The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11, sentence 31

He took up one set of crowns, and gave it to the eldest princess; and another set, and gave it to the second youngest princess; and another, and gave it to the youngest of all; and says he, ‘Now you may all go to the bottom of the pit, and you have nothing to do but stir the basket, and the people that are watching above will draw you up.

Who acts: joy, you, people · What happens: take up, give, say, go, have, do · To what, where: one set, breakfast, eldest princess, second youngest princess, youngest, joy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (joy, you, people), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 took	compound:prt
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 set	nummod
5	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 crowns	case
7	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 set	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gave	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gave	cc
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gave	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 princess	det
14	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 princess	amod
15	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gave	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 set	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 set	cc
18	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	19 set	det
19	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 gave	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 gave	cc
22	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	parataxis
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 gave	obj
24	to	to	ADP	_	28 princess	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 princess	det
26	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	28 princess	amod
27	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	28 princess	amod
28	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gave	obl
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 another	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 another	cc
31	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	22 gave	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 gave	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 gave	cc
34	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 gave	conj
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 gave	obj
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 youngest	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 youngest	det
38	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	34 gave	iobj
39	of	of	ADP	_	40 all	case
40	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 youngest	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 says	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 says	cc
43	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 took	parataxis
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 says	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 he	punct
46	‘	'	PUNCT	_	51 go	punct
47	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	51 go	advmod
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	51 go	nsubj
49	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 go	aux
50	all	all	ADV	_	51 go	advmod
51	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 says	ccomp
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 bottom	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 bottom	det
54	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 go	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 pit	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 pit	det
57	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 bottom	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 have	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 have	cc
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	61 have	nsubj
61	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 go	advcl
62	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	61 have	obj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 do	mark
64	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 nothing	acl
65	but	but	CCONJ	_	66 stir	cc
66	stir	stir	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 do	conj
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 basket	det
68	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 stir	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 draw	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 draw	cc
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 people	det
72	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 draw	nsubj
73	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	75 watching	nsubj
74	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 watching	aux
75	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	72 people	acl:relcl
76	above	above	ADP	_	75 watching	obl
77	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 draw	aux
78	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 go	conj
79	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	78 draw	obj
80	up	up	ADP	_	78 draw	compound:prt
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	past	joy	one set of crowns				another set obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Theme
2	give	past	joy not said here	breakfast	the eldest princess				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to princess=Recipient
3	give	past		breakfast	the second youngest princess				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to princess=Recipient
4	give	past		breakfast	the youngest				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent young=Recipient it=Theme
5	say speech: assert	present		joy					tree rules
6	go	may	you			the bottom of the pit	now	all property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Initial_Location
7	have	present	you	nothing					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
8	do	to-infinitive	you not said here	nothing not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	stir	infinitive	you not said here	the basket					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus basket=Experiencer
10	watch	present · progressive	the people						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
11	draw up	future	the people	you					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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