The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 11, sentence 75

He asked another cowherd for advice, and he said the best thing he could do was to go across and kill the goldsmith's wife, for then the goldsmith would be sure to regard him as an enemy; so, being a foolish person, and there being no laws in that country by which a man would be certainly punished for such a crime, the cowherd one evening took a big stick and went across to the goldsmith's house when only Mrs. Goldsmith was at home, and banged her on the head so hard that she died then and there.

Who acts: Goldsmith, best thing, country, laws, Mrs. · What happens: ask, say, do, be, kill, regard · To what, where: cowherd, best thing, wife, Goldsmith, foolish person, man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Goldsmith, best thing, country, laws), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 cowherd	det
4	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 advice	case
6	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cowherd	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
12	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 go	nsubj:outer
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 do	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 do	aux
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 thing	acl:relcl
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 go	cop
18	to	to	PART	_	19 go	mark
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
20	across	across	ADV	_	19 go	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 kill	cc
22	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 go	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 goldsmith	det
24	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 wife	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 goldsmith	case
26	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 kill	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 sure	punct
28	for	for	SCONJ	_	34 sure	mark
29	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 sure	advmod
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 goldsmith	det
31	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 sure	nsubj
32	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 sure	aux
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 sure	cop
34	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 go	conj
35	to	to	PART	_	36 regard	mark
36	regard	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 sure	xcomp
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 regard	obj
38	as	as	ADP	_	40 enemy	case
39	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 enemy	det
40	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 regard	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 person	punct
42	so	so	ADV	_	47 person	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 person	punct
44	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 person	cop
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 person	det
46	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 person	amod
47	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 took	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 took	cc
50	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	74 took	expl
51	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	74 took	cop
52	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	53 laws	det
53	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 took	nsubj
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 country	case
55	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	56 country	det
56	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 laws	nmod
57	by	by	ADP	_	58 which	case
58	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 punished	obl
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 man	det
60	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 punished	nsubj:pass
61	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 punished	aux
62	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 punished	aux:pass
63	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	64 punished	advmod
64	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 country	acl:relcl
65	for	for	ADP	_	68 crime	case
66	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	68 crime	det:predet
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 crime	det
68	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 punished	obl
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 cowherd	punct
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 cowherd	det
71	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 crime	conj
72	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	73 evening	nummod
73	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 cowherd	obl:unmarked
74	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 stick	det
76	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 stick	amod
77	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 took	obj
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 went	cc
79	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 took	conj
80	across	across	ADV	_	79 went	advmod
81	to	to	ADP	_	85 house	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 goldsmith	det
83	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 house	nmod:poss
84	's	's	PART	_	83 goldsmith	case
85	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 went	obl
86	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	92 home	advmod
87	only	only	ADV	_	88 Mrs.	advmod
88	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	92 home	nsubj
89	Goldsmith	Goldsmith	PROPN	Number=Sing	88 Mrs.	flat
90	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	92 home	cop
91	at	at	ADP	_	92 home	case
92	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 went	obl
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 banged	punct
94	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 banged	cc
95	banged	bang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
96	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 banged	obj
97	on	on	ADP	_	99 head	case
98	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 head	det
99	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 banged	obl
100	so	so	ADV	_	101 hard	advmod
101	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	95 banged	advmod
102	that	that	SCONJ	_	104 died	mark
103	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	104 died	nsubj
104	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 banged	advcl
105	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	104 died	advmod
106	and	and	CCONJ	_	107 there	cc
107	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	105 then	conj
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Goldsmith	another cowherd			for advice	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cowherd=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	Goldsmith					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	could	Goldsmith	the best thing not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
4	is	past	the best thing				across, go property	tree rules
5	kill	infinitive	the best thing not said here	the goldsmith's wife				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme
6	is	would	the goldsmith			then	sure property	tree rules
7	regard	to-infinitive	the goldsmith not said here	Goldsmith			as a enemy	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent he=Theme as enemy=Value
8	is a	gerund		a foolish person				tree rules
9	punish	would · passive	that country	a man			for such crime and the cowherd; certainly property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Patient for crime=Theme
10	is	gerund	no laws in that country		there		take property	tree rules
11	go	past	no laws in that country not said here		the goldsmith's house		across property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
12	is	past	Mrs.		home			tree rules
13	bang	past		Mrs.	the head		hard property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme on head=Trajectory
14	die	past	Mrs.			then		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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