The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11, sentence 42
At last, when he had almost made up his mind that he must accept the next place offered him, he happened to knock at the door of a rich merchant who was in need of a scullion, and gladly agreed to do the cook’s bidding, and it was in this merchant’s house that he first learned how great were the riches of the land of Kungla.
Who acts: Tiidu, next place, rich merchant, place, house, cook · What happens: make up, accept, offer, happen, knock, be · To what, where: mind, last, Tiidu, need, bidding, house
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tiidu, next place, rich merchant, place), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 accept | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 last | punct |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 made | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 made | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 made | aux |
| 7 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 8 made | advmod |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 accept | advcl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 made | compound:prt |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mind | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | obj |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 accept | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 accept | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 accept | aux |
| 15 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 place | det |
| 17 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 place | amod |
| 18 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 offered | nsubj |
| 19 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 accept | ccomp |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 offered | iobj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 happened | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 happened | nsubj |
| 23 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 offered | conj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 knock | mark |
| 25 | knock | knock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 happened | xcomp |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 door | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 door | det |
| 28 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 knock | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 merchant | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 merchant | det |
| 31 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 merchant | amod |
| 32 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 door | nmod |
| 33 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 need | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 need | cop |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 need | case |
| 36 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 merchant | conj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 scullion | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 scullion | det |
| 39 | scullion | scullion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 need | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 agreed | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 agreed | cc |
| 42 | gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 43 agreed | advmod |
| 43 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 offered | advcl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 do | mark |
| 45 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 agreed | xcomp |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 cook | det |
| 47 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 bidding | nmod:poss |
| 48 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 47 cook | case |
| 49 | bidding | bidding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 do | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 house | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 house | cc |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 house | nsubj |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 house | cop |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 house | case |
| 55 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 merchant | det |
| 56 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 house | nmod:poss |
| 57 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 56 merchant | case |
| 58 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 riches | nsubj |
| 59 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 62 learned | mark |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 learned | nsubj |
| 61 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 62 learned | advmod |
| 62 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 house | advcl |
| 63 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 64 great | advmod |
| 64 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 learned | xcomp |
| 65 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 riches | cop |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 riches | det |
| 67 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 accept | ccomp |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 land | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 land | det |
| 70 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 riches | nmod |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 Kungla | case |
| 72 | Kungla | Kungla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 land | nmod |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 accept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past · perfect | Tiidu | Tiidu's mind | almost property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | |||
| 2 | accept | must | Tiidu | last | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | offer | past | the next place | Tiidu | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | happen | past | Tiidu | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | knock | to-infinitive | Tiidu not said here | at the door of a rich merchant and need | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | ||||
| 6 | is | past | a rich merchant and need | need | of a scullion | tree rules | |||
| 7 | agree speech: agree | participle | the next place not said here | gladly property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | the next place not said here | the cook's bidding | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | is | past | place | this merchant's house | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | learn | past | Tiidu | first, great property | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | is a | past | this merchant's house | the riches | of the land of Kungla | tree rules | |||
| 12 | mind | Tiidu | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | bid | the cook | nom bidding «communication 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: «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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