The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 8

Not only were they very difficult to please about the housework, but most women quickly tired of living alone with only cats for companions, consequently they never kept a servant long; and it had become a saying in the town, when anyone found herself reduced to her last penny: “I will go and live with the cats,” and so many a poor woman actually did.

Who acts: beings, servant, anyone, tailor, parents, many · What happens: not be, please, live, not keep, become, find · To what, where: saying, tailor, last penny · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (beings, servant, anyone, tailor), 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	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 difficult	advmod
2	only	only	ADV	_	6 difficult	advmod
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 difficult	cop
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 difficult	nsubj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 difficult	advmod
6	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 please	mark
8	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 difficult	csubj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 housework	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 housework	det
11	housework	housework	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 please	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tired	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 tired	cc
14	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 women	amod
15	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 tired	nsubj
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	17 tired	advmod
17	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 difficult	parataxis
18	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 living	mark
19	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 tired	advcl
20	alone	alone	ADV	_	19 living	advmod
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 cats	case
22	only	only	ADV	_	23 cats	advmod
23	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 living	obl
24	for	for	ADP	_	25 companions	case
25	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 cats	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 kept	punct
27	consequently	consequently	ADV	_	30 kept	advmod
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 kept	nsubj
29	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	30 kept	advmod
30	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 difficult	parataxis
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 servant	det
32	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 long	obl:unmarked
33	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 kept	xcomp
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 become	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 become	cc
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 become	nsubj
37	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 become	aux
38	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 kept	conj
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 saying	det
40	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 become	xcomp
41	in	in	ADP	_	43 town	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 town	det
43	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 saying	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 found	punct
45	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	47 found	advmod
46	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	47 found	nsubj
47	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 saying	acl
48	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	47 found	obj
49	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 found	xcomp
50	to	to	ADP	_	53 penny	case
51	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 penny	nmod:poss
52	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 penny	amod
53	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 reduced	obl
54	:	:	PUNCT	_	58 go	punct
55	“	"	PUNCT	_	58 go	punct
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 go	nsubj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 go	aux
58	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 kept	parataxis
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 live	cc
60	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 go	conj
61	with	with	ADP	_	63 cats	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 cats	det
63	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 live	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 go	punct
65	”	"	PUNCT	_	58 go	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 did	cc
67	so	so	ADV	_	68 many	advmod
68	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 did	nsubj
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 woman	det
70	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 woman	amod
71	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 did	nsubj
72	actually	actually	ADV	_	73 did	advmod
73	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 kept	conj
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 difficult	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	past	beings = being		difficult property	tree rules
2	please	to-infinitive			about the housework	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	live	gerund	beings = being not said here		with cats for companions; alone property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with cat=Location
4	not keep	past	beings = being		consequently, long property	tree rules
5	become	past · perfect	servant	a saying in the town		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
6	find	past	anyone	tailor		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent herself=Attribute clause=Theme
7	reduce	participle	tailor not said here		to tailor's last penny goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer to penny=Goal
8	go in a quote	future	people's parents = parent			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	live in a quote	infinitive	people's parents = parent not said here		with the cats	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with cat=Location
10	do	past	many		actually property	vn act-114-1 «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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