The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 29

And they squabbled about it till they were tired, after which Ingiborg laid the table; and when the giantess had done eating she said: “Well, I must thank you for all these good things, and for the best lamb, the best can of beer and the best drink I have had for a long time; but—are you quite sure Prince Sigurd is not at home?”

Who acts: knees, Ingiborg, giantess, you, Sigurd · What happens: squabble, be, lay, do, eat, say · To what, where: best, table, you, best drink, home · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knees, Ingiborg, giantess, you), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 squabbled	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 squabbled	nsubj
3	squabbled	squabble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 squabbled	obl
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 tired	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tired	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 tired	cop
9	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 squabbled	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 laid	punct
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 laid	obl
13	Ingiborg	Ingiborg	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 laid	nsubj
14	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 tired	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 table	det
16	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 laid	obj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 done	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 done	cc
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 done	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 giantess	det
21	giantess	giantess	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 done	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 done	aux
23	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 squabbled	parataxis
24	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 done	xcomp
25	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 said	nsubj
26	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 done	advcl
27	:	:	PUNCT	_	33 thank	punct
28	“	"	PUNCT	_	33 thank	punct
29	Well	well	INTJ	_	33 thank	discourse
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Well	punct
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 thank	nsubj
32	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 thank	aux
33	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 squabbled	conj
34	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 thank	obj
35	for	for	ADP	_	39 things	case
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	39 things	det:predet
37	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	39 things	det
38	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 things	amod
39	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 thank	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 best	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 best	cc
42	for	for	ADP	_	45 lamb	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 lamb	det
44	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	45 lamb	amod
45	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 best	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 lamb	punct
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 best	det
48	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 squabbled	obj
49	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 best	acl:relcl
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 beer	case
51	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 can	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 drink	cc
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 drink	det
54	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	55 drink	amod
55	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 beer	conj
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 had	nsubj
57	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 had	aux
58	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	55 drink	acl:relcl
59	for	for	ADP	_	62 time	case
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 time	det
61	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 time	amod
62	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 had	obl
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 sure	punct
64	but	but	CCONJ	_	69 sure	cc
65	—	-	PUNCT	_	64 but	punct
66	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 sure	cop
67	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 sure	nsubj
68	quite	quite	ADV	_	69 sure	advmod
69	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 squabbled	parataxis
70	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 Sigurd	nmod:desc
71	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 home	nsubj
72	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 home	cop
73	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	75 home	advmod
74	at	at	ADP	_	75 home	case
75	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 sure	ccomp
76	?	?	PUNCT	_	69 sure	punct
77	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 squabbled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squabble	past	knees = knee	the best				about forest	tree rules
2	is	past	knees = knee					tired property	tree rules
3	lay	past	Ingiborg	the table					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Result
4	do	past · perfect	the giantess						tree rules
5	eat	gerund	the giantess not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	say speech: ask	past	giantess						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	thank speech: thank in a quote	must	giantess		you			for all good things	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for thing=Attribute
8	have in a quote	present · perfect	giantess	the best drink not said here			time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient
9	is in a quote	present	you					sure property	tree rules
10	not is in a quote	present	Sigurd Prince			home			tree rules

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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