The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 88
‘Well, perhaps you are right,’ answered the farmer, ‘but the sooner that fellow has his deserts, the better I shall be pleased,’ and without more words he went to the stables and brought out a horse for himself and also the black Andalusian mare ridden by the rich man, while the poor brother, fearing more ill-treatment, started at once on foot.
Who acts: you, fellow, I, black Andalusian mare, poor brother · What happens: be, answer, have, go, bring out, ride · To what, where: farmer, deserts, more words, horse, poor brother, ill treatment
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 (you, fellow, I, black Andalusian mare), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 right | punct |
| 2 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 7 right | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Well | punct |
| 4 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 7 right | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 right | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 right | cop |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 answered | parataxis |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 right | punct |
| 9 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 right | punct |
| 10 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 farmer | det |
| 12 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 answered | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 has | punct |
| 14 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 20 has | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 has | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sooner | det |
| 17 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 20 has | advmod |
| 18 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 fellow | det |
| 19 | fellow | fellow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 has | nsubj |
| 20 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 farmer | parataxis |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 deserts | nmod:poss |
| 22 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 has | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 better | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 better | det |
| 25 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 20 has | parataxis |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 pleased | nsubj |
| 27 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 pleased | aux |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 pleased | cop |
| 29 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 better | parataxis |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 pleased | punct |
| 31 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 29 pleased | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 words | cc |
| 33 | without | without | ADP | _ | 35 words | case |
| 34 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 35 words | amod |
| 35 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 pleased | conj |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 went | nsubj |
| 37 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 words | acl:relcl |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 stables | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 stables | det |
| 40 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 went | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 brought | cc |
| 42 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 went | conj |
| 43 | out | out | ADP | _ | 42 brought | compound:prt |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 horse | det |
| 45 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 brought | obj |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 himself | case |
| 47 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 42 brought | obl |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 mare | cc |
| 49 | also | also | ADV | _ | 53 mare | advmod |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 mare | det |
| 51 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 mare | amod |
| 52 | Andalusian | Andalusian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 mare | compound |
| 53 | mare | mare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 brought | conj |
| 54 | ridden | ride | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 mare | acl |
| 55 | by | by | ADP | _ | 58 man | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 man | det |
| 57 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 man | amod |
| 58 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 ridden | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 brother | punct |
| 60 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 63 brother | mark |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 brother | det |
| 62 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 brother | amod |
| 63 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 ridden | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 fearing | punct |
| 65 | fearing | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 63 brother | acl |
| 66 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 67 ill | advmod |
| 67 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 treatment | amod |
| 68 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 69 treatment | punct |
| 69 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 fearing | obj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 started | punct |
| 71 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 mare | conj |
| 72 | at | at | ADP | _ | 73 once | case |
| 73 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 71 started | obl |
| 74 | on | on | ADP | _ | 75 foot | case |
| 75 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 started | obl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 answered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | perhaps, right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | past | the farmer | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent farmer=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | have | present | that fellow | fellow's deserts | soon property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient | |||
| 4 | is | shall | I | pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go | past | fellow | more words not said here | to the stables | tree rules | |||
| 6 | bring out | past | fellow not said here | a horse | for fellow | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | |||
| 7 | ride | participle | the black Andalusian mare not said here | the poor brother | by the rich man | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | fear | gerund | the poor brother not said here | ill treatment | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treatment=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | start | participle | fellow not said here | foot | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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