The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 84
Thereupon he showed him the treasure hidden under the nails, and unfolded to him his plan, which was that Friedlin should play the part of the rich son-in-law, and keep a still tongue, that they might enjoy their wealth together in peace.
Who acts: man, Friedlin, nails · What happens: show, hide, unfold, be, keep, enjoy · To what, where: treasure, master, nails, plan, man, tongue
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 (man, Friedlin, nails), 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 | Thereupon | thereupon | ADV | _ | 3 showed | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 showed | iobj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 treasure | det |
| 6 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obj |
| 7 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 treasure | acl |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 nails | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 nails | det |
| 10 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hidden | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 unfolded | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 unfolded | cc |
| 13 | unfolded | unfold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 showed | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 unfolded | obl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 plan | nmod:poss |
| 17 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 unfolded | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 play | punct |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 play | obj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 play | cop |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 play | mark |
| 22 | Friedlin | Friedlin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 play | nsubj |
| 23 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 play | aux |
| 24 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 plan | acl:relcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 part | det |
| 26 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 play | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 son | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 son | det |
| 29 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 son | amod |
| 30 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 part | nmod |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 law | punct |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 law | case |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 in | punct |
| 34 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 son | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 keep | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 keep | cc |
| 37 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 showed | conj |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 tongue | det |
| 39 | still | still | ADV | _ | 40 tongue | advmod |
| 40 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 keep | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 enjoy | punct |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 enjoy | mark |
| 43 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 enjoy | nsubj |
| 44 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 enjoy | aux |
| 45 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 keep | conj |
| 46 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 wealth | nmod:poss |
| 47 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 enjoy | obj |
| 48 | together | together | ADV | _ | 45 enjoy | advmod |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 peace | case |
| 50 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 enjoy | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | man | the treasure | master | thereupon property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient treasure=Topic | ||
| 2 | hide | participle | the treasure not said here | the nails | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under nail=Location | ||||
| 3 | unfold | participle | man not said here | man's plan | man | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent plan=Patient to he=Result | |||
| 4 | is | should · past | Friedlin | play property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | keep | infinitive | man not said here | a tongue | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | ||||
| 6 | enjoy | might | nails = nail | nails's wealth | peace | together property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wealth=Stimulus | ||
| 7 | plan | man | nom plan «cognition 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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