The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 31

He was at his wits’ end to know how to earn an honest living, for try as he might ill-luck seemed to pursue him, and he lost one post after another, till at last all he could do was to carry sacks of corn to the mill for his wife, who scolded him well if he was slow about it, and grudged him his portion of food.

Who acts: Master, all, wife · What happens: be, earn, seem, pursue, lose, do · To what, where: end, honest living, Master, one post · Speech: someone speaks here

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, all, wife), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 know	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 know	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wits	nmod:poss
5	wits	wit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 end	nmod:poss
6	’	's	PART	_	5 wits	case
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 know	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 know	mark
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 earn	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 earn	mark
12	earn	earn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 know	ccomp
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 living	det
14	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 living	amod
15	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 earn	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 try	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 try	case
18	try	try	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 earn	parataxis
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 seemed	mark
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 seemed	nsubj
21	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 seemed	aux
22	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 luck	amod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 ill	punct
24	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 seemed	nsubj
25	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 earn	advcl
26	to	to	PART	_	27 pursue	mark
27	pursue	pursue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 seemed	xcomp
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 pursue	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 lost	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 lost	cc
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 lost	nsubj
32	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 know	parataxis
33	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	34 post	nummod
34	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 lost	obj
35	after	after	ADP	_	36 another	case
36	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	32 lost	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 last	punct
38	till	till	ADP	_	40 last	case
39	at	at	ADP	_	40 last	case
40	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 lost	conj
41	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 carry	nsubj:outer
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 do	nsubj
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 do	aux
44	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 all	acl:relcl
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 carry	cop
46	to	to	PART	_	47 carry	mark
47	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 last	ccomp
48	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 carry	obj
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 corn	case
50	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sacks	nmod
51	to	to	ADP	_	53 mill	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 mill	det
53	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 carry	obl
54	for	for	ADP	_	56 wife	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 wife	nmod:poss
56	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 carry	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 scolded	punct
58	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 scolded	nsubj
59	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 wife	acl:relcl
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 scolded	obj
61	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	65 slow	advmod
62	if	if	SCONJ	_	65 slow	mark
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 slow	nsubj
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 slow	cop
65	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 scolded	advcl
66	about	about	ADP	_	67 it	case
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 slow	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 grudged	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 grudged	cc
70	grudged	grudge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 know	conj
71	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 grudged	obj
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 portion	nmod:poss
73	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 grudged	obj
74	of	of	ADP	_	75 food	case
75	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 portion	nmod
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 know	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Master		at Master's wits's end	know property	tree rules
2	earn	to-infinitive		a honest living			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent living=Theme
3	seem	might	Master				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
4	pursue	to-infinitive	Master not said here	Master			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	lose	past	Master	one post	after another		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Eventuality
6	do	could	Master				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	all			to the mill; for Master's wife; carry property	tree rules
8	scold	past	Master's wife	Master			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
9	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Master		about end	slow, well property	tree rules
10	grudge	past	Master not said here	Master			tree rules

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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