More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 19, sentence 105

There lived formerly in the County of Cumberland a nobleman who had three sons, two of whom were comely and clever youths, but the other a natural fool, named Jack, who was generally engaged with the sheep: he was dressed in a parti-coloured coat, and a steeple-crowned hat with a tassel, as became his condition.

Who acts: nobleman, Jack · What happens: live, have, be, name, engage, dress · To what, where: nobleman, County, three sons, other, Jack, coloured coat

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 (nobleman, Jack), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 lived	expl
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	2 lived	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 County	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 County	det
6	County	County	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Cumberland	case
8	Cumberland	Cumberland	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 County	nmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nobleman	det
10	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl:unmarked
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 nobleman	acl:relcl
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 sons	nummod
14	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 two	punct
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 sons	appos
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 whom	case
18	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 comely	nsubj
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 comely	cop
20	comely	comely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 two	acl:relcl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 youths	cc
22	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 youths	amod
23	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 comely	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 named	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 named	cc
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 other	det
27	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 named	nsubj:pass
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 fool	det
29	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 fool	amod
30	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 named	nsubj:pass
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 named	punct
32	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lived	parataxis
33	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 named	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 engaged	punct
35	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 engaged	nsubj:pass
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 engaged	aux:pass
37	generally	generally	ADV	_	38 engaged	advmod
38	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 Jack	acl:relcl
39	with	with	ADP	_	41 sheep	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 sheep	det
41	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 engaged	obl
42	:	:	PUNCT	_	45 dressed	punct
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 dressed	nsubj
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 dressed	aux:pass
45	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lived	parataxis
46	in	in	ADP	_	51 coat	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 coat	det
48	parti	parti	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 coloured	compound
49	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 parti	punct
50	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 coat	amod
51	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 dressed	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 hat	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 hat	cc
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 hat	det
55	steeple	steeple	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 crowned	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 steeple	punct
57	crowned	crown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 hat	amod
58	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 dressed	obl
59	with	with	ADP	_	61 tassel	case
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 tassel	det
61	tassel	tassel	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 hat	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 became	punct
63	as	as	SCONJ	_	64 became	mark
64	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 dressed	conj
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 condition	nmod:poss
66	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 became	xcomp
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lived	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	live	past		a nobleman	the County of Cumberland; there	formerly property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in county=Location
2	have	past	a nobleman	three sons			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
3	is	past				comely property	tree rules
4	name	participle · passive		the other			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme jack=Attribute
5	engage	past · passive		Jack		with the sheep; generally property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6	dress	past · passive		Jack	a coloured coat	a crowned hat with a tassel obl	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	crown	participle					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	become	past		Jack's condition			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
9	condition		Jack				nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent

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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