The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 21
Therefore, when Master Peter came along, and let himself be taken in by her boasted skill as a housewife, she jumped at his offer, and they were married the next day.
Who acts: Master Peter, boasted skill, Ilse, Peter · What happens: come along, let, take in, boast, jump, marry · To what, where: Peter, offer, folks
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master Peter, boasted skill, Ilse, Peter), 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 | Therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 came | mark |
| 4 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Peter | compound |
| 5 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | along | along | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 let | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 let | cc |
| 10 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 taken | nsubj |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 taken | aux:pass |
| 13 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 let | xcomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 taken | compound:prt |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 skill | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 skill | nmod:poss |
| 17 | boasted | boast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 skill | amod |
| 18 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taken | obl |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 housewife | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 housewife | det |
| 21 | housewife | housewife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taken | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 jumped | punct |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 jumped | nsubj |
| 24 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | parataxis |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 offer | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 offer | nmod:poss |
| 27 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 jumped | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 married | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 married | cc |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 married | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 married | aux:pass |
| 32 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 jumped | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 day | det |
| 34 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 day | amod |
| 35 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 married | obl:unmarked |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come along | past | Master Peter | along, therefore property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | Master Peter not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | take in | infinitive · passive | Ilse's boasted skill | Peter | as a housewife | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as housewife=Attribute | |||
| 4 | boast speech: other | participle | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | jump | past | Ilse | Peter's offer | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at offer=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | marry | past · passive | folks = folk | day | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 7 | offer | Peter | nom offer «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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