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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 63

Once upon a time there lived two peasants who had three daughters, and, as generally happens, the youngest was the most beautiful and the best tempered, and when her sisters wanted to go out she was always ready to stay at home and do their work.

Who acts: two peasants, youngest, best, sisters, Hábogi · What happens: live, have, happen, be, temper, want out · To what, where: two peasants, three daughters, home, work

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two peasants, youngest, best, sisters), 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

advmodcasedetobladvmodnummodobjnsubjacl:relclnummodobjpunctccpunctmarkadvmodadvclpunctdetnsubjcopdetadvmodconjccdetnsubjconjpunctccmarknmod:possnsubjadvclmarkxcompadvmodnsubjcopadvmodconjmarkxcompcaseoblccconjnmod:possobjpunctrootOnceADVuponADPaDETtimeNOUNthereADVlivedVERBtwoNUMpeasantsNOUNwhoPRONhadVERBthreeNUMdaughtersNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTasSCONJgenerallyADVhappensVERB,PUNCTtheDETyoungestADJwasAUXtheDETmostADVbeautifulADJandCCONJtheDETbestADJtemperedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJwhenSCONJherPRONsistersNOUNwantedVERBtoPARTgoVERBoutADVshePRONwasAUXalwaysADVreadyADJtoPARTstayVERBatADPhomeNOUNandCCONJdoVERBtheirPRONworkNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult6 livedadvmod
2uponuponADP_4 timecase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 timedet
4timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing6 livedobl
5therethereADVPronType=Dem6 livedadvmod
6livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 peasantsnummod
8peasantspeasantNOUNNumber=Plur6 livedobj
9whowhoPRONPronType=Rel10 hadnsubj
10hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 peasantsacl:relcl
11threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 daughtersnummod
12daughtersdaughterNOUNNumber=Plur10 hadobj
13,,PUNCT_25 beautifulpunct
14andandCCONJ_25 beautifulcc
15,,PUNCT_14 andpunct
16asasSCONJ_18 happensmark
17generallygenerallyADV_18 happensadvmod
18happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 beautifuladvcl
19,,PUNCT_18 happenspunct
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 youngestdet
21youngestyoungADJDegree=Sup25 beautifulnsubj
22wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 beautifulcop
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 beautifuldet
24mostmostADVDegree=Sup25 beautifuladvmod
25beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos6 livedconj
26andandCCONJ_29 temperedcc
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 bestdet
28bestgoodADJDegree=Sup29 temperednsubj
29temperedtemperVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 beautifulconj
30,,PUNCT_42 readypunct
31andandCCONJ_42 readycc
32whenwhenSCONJ_35 wantedmark
33herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 sistersnmod:poss
34sisterssisterNOUNNumber=Plur35 wantednsubj
35wantedwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 readyadvcl
36totoPART_37 gomark
37gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf35 wantedxcomp
38outoutADV_35 wantedadvmod
39sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 readynsubj
40wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 readycop
41alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot42 readyadvmod
42readyreadyADJDegree=Pos6 livedconj
43totoPART_44 staymark
44staystayVERBVerbForm=Inf42 readyxcomp
45atatADP_46 homecase
46homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing44 stayobl
47andandCCONJ_48 docc
48dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin44 stayconj
49theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 worknmod:poss
50workworkNOUNNumber=Sing48 doobj
51..PUNCT_6 livedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1livepasttwo peasantstheretimeonce propertyvn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme peasant=Location
2havepasttwo peasantsthree daughtersvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
3happenpresentthe youngest not said heregenerally propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4ispastthe youngestbeautiful propertytree rules
5temperparticiplethe besttree rules
6want outpastHábogi's sistersout propertyvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7go out not said to happento-infinitiveHábogi's sisters not said herevn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8ispastHábogialways, ready propertytree rules
9stayto-infinitiveHábogi not said herehomevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location
10dopresentHábogi not said heresisters's workvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
11worksisters = sisternom work «act intransitive»: poss=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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