The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 41

He called his children to the place where he lay on the floor--for no one had any beds in that country--and said to his son, ‘I have no herds of cattle to leave you--only the few things there are in the house--for I am a poor man, as you know.

Who acts: father, one, I, herds, you · What happens: call, lie, have, say, leave, be · To what, where: children, place, floor, beds, country, son · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, one, I, herds), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 children	nmod:poss
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 place	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 lay	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lay	nsubj
10	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 place	acl:relcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 floor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floor	det
13	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lay	obl
14	--	--	PUNCT	_	18 had	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 had	mark
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 beds	det
20	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 had	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 country	case
22	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 country	det
23	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 had	obl
24	--	--	PUNCT	_	26 said	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 said	cc
26	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	parataxis
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 son	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 son	nmod:poss
29	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 said	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 have	punct
31	‘	'	PUNCT	_	33 have	punct
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 have	nsubj
33	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 said	conj
34	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	35 herds	det
35	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 have	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 cattle	case
37	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 herds	nmod
38	to	to	PART	_	39 leave	mark
39	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 have	xcomp
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	39 leave	obj
41	--	--	PUNCT	_	45 things	punct
42	only	only	ADV	_	45 things	advmod
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 things	det
44	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 things	amod
45	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 leave	obl
46	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	47 are	expl
47	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 things	acl:relcl
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 house	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 house	det
50	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 are	obl
51	--	--	PUNCT	_	57 man	punct
52	for	for	ADP	_	57 man	case
53	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 man	nsubj
54	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 man	cop
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 man	det
56	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 man	amod
57	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 leave	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 know	punct
59	as	as	SCONJ	_	61 know	mark
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	61 know	nsubj
61	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 leave	advcl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	father	father's children	the place			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Topic to place=Recipient
2	lie	past	father			the floor		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location
3	have	past	no one	any beds		that country		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Patient
4	say speech: assert	past			father's son			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to son=Recipient
5	have	present	I	no herds of cattle				tree rules
6	leave	to-infinitive	no herds of cattle not said here	you			the few things obl	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
7	is	present	I				for a poor man	tree rules
8	know	present	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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