The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 36
Though very pleased at the thought of becoming such a rich man--for the brothers had never cared much for each other--the younger would rather have stayed where he was, for he soon got tired of the country, and longed for a town life.
Who acts: thought, man · What happens: become, not care, stay, be, get, long · To what, where: rich man, brothers
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 (thought, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 3 pleased | mark |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 pleased | advmod |
| 3 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 thought | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thought | det |
| 6 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pleased | obl |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 becoming | mark |
| 8 | becoming | become | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 thought | acl |
| 9 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 man | det:predet |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 man | det |
| 11 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 man | amod |
| 12 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 becoming | xcomp |
| 13 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 19 cared | punct |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 19 cared | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 brothers | det |
| 16 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 cared | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 cared | aux |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 cared | advmod |
| 19 | cared | care | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pleased | conj |
| 20 | much | much | ADV | _ | 19 cared | advmod |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 each | case |
| 22 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 19 cared | obl |
| 23 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 each | fixed |
| 24 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 30 stayed | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 younger | det |
| 26 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 stayed | advcl |
| 27 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 stayed | aux |
| 28 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 30 stayed | advmod |
| 29 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 stayed | aux |
| 30 | stayed | stay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 pleased | conj |
| 31 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 33 was | advmod |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 was | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 stayed | advcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 got | punct |
| 35 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 38 got | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 got | nsubj |
| 37 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 got | advmod |
| 38 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 stayed | parataxis |
| 39 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 got | xcomp |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 country | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 country | det |
| 42 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 tired | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 longed | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 longed | cc |
| 45 | longed | long | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 got | conj |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 life | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 life | det |
| 48 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 life | compound |
| 49 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 longed | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pleased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | gerund | the thought not said here | such rich man | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not care | past · perfect · passive | the brothers | for each | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stay | would · perfect | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | be | past | man | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | get | past | man | soon, tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | long | past | man not said here | for a town life | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for life=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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