The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 71

At first, Denis seemed to find the hours that they were together fly as quickly as she did, but when he had taught her all the songs he knew, and told her all the plans he had made for growing rich and a great man, he had nothing more to say to her, for he, like a great many other people, was fond of talking himself, but not of listening to any one else.

Who acts: Denis, cabbages, Tephany · What happens: seem, find, fly, do, teach, know · To what, where: Denis, Tephany, songs, plans, nothing, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Denis, cabbages, Tephany), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 first	case
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 seemed	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 first	punct
4	Denis	Denis	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 seemed	nsubj
5	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 find	mark
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 seemed	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hours	det
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 find	obj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 fly	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fly	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 fly	aux
13	together	together	ADV	_	14 fly	advmod
14	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 find	advcl
15	as	as	ADV	_	16 quickly	advmod
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	14 fly	advmod
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 did	mark
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 did	nsubj
19	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 fly	advcl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 taught	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 taught	cc
22	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	25 taught	advmod
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 taught	nsubj:pass
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 taught	aux
25	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 seemed	conj
26	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 taught	obj
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	29 songs	det:predet
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 songs	det
29	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 taught	obj
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 knew	nsubj
31	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 songs	acl:relcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 told	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 told	cc
34	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seemed	conj
35	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 told	iobj
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 plans	det:predet
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 plans	det
38	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 told	obj
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 made	nsubj
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 made	aux
41	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	34 told	ccomp
42	for	for	SCONJ	_	43 growing	mark
43	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	41 made	advcl
44	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 growing	xcomp
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 man	cc
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 man	det
47	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 man	amod
48	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 rich	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 had	punct
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 had	nsubj
51	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seemed	conj
52	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	51 had	obj
53	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	52 nothing	amod
54	to	to	PART	_	55 say	mark
55	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 nothing	acl
56	to	to	ADP	_	57 her	case
57	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 say	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 he	punct
59	for	for	ADP	_	60 he	case
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 had	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 people	punct
62	like	like	ADP	_	67 people	case
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 people	det
64	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 people	amod
65	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 people	amod
66	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 people	amod
67	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 had	parataxis
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 fond	punct
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 fond	cop
70	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 people	appos
71	of	of	SCONJ	_	72 talking	mark
72	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	70 fond	advcl
73	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	72 talking	obj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 listening	punct
75	but	but	CCONJ	_	78 listening	cc
76	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	78 listening	advmod
77	of	of	SCONJ	_	78 listening	mark
78	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 seemed	xcomp
79	to	to	ADP	_	81 one	case
80	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	81 one	det
81	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 listening	obl
82	else	else	ADV	_	81 one	advmod
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	Denis					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	find	to-infinitive	Denis not said here			hour		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	fly	past	cabbages = cabbage				quickly, together property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	past	Tephany					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	teach speech: other	past · perfect · passive		Denis	Tephany			tree rules
6	know	past	Denis	all songs not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus
7	tell speech: assert	past	Denis not said here	all plans	Tephany			tree rules
8	make	past · perfect	Denis					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	grow	gerund	Denis not said here				rich property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	have	past	Denis	nothing			for man	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
11	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	Denis not said here	nothing not said here	Tephany			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
12	is	past					fond property	tree rules
13	talk	gerund		Denis				vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
14	not listen	gerund	Denis not said here		any one			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to one=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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