The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 7

But one thing is certain, they were rich enough to keep a servant; for though they lived very happily together, and did not scratch nor fight more than human beings would have done, they were not clever enough to do the housework themselves, and preferred at all events to have some one to cook their meat, which they would have scorned to eat raw.

Who acts: one thing, things, beings · What happens: be, keep, live, not scratch, fight, do · To what, where: servant, more, human beings, housework, events, one

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one thing, things, beings), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 certain	cc
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 thing	nummod
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 certain	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 certain	cop
5	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rich	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rich	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rich	cop
9	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 certain	conj
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 rich	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 keep	mark
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rich	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 servant	det
14	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 keep	obj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 lived	punct
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	19 lived	mark
17	though	though	SCONJ	_	19 lived	mark
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lived	nsubj
19	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 certain	parataxis
20	very	very	ADV	_	21 happily	advmod
21	happily	happily	ADV	_	19 lived	advmod
22	together	together	ADV	_	19 lived	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 scratch	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 scratch	cc
25	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 scratch	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 scratch	advmod
27	scratch	scratch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 certain	parataxis
28	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	29 fight	cc
29	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	27 scratch	conj
30	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	29 fight	obj
31	than	than	SCONJ	_	36 done	mark
32	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 beings	amod
33	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 done	nsubj:pass
34	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 done	aux
35	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	36 done	aux
36	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 more	advcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 clever	punct
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 clever	nsubj
39	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 clever	cop
40	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 clever	advmod
41	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 scratch	conj
42	enough	enough	ADV	_	41 clever	advmod
43	to	to	PART	_	44 do	mark
44	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 clever	xcomp
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 housework	det
46	housework	housework	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 do	obj
47	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	44 do	obl:unmarked
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 preferred	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 preferred	cc
50	preferred	prefer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 scratch	conj
51	at	at	ADP	_	53 events	case
52	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 events	det
53	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 preferred	obl
54	to	to	PART	_	55 have	mark
55	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 preferred	advcl
56	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	57 one	det
57	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 have	obj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 cook	mark
59	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 one	acl
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 meat	nmod:poss
61	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 cook	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 scorned	punct
63	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 scorned	nsubj:pass
64	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 scorned	nsubj
65	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 scorned	aux
66	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	67 scorned	aux
67	scorned	scorn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 meat	acl:relcl
68	to	to	PART	_	69 eat	mark
69	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 scorned	advcl
70	raw	raw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 eat	xcomp
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 certain	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	one thing			certain property	tree rules
2	is	past	things = thing			enough, rich property	tree rules
3	keep	to-infinitive	things = thing not said here	a servant			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
4	live	past	things = thing			happily, together property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	not scratch	past · do-support					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	fight	infinitive		more			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Co-Agent
7	do	would · perfect · passive		human beings			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
8	not is	past	beings = being			clever, enough property	tree rules
9	do	to-infinitive	beings = being not said here	the housework		beings = being obl:unmarked	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent housework=Eventuality
10	prefer	participle			all events		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
11	have	to-infinitive		some one			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
12	cook	to-infinitive		beings's meat			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
13	scorn	would · perfect · passive		beings's meat			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
14	eat	to-infinitive				raw property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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