The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 107

“That was a piece of luck,” he said, smiling to himself; “a good kettle costs money, and it is as well to have a second one at hand in case of need; mine is getting worn out, and the water is already beginning to come through its bottom.”

Who acts: That, middle, good kettle, Kettle, water · What happens: be, say, smile, cost, get, wear out · To what, where: piece, middle, money, hand, bottom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, middle, good kettle, Kettle), 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	_	11 said	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 piece	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 piece	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 luck	case
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 piece	punct
9	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 piece	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 smiling	punct
13	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 said	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 himself	case
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 smiling	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 costs	punct
17	“	"	PUNCT	_	21 costs	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 kettle	det
19	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 kettle	amod
20	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 costs	nsubj
21	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
22	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 costs	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 have	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 have	cc
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 have	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 have	cop
27	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	30 have	cc
28	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	27 as	fixed
29	to	to	PART	_	27 as	fixed
30	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 costs	conj
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 one	det
32	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	33 one	amod
33	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 have	obj
34	at	at	ADP	_	35 hand	case
35	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 have	obl
36	in	in	ADP	_	37 case	case
37	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 have	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 need	case
39	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 case	nmod
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
41	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 getting	nsubj
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 getting	aux
43	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 said	ccomp
44	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 getting	xcomp
45	out	out	ADP	_	44 worn	compound:prt
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 beginning	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 beginning	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 water	det
49	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 beginning	nsubj
50	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 beginning	aux
51	already	already	ADV	_	52 beginning	advmod
52	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 getting	conj
53	to	to	PART	_	54 come	mark
54	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 beginning	xcomp
55	through	through	ADP	_	57 bottom	case
56	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 bottom	nmod:poss
57	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 come	obl
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	That	a piece			of luck	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	middle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	smile	gerund	middle not said here		middle			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient
4	cost in a quote	present	a good kettle	money				vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value
5	is in a quote	present	Kettle			hand	in case of need; have property	tree rules
6	get in a quote	present · progressive	middle					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	wear out in a quote	participle	middle not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
8	begin in a quote	present · progressive	the water					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	come in a quote	to-infinitive	the water not said here			Kettle's bottom		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through bottom=Initial_Location

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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