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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

advmodnsubjcopdetcasedetamodnmodpunctnsubjcopacl:relclcasedetoblpunctccapposdet:predetnmod:possnsubjccompiobjmarkxcompobjnsubjacl:relclpunctccpunctadvmodcasedetnsubjpunctnsubjcopparataxisccconjpunctccauxadvmodparataxisobjpunctmarkamodamodamodamodnsubjauxauxparataxispunctrootNowADVGeiraldPROPNwasAUXtheDETsonNOUNofADPaDETrichADJmanNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXproudADJofADPtheDETboyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhadVERBallDEThisPRONlifeNOUNallowedVERBhimPRONtoPARTdoVERBwhateverPRONhePRONfanciedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTluckilyADVforADPtheDETfatherNOUN,PUNCThePRONwasAUXprudentADJandCCONJsensibleADJ,PUNCTandCCONJdidAUXnotPARTwasteVERBmoneyNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJmanyADJotherADJrichADJyoungADJmenNOUNmightAUXhaveAUXdoneVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem2 Geiraldadvmod
2GeiraldGeiraldPROPNNumber=Sing5 sonnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 soncop
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 sondet
5sonsonNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6ofofADP_9 mancase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 mandet
8richrichADJDegree=Pos9 manamod
9manmanNOUNNumber=Sing5 sonnmod
10,,PUNCT_13 proudpunct
11whowhoPRONPronType=Rel13 proudnsubj
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 proudcop
13proudproudADJDegree=Pos9 manacl:relcl
14ofofADP_16 boycase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 boydet
16boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing13 proudobl
17,,PUNCT_19 hadpunct
18andandCCONJ_19 hadcc
19hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sonappos
20allallDETPronType=Tot22 lifedet:predet
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 lifenmod:poss
22lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing23 allowednsubj
23allowedallowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 hadccomp
24himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 allowediobj
25totoPART_26 domark
26dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf23 allowedxcomp
27whateverwhateverPRONPronType=Rel26 doobj
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 fanciednsubj
29fanciedfancyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 whateveracl:relcl
30,,PUNCT_40 prudentpunct
31andandCCONJ_40 prudentcc
32,,PUNCT_36 fatherpunct
33luckilyluckilyADV_36 fatheradvmod
34forforADP_36 fathercase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 fatherdet
36fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing40 prudentnsubj
37,,PUNCT_36 fatherpunct
38hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 prudentnsubj
39wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 prudentcop
40prudentprudentADJDegree=Pos19 hadparataxis
41andandCCONJ_42 sensiblecc
42sensiblesensibleADJDegree=Pos40 prudentconj
43,,PUNCT_47 wastepunct
44andandCCONJ_47 wastecc
45diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 wasteaux
46notnotPARTPolarity=Neg47 wasteadvmod
47wastewasteVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin19 hadparataxis
48moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing47 wasteobj
49,,PUNCT_58 donepunct
50asasSCONJ_58 donemark
51manymanyADJDegree=Pos55 menamod
52otherotherADJDegree=Pos55 menamod
53richrichADJDegree=Pos55 menamod
54youngyoungADJDegree=Pos55 menamod
55menmanNOUNNumber=Plur58 donensubj
56mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin58 doneaux
57havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf58 doneaux
58donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part47 wasteparataxis
59..PUNCT_5 sonpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastGeiraldthe sonof a rich mantree rules
2ispasta rich manof the boy; proud propertytree rules
3havepasttree rules
4allowpastGeirald's lifeGeiraldvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
5do not said to happento-infinitiveGeirald's life not said herewhatevervn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality
6fancypastGeiraldvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
7ispastthe fatherprudent propertytree rules
8bethe father not said heretree rules
9not wastepast · do-supportmoneyvn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient
10domight · perfectmany other rich young menvn 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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