				vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Attribute
9	groan	past	men = man					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	come	past	courtier			the last		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to last=Initial_Location
11	give	past	courtier	a good blow	Sir			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blow=Theme
12	say speech: assert	gerund				here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
13	is a in a quote	present	saying	the twelfth man				tree rules

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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