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The Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, sentence 14

"You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not," she said as she hurried away, "but I prefer my plain food and simple life in the country with the peace and security that go with it."

Who acts: You, Mouse, security · What happens: have, not have, say, hurry away, prefer, go · To what, where: luxuries, plain food, country · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Mouse, security), 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

punctnsubjauxobjccconjobjnsubjacl:relcladvmodpunctpunctnsubjparataxismarknsubjccompadvmodpunctpunctccnsubjconjnmod:possamodobjccamodconjcasedetoblcasedetoblccconjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctpunctroot"PUNCTYouPRONmayAUXhaveVERBluxuriesNOUNandCCONJdaintiesNOUNthatPRONIPRONhaveVERBnotPART,PUNCT"PUNCTshePRONsaidVERBasSCONJshePRONhurriedVERBawayADV,PUNCT"PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONpreferVERBmyPRONplainADJfoodNOUNandCCONJsimpleADJlifeNOUNinADPtheDETcountryNOUNwithADPtheDETpeaceNOUNandCCONJsecurityNOUNthatPRONgoVERBwithADPitPRON.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_4 havepunct
2YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 havensubj
3maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin4 haveaux
4havehaveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5luxuriesluxuryNOUNNumber=Plur4 haveobj
6andandCCONJ_7 daintiescc
7daintiesdaintyNOUNNumber=Plur5 luxuriesconj
8thatthatPRONPronType=Rel10 haveobj
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 havensubj
10havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 luxuriesacl:relcl
11notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 haveadvmod
12,,PUNCT_15 saidpunct
13""PUNCT_15 saidpunct
14sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 saidnsubj
15saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 haveparataxis
16asasSCONJ_18 hurriedmark
17sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 hurriednsubj
18hurriedhurryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 saidccomp
19awayawayADV_18 hurriedadvmod
20,,PUNCT_4 havepunct
21""PUNCT_4 havepunct
22butbutCCONJ_24 prefercc
23IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 prefernsubj
24preferpreferVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 haveconj
25mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 foodnmod:poss
26plainplainADJDegree=Pos27 foodamod
27foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing24 preferobj
28andandCCONJ_30 lifecc
29simplesimpleADJDegree=Pos30 lifeamod
30lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing27 foodconj
31ininADP_33 countrycase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 countrydet
33countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing24 preferobl
34withwithADP_36 peacecase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 peacedet
36peacepeaceNOUNNumber=Sing24 preferobl
37andandCCONJ_38 securitycc
38securitysecurityNOUNNumber=Sing36 peaceconj
39thatthatPRONPronType=Rel40 gonsubj
40gogoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 securityacl:relcl
41withwithADP_42 itcase
42ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 goobl
43..PUNCT_4 havepunct
44""PUNCT_4 havepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1have in a quotemayYouluxuries and daintiestree rules
2not have in a quotepresentMouseluxuries and daintiesvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient
3say speech: assertpastMousevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4hurry awaypastMouseaway propertyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5prefer in a quotepresentMousemy plain food and simple lifethe countrywith the peace and securityvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus
6go in a quotepresentsecuritywith countryvn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary

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: «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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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