The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 9, sentence 38
As the Holy Man had said, he had never eaten such a dinner; still, when he had done, he shook his head, and grumbled; “Yes, there is plenty to eat, of course, but it only makes me thirsty, and there is not a drop to drink anywhere.”
Who acts: Holy Man, Father, plenty · What happens: say, not eat, do, shake, grumble, eat · To what, where: dinner, head, Father, drop · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Holy Man, Father, plenty), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 said | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Man | det |
| 3 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 4 Man | compound |
| 4 | Man | Man | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | aux |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 shook | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 eaten | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 eaten | aux |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 eaten | advmod |
| 11 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 said | ccomp |
| 12 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 dinner | det:predet |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 dinner | det |
| 14 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 eaten | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 done | punct |
| 16 | still | still | ADV | _ | 21 done | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 still | punct |
| 18 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 done | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 done | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 done | aux |
| 21 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 said | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 shook | nsubj |
| 24 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 drop | parataxis |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 head | nmod:poss |
| 26 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 shook | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 grumbled | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 grumbled | cc |
| 29 | grumbled | grumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 shook | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 is | punct |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 is | punct |
| 32 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 35 is | discourse |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Yes | punct |
| 34 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 35 is | expl |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 drop | cop |
| 36 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 is | nsubj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 eat | mark |
| 38 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 plenty | acl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 of | punct |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 eat | obl |
| 41 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 of | fixed |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 makes | punct |
| 43 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 46 makes | cc |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 makes | nsubj |
| 45 | only | only | ADV | _ | 46 makes | advmod |
| 46 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 is | conj |
| 47 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 makes | obj |
| 48 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 makes | xcomp |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 is | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 is | cc |
| 51 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 52 is | expl |
| 52 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 drop | cop |
| 53 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 55 drop | advmod |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 drop | det |
| 55 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 drink | mark |
| 57 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 drop | acl |
| 58 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 57 drink | advmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 55 drop | punct |
| 60 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 drop | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · perfect | the Holy Man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not eat | past · perfect | Father | such dinner | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | ||||
| 3 | do | past · perfect | Father | still | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | shake | past | Father | Father's head | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ||||
| 5 | grumble speech: other | past | Father not said here | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | eat in a quote | to-infinitive | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | make in a quote | present | plenty | Father | thirsty property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material i=Product | |||
| 8 | not is a in a quote | present | a drop | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | drink in a quote | to-infinitive | anywhere property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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