The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 73
Now Geirald was the son of a rich man, who was proud of the boy, and had all his life allowed him to do whatever he fancied, and, luckily for the father, he was prudent and sensible, and did not waste money, as many other rich young men might have done.
Who acts: Geirald, rich man, life, father, many other rich young men · What happens: be, have, allow, do, fancy, not waste · To what, where: son, Geirald, whatever, money
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Geirald, rich man, life, father), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 Geirald | advmod |
| 2 | Geirald | Geirald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 son | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 son | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 man | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 8 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 son | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 proud | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 proud | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 proud | cop |
| 13 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | acl:relcl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 boy | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 boy | det |
| 16 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 proud | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 had | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 had | cc |
| 19 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 son | appos |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 life | det:predet |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 life | nmod:poss |
| 22 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 allowed | nsubj |
| 23 | allowed | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 had | ccomp |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 allowed | iobj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 do | mark |
| 26 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 allowed | xcomp |
| 27 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 do | obj |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 fancied | nsubj |
| 29 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 prudent | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 prudent | cc |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 father | punct |
| 33 | luckily | luckily | ADV | _ | 36 father | advmod |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 father | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 father | det |
| 36 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 prudent | nsubj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 father | punct |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 prudent | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 prudent | cop |
| 40 | prudent | prudent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 had | parataxis |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 sensible | cc |
| 42 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 prudent | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 waste | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 waste | cc |
| 45 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 waste | aux |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 waste | advmod |
| 47 | waste | waste | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 had | parataxis |
| 48 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 waste | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 done | punct |
| 50 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 58 done | mark |
| 51 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 men | amod |
| 52 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 men | amod |
| 53 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 men | amod |
| 54 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 men | amod |
| 55 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 done | nsubj |
| 56 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 done | aux |
| 57 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 58 done | aux |
| 58 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 47 waste | parataxis |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 son | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Geirald | the son | of a rich man | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | past | a rich man | of the boy; proud property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | allow | past | Geirald's life | Geirald | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | Geirald's life not said here | whatever | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | fancy | past | Geirald | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | is | past | the father | prudent property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | be | the father not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | not waste | past · do-support | money | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | |||||
| 10 | do | might · perfect | many other rich young men | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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