The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 39, sentence 3
It was certainly very odd, but the man remembered what had taken place on the fire, and did not want to keep the kettle any more, so after a little bargaining about the price, Jimmu went away carrying the kettle with him.
Who acts: tanuki, man, Jimmu · What happens: be, remember, take, not want, keep, bargain · To what, where: place, fire, kettle, little · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 39. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tanuki, man, Jimmu), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 odd | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 odd | cop |
| 3 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 5 odd | advmod |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 odd | advmod |
| 5 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 remembered | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 remembered | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 remembered | nsubj |
| 10 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 odd | conj |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 taken | aux |
| 13 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 remembered | ccomp |
| 14 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taken | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 fire | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 fire | det |
| 17 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taken | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 want | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 want | cc |
| 20 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 want | aux |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 want | advmod |
| 22 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 remembered | advcl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 keep | mark |
| 24 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 want | xcomp |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 kettle | det |
| 26 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 keep | obj |
| 27 | any | any | ADV | _ | 28 more | advmod |
| 28 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 24 keep | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 bargaining | punct |
| 30 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 bargaining | advmod |
| 31 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 34 bargaining | mark |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 little | det |
| 33 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 bargaining | obl:unmarked |
| 34 | bargaining | bargain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 remembered | advcl |
| 35 | about | about | ADP | _ | 37 price | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 price | det |
| 37 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 bargaining | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 went | punct |
| 39 | Jimmu | Jimmu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 went | nsubj |
| 40 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 bargaining | conj |
| 41 | away | away | ADV | _ | 40 went | advmod |
| 42 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 went | xcomp |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 kettle | det |
| 44 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 carrying | obj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 him | case |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 carrying | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 odd | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | tanuki | certainly, odd property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | remember | past | the man | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | take | past · perfect · passive | place | the fire | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination | ||||
| 4 | not want | past · do-support | the man not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | the man not said here | the kettle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme | ||||
| 6 | bargain | gerund | the man not said here | a little | about the price | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about price=Theme | |||
| 7 | go away | past | Jimmu | away property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | carry | gerund | Jimmu not said here | the kettle | with man | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=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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