The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 16
You might have walked a whole day without meeting anyone happier or more contented, for he had a large farm, plenty of money, and above all, a daughter called Barbaik, the most graceful dancer and the best-dressed girl in the whole country side.
Who acts: You, man · What happens: walk, meet, content, have, call, dress · To what, where: anyone, large farm, daughter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, 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 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 walked | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 walked | aux |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 meeting | mark |
| 9 | meeting | meet | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 walked | advcl |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 meeting | obj |
| 11 | happier | happy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 meeting | xcomp |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 more | cc |
| 13 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 happier | conj |
| 14 | contented | content | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 happier | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 had | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 had | case |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 had | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 walked | conj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 farm | det |
| 20 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 farm | amod |
| 21 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 had | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 plenty | punct |
| 23 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 farm | conj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 money | case |
| 25 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 plenty | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 all | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 all | cc |
| 28 | above | above | ADP | _ | 29 all | case |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 walked | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 all | punct |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 daughter | det |
| 32 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 all | nmod |
| 33 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 daughter | acl |
| 34 | Barbaik | Barbaik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 called | xcomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 dancer | punct |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 dancer | det |
| 37 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 38 graceful | advmod |
| 38 | graceful | graceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 dancer | amod |
| 39 | dancer | dancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Barbaik | appos |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 girl | cc |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 girl | det |
| 42 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 45 girl | amod |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 best | punct |
| 44 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 girl | amod |
| 45 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 dancer | conj |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 side | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 side | det |
| 48 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 side | amod |
| 49 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 side | compound |
| 50 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 girl | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 walked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | might · perfect | You | day | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | meet | gerund | You not said here | anyone | happy property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | content | participle | You not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | have | past | man | a large farm and plenty of money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Patient | ||||
| 5 | call | participle | a daughter not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | dress | participle | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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