The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 83
For a long time all went well; the young man got up very early in the morning, and worked hard all day, and at the end of every week his father counted up the money they had made, and rubbed his hands with delight, as he saw how big the pile of gold in the strong iron chest was becoming.
Who acts: young man, father, men · What happens: go, get up, work, count up, make, rub · To what, where: money, end, hands, big pile, strong iron chest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young man, father, men), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 went | advmod |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 went | advmod |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 got | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 got | nsubj |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 went | conj |
| 13 | up | up | ADV | _ | 12 got | advmod |
| 14 | very | very | ADV | _ | 15 early | advmod |
| 15 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 got | advmod |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 morning | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 morning | det |
| 18 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 got | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 worked | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 worked | cc |
| 21 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 got | conj |
| 22 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 worked | advmod |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 day | det |
| 24 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 worked | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 counted | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 counted | cc |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 end | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 end | det |
| 29 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 counted | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 week | case |
| 31 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 week | det |
| 32 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 end | nmod |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 father | nmod:poss |
| 34 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 counted | nsubj |
| 35 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 worked | conj |
| 36 | up | up | ADP | _ | 35 counted | compound:prt |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 money | det |
| 38 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 counted | obl |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 made | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 made | aux |
| 41 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 money | acl:relcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 rubbed | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 rubbed | cc |
| 44 | rubbed | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 went | parataxis |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 hands | nmod:poss |
| 46 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 rubbed | obj |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 delight | case |
| 48 | delight | delight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 rubbed | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 saw | punct |
| 50 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 52 saw | mark |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 saw | nsubj |
| 52 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 rubbed | conj |
| 53 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 54 big | advmod |
| 54 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 pile | amod |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 pile | det |
| 56 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 saw | obj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 gold | case |
| 58 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 pile | nmod |
| 59 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 chest | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 chest | det |
| 61 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 chest | amod |
| 62 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 chest | compound |
| 63 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 becoming | obl |
| 64 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 becoming | aux |
| 65 | becoming | become | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 52 saw | ccomp |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | time | well property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get up | past | the young man | morning | early property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | work | past | the young man not said here | day | hard property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | count up | past | elder's father | the money | at the end of every week | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | make | past · perfect | men = man | the money not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product | ||||
| 6 | rub | past | elder's hands | with delight | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Destination with delight=Theme | ||||
| 7 | see | past | father | the big pile of gold | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | become | past · progressive | in the strong iron chest result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in chest=Result |
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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