The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 12

She declared at first that she was too unworthy to accept the position offered her, and that the minister would soon repent his choice; but this only made him the more eager, and in the end he gained her consent, and prevailed on her to return with him at once to his own country.

Who acts: wife, position, minister, this · What happens: declare, be, accept, offer, repent, make · To what, where: wife, choice, position, consent

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, position, minister, this), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 first	case
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 declared	obl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 unworthy	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 unworthy	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 unworthy	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 unworthy	advmod
9	unworthy	unworthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 declared	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 accept	mark
11	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 unworthy	csubj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 position	det
13	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 offered	nsubj
14	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 accept	ccomp
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 offered	iobj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 repent	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 repent	cc
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 repent	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 minister	det
20	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 repent	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 repent	aux
22	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 repent	advmod
23	repent	repent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declared	parataxis
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 choice	nmod:poss
25	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 repent	obj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 made	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 made	cc
28	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	30 made	nsubj
29	only	only	ADV	_	30 made	advmod
30	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 made	obj
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 more	det
33	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	34 eager	advmod
34	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 made	xcomp
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 gained	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 gained	cc
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 end	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 end	det
39	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 gained	obl
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 gained	nsubj
41	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	parataxis
42	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 consent	nmod:poss
43	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 gained	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 prevailed	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 prevailed	cc
46	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
47	on	on	ADP	_	48 her	case
48	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 prevailed	obl
49	to	to	PART	_	50 return	mark
50	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 prevailed	advcl
51	with	with	ADP	_	52 him	case
52	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 return	obl
53	at	at	ADP	_	54 once	case
54	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	50 return	obl
55	to	to	ADP	_	58 country	case
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 country	nmod:poss
57	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 country	amod
58	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 return	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 declared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	wife					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	wife				unworthy property	tree rules
3	accept	to-infinitive						vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	offer	past	the position		wife			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5	repent	would	the minister	position's choice			soon property	tree rules
6	make	past	this	position			eager property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
7	gain	past	position	wife's consent		in the end		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient consent=Extent in end=Attribute
8	prevail	past	wife not said here				on wife	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on she=Location
9	return	to-infinitive	wife not said here				with position; to position's own country result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result
10	consent		wife					nom consent «communication 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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