The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 70

It happened that this neighbour was one of those people who make mischief by talking too much; so, meeting the pedlar in the “serai,” or inn, that evening, he told him what had occurred, and added: “Yes; and the young spitfire said that if beating the donkey would not do, he would beat you also, and cut your nose off for a thief!”

Who acts: It, neighbour, people, pedlar, young spitfire, Nur · What happens: happen, be, make, talk, meet, tell · To what, where: one, mischief, much, pedlar, serai, Nur · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, neighbour, people, pedlar), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 one	mark
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 neighbour	det
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 happened	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 people	det
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 one	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 make	nsubj
12	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 people	acl:relcl
13	mischief	mischief	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 make	obj
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 talking	mark
15	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 make	advcl
16	too	too	ADV	_	17 much	advmod
17	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 talking	obj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 meeting	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	21 meeting	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 meeting	punct
21	meeting	meet	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 happened	advcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 pedlar	det
23	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 meeting	obj
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 serai	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 serai	det
26	“	"	PUNCT	_	27 serai	punct
27	serai	serai	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 meeting	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 serai	punct
29	”	"	PUNCT	_	27 serai	punct
30	or	or	CCONJ	_	31 inn	cc
31	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 serai	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 evening	punct
33	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 evening	det
34	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 serai	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 told	punct
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 told	nsubj
37	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	parataxis
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 told	iobj
39	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	41 occurred	nsubj:pass
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 occurred	aux
41	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 told	ccomp
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 added	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 added	cc
44	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 told	conj
45	:	:	PUNCT	_	44 added	punct
46	“	"	PUNCT	_	47 Yes	punct
47	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	44 added	discourse
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 said	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 said	cc
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 spitfire	det
51	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 spitfire	amod
52	spitfire	spitfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 said	nsubj
53	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	parataxis
54	that	that	SCONJ	_	61 do	mark
55	if	if	SCONJ	_	56 beating	mark
56	beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	61 do	advcl
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 donkey	det
58	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 beating	obj
59	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 do	aux
60	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	61 do	advmod
61	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 beat	advcl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 do	punct
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 beat	nsubj
64	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 beat	aux
65	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 said	ccomp
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	65 beat	obj
67	also	also	ADV	_	65 beat	advmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 cut	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 cut	cc
70	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	53 said	ccomp
71	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 nose	nmod:poss
72	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 cut	obj
73	off	off	ADP	_	70 cut	compound:prt
74	for	for	ADP	_	76 thief	case
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	76 thief	det
76	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 cut	obl
77	!	!	PUNCT	_	70 cut	punct
78	”	"	PUNCT	_	70 cut	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	happen	past	It					tree rules
2	is a	past	this neighbour	one			of that people	tree rules
3	make	present	that people	mischief				vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Product
4	talk	gerund	that people not said here	much				vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent much=Patient
5	meet	gerund		the pedlar		the serai or inn and that evening		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedlar=Co-Agent
6	tell speech: assert	past	pedlar		Nur			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
7	occur	past · perfect · passive						tree rules
8	add speech: assert	past	pedlar not said here					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
9	say speech: express in a quote	past	the young spitfire					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	beat a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	gerund		the donkey				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location donkey=Theme
11	not do in a quote	would	Nur not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	beat in a quote	would	Nur	you				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme
13	cut off in a quote	infinitive		your nose			for a thief	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector nose=Eventuality

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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