The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1, sentence 29

The prince was much touched by the generosity of the giver, and ordered, as a return present, twelve of the finest breed of horses for which his country was famous to be delivered over to the merchant, to whom also, before he took his leave, he gave a munificent reward for his services.

Who acts: generosity, country, Wali · What happens: touch, order, be, deliver over, take, give · To what, where: prince, return present, merchant, leave, munificent reward

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (generosity, country, Wali), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 touched	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 touched	aux:pass
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 touched	advmod
5	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 generosity	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 generosity	det
8	generosity	generosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 touched	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 giver	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giver	det
11	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 generosity	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ordered	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ordered	cc
14	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 touched	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 present	punct
16	as	as	ADP	_	19 present	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 present	det
18	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 present	compound
19	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ordered	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 twelve	punct
21	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 present	appos
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 breed	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 breed	det
24	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 breed	amod
25	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 twelve	nmod
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 horses	case
27	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 breed	nmod
28	for	for	ADP	_	29 which	case
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 famous	obl
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 country	nmod:poss
31	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 famous	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 famous	cop
33	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 horses	acl:relcl
34	to	to	PART	_	36 delivered	mark
35	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	36 delivered	aux:pass
36	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 famous	advcl
37	over	over	ADV	_	36 delivered	advmod
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 merchant	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 merchant	det
40	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 delivered	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 whom	punct
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 whom	case
43	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 delivered	obl
44	also	also	ADV	_	43 whom	advmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 took	punct
46	before	before	SCONJ	_	48 took	mark
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 took	nsubj
48	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 delivered	parataxis
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 leave	nmod:poss
50	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 took	obj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 gave	punct
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 gave	nsubj
53	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 took	conj
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 reward	det
55	munificent	munificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 reward	amod
56	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 gave	obj
57	for	for	ADP	_	59 services	case
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 services	nmod:poss
59	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 gave	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 touched	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	touch	past · passive	the generosity of the giver	the prince			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme
2	order	past	the generosity of the giver not said here	a return present			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme
3	is	past	Wali's country			for horses; famous property	tree rules
4	deliver over	to-infinitive · passive	Wali's country not said here		the merchant	over property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to merchant=Destination
5	take	past	Wali	Wali's leave			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme
6	give	past	Wali	a munificent reward		for Wali's services	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reward=Theme for service=Asset
7	service		Wali				nom service «act transitive»: 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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