The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22, sentence 5
Meanwhile his next brother grew tired of staying at home, and let his parents have no rest till they had consented that he also should be given some food and some new boots, and go out to see the world.
Who acts: next brother, parents · What happens: grow, stay, let, have, consent, give · To what, where: home, rest, man, world
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next brother, parents), 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 | Meanwhile | meanwhile | ADV | _ | 5 grew | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grew | nsubj |
| 5 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grew | xcomp |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 staying | mark |
| 8 | staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 tired | advcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 staying | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 let | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 let | cc |
| 13 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 grew | advcl |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 parents | nmod:poss |
| 15 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 have | nsubj |
| 16 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 let | ccomp |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 rest | det |
| 18 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 have | obj |
| 19 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 22 consented | mark |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 consented | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 consented | aux |
| 22 | consented | consent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 rest | acl:relcl |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 given | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 given | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | also | also | ADV | _ | 28 given | advmod |
| 26 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 given | aux |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 given | aux:pass |
| 28 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 consented | advcl |
| 29 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 30 food | det |
| 30 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | obj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 boots | cc |
| 32 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 34 boots | det |
| 33 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 boots | amod |
| 34 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 food | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 go | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 go | cc |
| 37 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 let | conj |
| 38 | out | out | ADV | _ | 37 go | advmod |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 see | mark |
| 40 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 go | advcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 world | det |
| 42 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 see | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | man's next brother | meanwhile, tired property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stay | gerund | man's next brother not said here | home | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | ||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | man's next brother not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | have | present | man's parents | no rest | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | ||||
| 5 | consent | past · perfect | parents = parent | no rest not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | give | should · passive | man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient food=Theme | |||||
| 7 | go out | infinitive | man's next brother not said here | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | see | to-infinitive | man's next brother not said here | the world | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus |
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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