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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 29

But it was no use staying: perhaps next morning the old man might listen to reason, though in his heart the son felt that he would never take back his words.

Who acts: face, old man, man · What happens: stay, listen, feel, not take back, word · To what, where: next morning, heart, words

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (face, old man, 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

ccnsubjauxdetnsubjpunctadvmodamodobl:unmarkeddetamodnsubjauxacl:relclcaseoblpunctmarkcasenmod:possobldetnmod:unmarkedconjmarknsubjauxadvmodccompadvmodnmod:possobjpunctrootButCCONJitPRONwasAUXnoDETuseNOUNstayingVERB:PUNCTperhapsADVnextADJmorningNOUNtheDEToldADJmanNOUNmightAUXlistenVERBtoADPreasonNOUN,PUNCTthoughSCONJinADPhisPRONheartNOUNtheDETsonNOUNfeltVERBthatSCONJhePRONwouldAUXneverADVtakeVERBbackADVhisPRONwordsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_6 stayingcc
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 stayingnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 stayingaux
4nonoDETPronType=Neg5 usedet
5useuseNOUNNumber=Sing6 stayingnsubj
6stayingstayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
7::PUNCT_10 morningpunct
8perhapsperhapsADV_10 morningadvmod
9nextnextADJDegree=Pos10 morningamod
10morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing6 stayingobl:unmarked
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 mandet
12oldoldADJDegree=Pos13 manamod
13manmanNOUNNumber=Sing15 listennsubj
14mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin15 listenaux
15listenlistenVERBVerbForm=Inf10 morningacl:relcl
16totoADP_17 reasoncase
17reasonreasonNOUNNumber=Sing15 listenobl
18,,PUNCT_25 feltpunct
19thoughthoughSCONJ_25 feltmark
20ininADP_22 heartcase
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 heartnmod:poss
22heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing25 feltobl
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 sondet
24sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing22 heartnmod:unmarked
25feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 stayingconj
26thatthatSCONJ_30 takemark
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 takensubj
28wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin30 takeaux
29neverneverADVPronType=Neg30 takeadvmod
30taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf25 feltccomp
31backbackADV_30 takeadvmod
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 wordsnmod:poss
33wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur30 takeobj
34..PUNCT_6 stayingpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staypast · progressivefacemorningvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2listenmightthe old mannext morning not said hereto reasontree rules
3feelpastface not said hereman's heart the sonvn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4not take backwouldmanman's wordsvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
5wordmannom word «communication 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 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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