More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 19, sentence 85
So when the letters were written and the money put in a purse, they tied it round the hare's neck, saying, "First you go to Lancaster, then thou must go to Loughborough, and Newarke is our landlord, and commend us to him and there is his dues."
Who acts: letter, you, thou, Newarke, dues · What happens: write, put, tie, say, go, be · To what, where: letters, money, purse, Lancaster, Loughborough, landlord · 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 (letter, you, thou, Newarke), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 written | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 written | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 letters | det |
| 4 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 written | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 written | aux:pass |
| 6 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 put | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 money | det |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 written | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 purse | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 purse | det |
| 13 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 tied | punct |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 tied | nsubj |
| 16 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 written | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 tied | obj |
| 18 | round | round | ADP | _ | 22 neck | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 hare | det |
| 20 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 neck | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 hare | case |
| 22 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tied | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 saying | punct |
| 24 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 tied | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 go | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 go | punct |
| 27 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 29 go | advmod |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 go | nsubj |
| 29 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 saying | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 Lancaster | case |
| 31 | Lancaster | Lancaster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 go | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 go | punct |
| 33 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 go | advmod |
| 34 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 36 go | nsubj |
| 35 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 go | aux |
| 36 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 go | conj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 Loughborough | case |
| 38 | Loughborough | Loughborough | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 go | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 landlord | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 landlord | cc |
| 41 | Newarke | Newarke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 landlord | nsubj |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 landlord | cop |
| 43 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 landlord | nmod:poss |
| 44 | landlord | landlord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tied | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 commend | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 commend | cc |
| 47 | commend | commend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 written | parataxis |
| 48 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 commend | obj |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 him | case |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 commend | obl |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 is | cc |
| 52 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 53 is | expl |
| 53 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 commend | conj |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 dues | nmod:poss |
| 55 | dues | due | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 is | nsubj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 written | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 written | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · passive | the letters | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | put | participle · passive | the money | a purse | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in purse=Destination | ||||
| 3 | tie | past | letter | money | round the hare's neck | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | gerund | letter not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | go in a quote | present | you | Lancaster | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lancaster=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | go in a quote | must | thou | Loughborough | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to loughborough=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | is a in a quote | present | Newarke | our landlord | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | commend in a quote | infinitive | us | hare | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | ||||
| 9 | does in a quote | present | hare's dues | there | vn exist-47.1 «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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