The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24, sentence 77

“I had to give them to the fox,” replied the magpie in a quivering voice; “he has been here twice in the last week, and wanted to cut down my tree for the purpose of making snow-shoes out of it, and the only way I could buy him off was by giving him two of my young ones.”

Who acts: magpie, purpose · What happens: have, give, reply, quiver, be, want · To what, where: shoes, quivering voice, tree, snow shoes, purpose, only way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (magpie, purpose), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 fox	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fox	det
9	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 replied	punct
11	”	"	PUNCT	_	12 replied	punct
12	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 magpie	det
14	magpie	magpie	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 replied	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 voice	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 voice	det
17	quivering	quiver	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 voice	amod
18	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 replied	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 here	punct
20	“	"	PUNCT	_	24 here	punct
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 here	nsubj
22	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 here	aux
23	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 here	cop
24	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 replied	parataxis
25	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	24 here	advmod
26	in	in	ADP	_	29 week	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 week	det
28	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 week	amod
29	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 here	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 wanted	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 wanted	cc
32	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
33	to	to	PART	_	34 cut	mark
34	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 wanted	xcomp
35	down	down	ADP	_	34 cut	compound:prt
36	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 tree	nmod:poss
37	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 cut	obj
38	for	for	ADP	_	40 purpose	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 purpose	det
40	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 cut	obl
41	of	of	SCONJ	_	42 making	mark
42	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 purpose	acl
43	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 shoes	compound
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 snow	punct
45	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 making	obj
46	out	out	ADP	_	48 it	case
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 it	case
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 making	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 giving	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 giving	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 way	det
52	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 way	amod
53	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 giving	obl:unmarked
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 buy	nsubj
55	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 buy	aux
56	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 way	acl:relcl
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 buy	iobj
58	off	off	ADP	_	56 buy	compound:prt
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 giving	aux
60	by	by	SCONJ	_	61 giving	mark
61	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 wanted	advcl
62	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 giving	iobj
63	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	61 giving	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	67 ones	case
65	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 ones	nmod:poss
66	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 ones	amod
67	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 two	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct
69	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	past	the magpie = magpie						tree rules
2	give in a quote	to-infinitive	the magpie = magpie not said here		shoes = shoe			to the fox	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to fox=Recipient
3	reply speech: assert	past	the magpie			a quivering voice			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	quiver	gerund							vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	is in a quote	present · perfect	magpie				week	here, twice property	tree rules
6	want in a quote	past							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	cut down not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive		my tree				for the purpose	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent tree=Product for purpose=Asset
8	make in a quote	gerund	the purpose not said here	snow shoes		purpose			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shoe=Product
9	buy off in a quote	could	the magpie = magpie	the only way not said here	magpie				vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	give in a quote	past · progressive		the only way	magpie			two of my young ones obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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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