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The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 2

I do not exactly know how many there were, but the youngest of them could not stay quietly at home, and was determined to go out into the world and try his luck, and after a long time the King was forced to give him leave to go.

Who acts: I, many, youngest, King · What happens: not know, be, not stay, go out, try, force · To what, where: home, world, luck, King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, many, youngest, King), 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

nsubjauxadvmodadvmodadvmodnsubjexplccomppunctccdetnsubjcasenmodauxadvmodconjadvmodcaseoblpunctcccopconjmarkxcompadvmodcasedetoblccconjnmod:possobjpunctcccasedetamodobldetnsubj:passaux:passconjmarkxcompiobjxcompmarkxcomppunctrootIPRONdoAUXnotPARTexactlyADVknowVERBhowADVmanyADJtherePRONwereVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETyoungestADJofADPthemPRONcouldAUXnotPARTstayVERBquietlyADVatADPhomeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXdeterminedADJtoPARTgoVERBoutADVintoADPtheDETworldNOUNandCCONJtryVERBhisPRONluckNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJafterADPaDETlongADJtimeNOUNtheDETKingPROPNwasAUXforcedVERBtoPARTgiveVERBhimPRONleaveVERBtoPARTgoVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 knownsubj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 knowaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 knowadvmod
4exactlyexactlyADV_5 knowadvmod
5knowknowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6howhowADVPronType=Int7 manyadvmod
7manymanyADJDegree=Pos9 werensubj
8theretherePRONPronType=Dem9 wereexpl
9werebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 knowccomp
10,,PUNCT_18 staypunct
11butbutCCONJ_18 staycc
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 youngestdet
13youngestyoungADJDegree=Sup18 staynsubj
14ofofADP_15 themcase
15themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 youngestnmod
16couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin18 stayaux
17notnotPARTPolarity=Neg18 stayadvmod
18staystayVERBVerbForm=Inf5 knowconj
19quietlyquietlyADV_18 stayadvmod
20atatADP_21 homecase
21homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing18 stayobl
22,,PUNCT_25 determinedpunct
23andandCCONJ_25 determinedcc
24wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 determinedcop
25determineddeterminedADJDegree=Pos18 stayconj
26totoPART_27 gomark
27gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf25 determinedxcomp
28outoutADV_27 goadvmod
29intointoADP_31 worldcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 worlddet
31worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing27 goobl
32andandCCONJ_33 trycc
33trytryVERBVerbForm=Inf27 goconj
34hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 lucknmod:poss
35luckluckNOUNNumber=Sing33 tryobj
36,,PUNCT_45 forcedpunct
37andandCCONJ_45 forcedcc
38afterafterADP_41 timecase
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art41 timedet
40longlongADJDegree=Pos41 timeamod
41timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing45 forcedobl
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 Kingdet
43KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing45 forcednsubj:pass
44wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 forcedaux:pass
45forcedforceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 knowconj
46totoPART_47 givemark
47givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf45 forcedxcomp
48himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 giveiobj
49leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf47 givexcomp
50totoPART_51 gomark
51gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf49 leavexcomp
52..PUNCT_5 knowpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not knowpresent · do-supportIexactly propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2bepastmanytherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3not staycouldthe youngest of sonshomequietly propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location
4ispastthe youngest of sons not said heredetermined propertytree rules
5go outto-infinitivethe youngest of sons not said herethe worldout propertyvn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6tryinfinitivethe youngest of sons not said hereking's luckvn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality
7forcepast · passivethe Kingtimevn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
8giveto-infinitivethe King not said herekingtree rules
9leaveinfinitivethe King not said heretree rules
10goto-infinitivethe King not said herevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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