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The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1, sentence 9

Early next morning he staggered off with his sack of money to the shop of a jeweller, whom he knew in the town, and bargained with him for a beautiful little gold bracelet.

Who acts: man · What happens: stagger off, know, bargain · To what, where: shop, jeweller, town

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 (man), 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

advmodamodobl:unmarkednsubjcompound:prtcasenmod:possoblcasenmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctobjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctccconjcaseoblcasedetamodamodcompoundoblpunctrootEarlyADVnextADJmorningNOUNhePRONstaggeredVERBoffADPwithADPhisPRONsackNOUNofADPmoneyNOUNtoADPtheDETshopNOUNofADPaDETjewellerNOUN,PUNCTwhomPRONhePRONknewVERBinADPtheDETtownNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbargainedVERBwithADPhimPRONforADPaDETbeautifulADJlittleADJgoldNOUNbraceletNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EarlyearlyADVDegree=Pos5 staggeredadvmod
2nextnextADJDegree=Pos3 morningamod
3morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing5 staggeredobl:unmarked
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 staggerednsubj
5staggeredstaggerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6offoffADP_5 staggeredcompound:prt
7withwithADP_9 sackcase
8hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 sacknmod:poss
9sacksackNOUNNumber=Sing5 staggeredobl
10ofofADP_11 moneycase
11moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing9 sacknmod
12totoADP_14 shopcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 shopdet
14shopshopNOUNNumber=Sing5 staggeredobl
15ofofADP_17 jewellercase
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 jewellerdet
17jewellerjewellerNOUNNumber=Sing14 shopnmod
18,,PUNCT_21 knewpunct
19whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel21 knewobj
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 knewnsubj
21knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 jewelleracl:relcl
22ininADP_24 towncase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 towndet
24towntownNOUNNumber=Sing21 knewobl
25,,PUNCT_27 bargainedpunct
26andandCCONJ_27 bargainedcc
27bargainedbargainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 staggeredconj
28withwithADP_29 himcase
29himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 bargainedobl
30forforADP_35 braceletcase
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 braceletdet
32beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos35 braceletamod
33littlelittleADJDegree=Pos35 braceletamod
34goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing35 braceletcompound
35braceletbraceletNOUNNumber=Sing27 bargainedobl
36..PUNCT_5 staggeredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stagger offpastmanthe shop of a jewellermorningwith man's sack of money; early propertyvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shop=Destination
2knowpastmana jewellerthe townvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus
3bargainparticipleman not said herewith man; for a beautiful little gold braceletvn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-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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