More English Fairy Tales, LXXXIII. Catskin, sentence 5

Of these eighty-six, five exist in the British Isles, two chap-books given in Halliwell and in Dixon's _Songs of English Peasantry_, two by Campbell, Nos. xiv. and xiv_a_, "The King who Wished to Marry his Daughter," and one by Kennedy's _Fireside Stories_, "The Princess in the Catskins."

Who acts: eighty six, King · What happens: exist, give, wish, marry · To what, where: British Isles, two chap books, Halliwell, Daughter

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXXIII. Catskin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eighty six, King), 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	Of	of	ADP	_	5 six	case
2	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 six	nsubj
3	eighty	eighty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 six	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 eighty	punct
5	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 exist	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 five	punct
7	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 six	conj
8	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 Isles	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Isles	det
11	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Isles	amod
12	Isles	Isle	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 exist	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 books	punct
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 books	nummod
15	chap	chap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 books	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 chap	punct
17	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 Isles	appos
18	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 books	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 Halliwell	case
20	Halliwell	Halliwell	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 given	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 Dixon	cc
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 Dixon	case
23	Dixon	Dixon	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Halliwell	conj
24	's	's	PART	_	23 Dixon	case
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	26 Songs	punct
26	Songs	Song	PROPN	Number=Plur	20 Halliwell	appos
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 English	case
28	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Songs	nmod
29	Peasantry	Peasantry	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 English	flat
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	26 Songs	punct
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 two	punct
32	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 Halliwell	list
33	by	by	ADP	_	34 Campbell	case
34	Campbell	Campbell	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 given	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Nos	punct
36	Nos	Nos	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 Campbell	conj
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	38 xiv	punct
38	xiv	xiv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exist	parataxis
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	38 xiv	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 xiv	cc
41	xiv	xiv	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 xiv	conj
42	_	_	PUNCT	_	44 _	punct
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 _	det
44	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exist	parataxis
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Wished	punct
46	"	"	PUNCT	_	50 Wished	punct
47	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 King	det
48	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 Wished	nsubj
49	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 Wished	nsubj
50	Wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 _	acl:relcl
51	to	to	PART	_	52 Marry	mark
52	Marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 Wished	xcomp
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 Daughter	nmod:poss
54	Daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 Marry	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Wished	punct
56	"	"	PUNCT	_	44 _	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 Princess	cc
58	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	69 Princess	nsubj
59	by	by	ADP	_	64 Stories	case
60	Kennedy	Kennedy	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 Stories	nmod:poss
61	's	's	PART	_	60 Kennedy	case
62	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 Stories	compound
63	Fireside	Fireside	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 Stories	compound
64	Stories	Story	PROPN	Number=Plur	58 one	nmod
65	_	_	PUNCT	_	64 Stories	punct
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 Princess	punct
67	"	"	PUNCT	_	69 Princess	punct
68	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 Princess	det
69	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 _	conj
70	in	in	ADP	_	72 Catskins	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 Catskins	det
72	Catskins	catskin	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 Princess	nmod
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 exist	punct
74	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 exist	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	exist	present	eighty six		the British Isles		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in isle=Location
2	give	participle		two chap books not said here	Halliwell and Dixon	by Campbell and Nos	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	wish in a quote	past	the King				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	marry not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	the King not said here	_'s Daughter			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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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