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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 35

When he arrived the farmer did not waste words, but informed him that he was now his only heir, and would inherit all his lands and money, and that he was to come and live at home, and to help manage the property.

Who acts: son, farmer · What happens: arrive, not waste, inform, be, inherit, come · To what, where: words, son, only heir, lands, home, property · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (son, farmer), 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

advmodnsubjdetnsubjauxadvmodccompobjpunctccconjiobjmarknsubjcopadvmodnmod:possamodccomppunctccauxconjdet:predetnmod:possobjccconjpunctccmarknsubjauxmarkconjccconjcaseoblpunctccmarkconjxcompdetobjpunctrootWhenADVhePRONarrivedVERBtheDETfarmerNOUNdidAUXnotPARTwasteVERBwordsNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJinformedVERBhimPRONthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXnowADVhisPRONonlyADJheirNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwouldAUXinheritVERBallDEThisPRONlandsNOUNandCCONJmoneyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXtoPARTcomeVERBandCCONJliveVERBatADPhomeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARThelpVERBmanageVERBtheDETpropertyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 arrivedadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 arrivednsubj
3arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 farmerdet
5farmerfarmerNOUNNumber=Sing8 wastensubj
6diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 wasteaux
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 wasteadvmod
8wastewasteVERBVerbForm=Inf3 arrivedccomp
9wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur8 wasteobj
10,,PUNCT_12 informedpunct
11butbutCCONJ_12 informedcc
12informedinformVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 arrivedconj
13himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 informediobj
14thatthatSCONJ_20 heirmark
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 heirnsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 heircop
17nownowADVPronType=Dem20 heiradvmod
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 heirnmod:poss
19onlyonlyADJDegree=Pos20 heiramod
20heirheirNOUNNumber=Sing12 informedccomp
21,,PUNCT_24 inheritpunct
22andandCCONJ_24 inheritcc
23wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin24 inheritaux
24inheritinheritVERBVerbForm=Inf3 arrivedconj
25allallDETPronType=Tot27 landsdet:predet
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 landsnmod:poss
27landslandNOUNNumber=Plur24 inheritobj
28andandCCONJ_29 moneycc
29moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing27 landsconj
30,,PUNCT_36 comepunct
31andandCCONJ_36 comecc
32thatthatSCONJ_36 comemark
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 comensubj
34wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 comeaux
35totoPART_36 comemark
36comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf24 inheritconj
37andandCCONJ_38 livecc
38liveliveVERBVerbForm=Inf36 comeconj
39atatADP_40 homecase
40homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing38 liveobl
41,,PUNCT_44 helppunct
42andandCCONJ_44 helpcc
43totoPART_44 helpmark
44helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf24 inheritconj
45managemanageVERBVerbForm=Inf44 helpxcomp
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 propertydet
47propertypropertyNOUNNumber=Sing45 manageobj
48..PUNCT_3 arrivedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrivepastsontree rules
2not wastepast · do-supportthe farmerwordsvn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
3inform speech: otherpastson not said heresonvn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4is apastsonson's only heirnowtree rules
5inheritwouldson not said hereson's lands and moneyvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme
6comepastsonvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7liveinfinitiveson not said herehomevn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location
8helpto-infinitiveson not said herevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
9manageinfinitiveson not said herethe propertyvn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=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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