The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 39
As to the elder son, he would never even hear his name mentioned, and died at last without ever seeing his face, leaving to the younger, as he had promised, all his lands, as well as his money.
Who acts: house, name · What happens: not hear, mention, die, see, leave, promise · To what, where: last, face, younger, lands · 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 (house, name), 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 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 5 son | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 4 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 son | amod |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hear | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 son | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hear | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hear | aux |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 hear | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 hear | advmod |
| 11 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 name | nmod:poss |
| 13 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mentioned | nsubj |
| 14 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 hear | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 died | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 died | cc |
| 17 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 hear | parataxis |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 last | case |
| 19 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 died | obl |
| 20 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 22 seeing | mark |
| 21 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 22 seeing | advmod |
| 22 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 died | advcl |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 face | nmod:poss |
| 24 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 seeing | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 leaving | punct |
| 26 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 seeing | conj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 younger | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 younger | det |
| 29 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 26 leaving | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 promised | punct |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 promised | mark |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 promised | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 promised | aux |
| 34 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 hear | advcl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 lands | punct |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 lands | det:predet |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 lands | nmod:poss |
| 38 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 promised | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 money | punct |
| 40 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 44 money | cc |
| 41 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 as | fixed |
| 42 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 as | fixed |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 money | nmod:poss |
| 44 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 lands | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 hear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | would | house | as the elder son | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | mention speech: other | past | house's name | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | die | past | last | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | see | gerund | house's face | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | leave | gerund | the younger | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to young=Initial_Location | |||||
| 6 | promise speech: promise | past · perfect | house | house's lands as house's money | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | name | house | nom name «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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