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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 10

Before she had done staring, this hasty wooer had smoothed his way by covering the shining table with gold pieces as a wedding gift to the bride’s mother, and had filled Lucia’s apron into the bargain; after which the dame made no difficulties, and the matter was speedily settled.

Who acts: daughter, dame · What happens: do, stare, smooth, cover, shine, fill · To what, where: hasty wooer, shining table, apron, bargain, difficulties, matter

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, dame), 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

marknsubjauxadvclxcomppunctdetamodnsubj:passauxnmod:possobjmarkadvcldetamodobjcasecompoundoblcasedetcompoundoblcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctccauxconjnmod:posscaseobjcasedetoblpunctcaseobldetnsubjparataxisdetobjpunctccdetnsubj:passaux:passadvmodconjpunctrootBeforeSCONJshePRONhadAUXdoneVERBstaringVERB,PUNCTthisDEThastyADJwooerNOUNhadAUXsmoothedVERBhisPRONwayNOUNbySCONJcoveringVERBtheDETshiningVERBtableNOUNwithADPgoldNOUNpiecesNOUNasADPaDETweddingNOUNgiftNOUNtoADPtheDETbrideNOUN’sPARTmotherNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhadAUXfilledVERBLuciaPROPN’sPARTapronNOUNintoADPtheDETbargainNOUN;PUNCTafterADPwhichPRONtheDETdameNOUNmadeVERBnoDETdifficultiesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETmatterNOUNwasAUXspeedilyADVsettledVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeforebeforeSCONJ_4 donemark
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 donensubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 doneaux
4donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 smoothedadvcl
5staringstareVERBVerbForm=Ger4 donexcomp
6,,PUNCT_4 donepunct
7thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 wooerdet
8hastyhastyADJDegree=Pos9 wooeramod
9wooerwooerNOUNNumber=Sing11 smoothednsubj:pass
10hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 smoothedaux
11smoothedsmoothVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 waynmod:poss
13waywayNOUNNumber=Sing11 smoothedobj
14bybySCONJ_15 coveringmark
15coveringcoverVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 smoothedadvcl
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 tabledet
17shiningshineVERBVerbForm=Ger18 tableamod
18tabletableNOUNNumber=Sing15 coveringobj
19withwithADP_21 piecescase
20goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing21 piecescompound
21piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur15 coveringobl
22asasADP_25 giftcase
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 giftdet
24weddingweddingNOUNNumber=Sing25 giftcompound
25giftgiftNOUNNumber=Sing15 coveringobl
26totoADP_30 mothercase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 bridedet
28bridebrideNOUNNumber=Sing30 mothernmod:poss
29’s'sPART_28 bridecase
30mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing25 giftnmod
31,,PUNCT_34 filledpunct
32andandCCONJ_34 filledcc
33hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 filledaux
34filledfillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 smoothedconj
35LuciaLuciaPROPNNumber=Sing37 apronnmod:poss
36’s'sPART_35 Luciacase
37apronapronNOUNNumber=Sing34 filledobj
38intointoADP_40 bargaincase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 bargaindet
40bargainbargainNOUNNumber=Sing34 filledobl
41;;PUNCT_46 madepunct
42afterafterADP_43 whichcase
43whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel46 madeobl
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 damedet
45damedameNOUNNumber=Sing46 madensubj
46mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 smoothedparataxis
47nonoDETPronType=Neg48 difficultiesdet
48difficultiesdifficultyNOUNNumber=Plur46 madeobj
49,,PUNCT_55 settledpunct
50andandCCONJ_55 settledcc
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 matterdet
52mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing55 settlednsubj:pass
53wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin55 settledaux:pass
54speedilyspeedilyADV_55 settledadvmod
55settledsettleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 madeconj
56..PUNCT_11 smoothedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopast · perfectdaughtertree rules
2staregerunddaughter not said herevn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3smoothpast · perfect · passivethis hasty wooertree rules
4covergerundthe shining tablewith gold pieces; as a wedding gift to the bride's mothervn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent table=Destination with piece=Theme
5shinegerundvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6fillpast · perfectLucia's apronthe bargainvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent apron=Patient
7makepastthe dameno difficultiesvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset difficulty=Product
8settlepast · passivethe matterspeedily propertyvn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location

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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