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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 57

However, the king had taken such a fancy to the youth that he said no more, and the marriage took place the following day, and great herds of cattle and a large estate were given to the young couple.

Who acts: king, marriage · What happens: take, say, follow, give · To what, where: fancy, youth, more, place, great herds, young couple · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, marriage), 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

advmodpunctdetnsubjauxdet:predetdetobjcasedetoblmarknsubjacladvmodobjpunctccdetnsubjparataxisobjdetamodobl:unmarkedpunctccamodnsubjcasenmodccdetamodconjaux:passconjcasedetamodoblpunctrootHoweverADV,PUNCTtheDETkingNOUNhadAUXtakenVERBsuchDETaDETfancyNOUNtoADPtheDETyouthNOUNthatSCONJhePRONsaidVERBnoADVmoreADJ,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETmarriageNOUNtookVERBplaceNOUNtheDETfollowingVERBdayNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJgreatADJherdsNOUNofADPcattleNOUNandCCONJaDETlargeADJestateNOUNwereAUXgivenVERBtoADPtheDETyoungADJcoupleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoweverhoweverADV_6 takenadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Howeverpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 kingdet
4kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing6 takennsubj
5hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 takenaux
6takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
7suchsuchDETPronType=Ind9 fancydet:predet
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 fancydet
9fancyfancyNOUNNumber=Sing6 takenobj
10totoADP_12 youthcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 youthdet
12youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing6 takenobl
13thatthatSCONJ_15 saidmark
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 saidnsubj
15saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 youthacl
16nonoADV_17 moreadvmod
17moremoreADJDegree=Cmp15 saidobj
18,,PUNCT_22 tookpunct
19andandCCONJ_22 tookcc
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 marriagedet
21marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing22 tooknsubj
22tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 takenparataxis
23placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing22 tookobj
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 daydet
25followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger26 dayamod
26daydayNOUNNumber=Sing22 tookobl:unmarked
27,,PUNCT_38 givenpunct
28andandCCONJ_38 givencc
29greatgreatADJDegree=Pos30 herdsamod
30herdsherdNOUNNumber=Plur38 givennsubj
31ofofADP_32 cattlecase
32cattlecattleNOUNNumber=Plur30 herdsnmod
33andandCCONJ_36 estatecc
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 estatedet
35largelargeADJDegree=Pos36 estateamod
36estateestateNOUNNumber=Sing32 cattleconj
37werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 givenaux:pass
38givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass22 tookconj
39totoADP_42 couplecase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 coupledet
41youngyoungADJDegree=Pos42 coupleamod
42couplecoupleNOUNNumber=Sing38 givenobl
43..PUNCT_6 takenpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepast · perfectthe kingsuch fancythe youthhowever propertyvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fancy=Theme to youth=Destination
2say speech: assertpastkingmorevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic
3takepastthe marriageplacedayvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
4followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5givepast · passivegreat herds of cattle and a large estatethe young couplevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to couple=Recipient

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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