The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 27
But in his heart he thought more of the loss of his wife than of the money he had given for her.
Who acts: father, money · What happens: think, give · To what, where: more, heart, father
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, money), 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 | _ | 6 thought | cc |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 heart | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thought | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 thought | nsubj |
| 6 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 thought | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 loss | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 loss | det |
| 10 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 more | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 wife | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 wife | nmod:poss |
| 13 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 loss | nmod |
| 14 | than | than | ADP | _ | 17 money | case |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 money | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 money | det |
| 17 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 more | nmod |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 given | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 given | aux |
| 20 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 money | acl:relcl |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 her | case |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 given | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | father | more | father's heart | than the money | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | ||
| 2 | give | past · perfect · passive | the money not said here | father | for wife | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for she=Asset |
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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