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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 98

The night following his death, the son dreamed that an unknown man appeared to him and said: “Listen to me; your father is dead and your mother will soon die, and all their riches will belong to you.

Who acts: night, son, unknown man, father, mother, riches · What happens: follow, dream, appear, say, listen, be · To what, where: death, son, unknown man, you · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (night, son, unknown man, father), 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

detobl:unmarkedaclnmod:possobjpunctdetnsubjmarkdetamodnsubjadvclcaseoblccconjpunctpunctccompcaseoblpunctnmod:possnsubjcopparataxisccnmod:possnsubjauxadvmodconjpunctccdet:predetnmod:possnsubjauxconjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETnightNOUNfollowingVERBhisPRONdeathNOUN,PUNCTtheDETsonNOUNdreamedVERBthatSCONJanDETunknownADJmanNOUNappearedVERBtoADPhimPRONandCCONJsaidVERB:PUNCT“PUNCTListenVERBtoADPmePRON;PUNCTyourPRONfatherNOUNisAUXdeadADJandCCONJyourPRONmotherNOUNwillAUXsoonADVdieVERB,PUNCTandCCONJallDETtheirPRONrichesNOUNwillAUXbelongVERBtoADPyouPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 nightdet
2nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing9 dreamedobl:unmarked
3followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger2 nightacl
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 deathnmod:poss
5deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing3 followingobj
6,,PUNCT_2 nightpunct
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 sondet
8sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing9 dreamednsubj
9dreameddreamVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10thatthatSCONJ_14 appearedmark
11anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 mandet
12unknownunknownADJDegree=Pos13 manamod
13manmanNOUNNumber=Sing14 appearednsubj
14appearedappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 dreamedadvcl
15totoADP_16 himcase
16himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 appearedobl
17andandCCONJ_18 saidcc
18saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 appearedconj
19::PUNCT_21 Listenpunct
20“"PUNCT_21 Listenpunct
21ListenlistenVERBVerbForm=Inf18 saidccomp
22totoADP_23 mecase
23meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs21 Listenobl
24;;PUNCT_28 deadpunct
25youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 fathernmod:poss
26fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing28 deadnsubj
27isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 deadcop
28deaddeadADJDegree=Pos21 Listenparataxis
29andandCCONJ_34 diecc
30youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 mothernmod:poss
31mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing34 diensubj
32willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin34 dieaux
33soonsoonADVDegree=Pos34 dieadvmod
34diedieVERBVerbForm=Inf28 deadconj
35,,PUNCT_41 belongpunct
36andandCCONJ_41 belongcc
37allallDETPronType=Tot39 richesdet:predet
38theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 richesnmod:poss
39richesrichNOUNNumber=Plur41 belongnsubj
40willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin41 belongaux
41belongbelongVERBVerbForm=Inf21 Listenconj
42totoADP_43 youcase
43youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs41 belongobl
44..PUNCT_9 dreamedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundthe night not said hereman's deathvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme
2dreampastthe sonnightvn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
3appearpasta unknown mansonvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4say speech: assertpasta unknown man not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5listen in a quoteinfinitivea unknown man = manvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme
6is in a quotepresentyour fatherdead propertytree rules
7die in a quotefutureyour mothersoon propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
8belong in a quotefuturebesides's richesyouvn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
9diemannom death «event intransitive»: 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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