The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 21

Soon after this the merchant, who had a ship ready to sail, called for his servants, as his custom was, in order that each of them might venture something to try their luck; and whatever they sent was to pay neither freight nor custom, for he thought justly that God Almighty would bless him the more for his readiness to let the poor partake of his fortune.

Who acts: merchant, ship, custom, each, boy, Whittington · What happens: have, sail, call, be, venture, try · To what, where: ship, something, luck, Whittington, poor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (merchant, ship, custom, each), 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	Soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	after	after	ADP	_	3 this	case
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 Soon	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Soon	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 merchant	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ship	det
10	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ship	amod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 sail	mark
13	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ready	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 called	punct
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ship	acl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 servants	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 servants	nmod:poss
18	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 called	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 order	punct
20	as	as	ADP	_	26 order	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 custom	nmod:poss
22	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 order	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 order	cop
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 order	punct
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 order	case
26	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 called	obl
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 venture	mark
28	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	32 venture	nsubj
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 them	case
30	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 each	nmod
31	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 venture	aux
32	venture	venture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 order	acl
33	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	32 venture	obj
34	to	to	PART	_	35 try	mark
35	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 something	acl
36	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 luck	nmod:poss
37	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 try	obj
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 whatever	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 whatever	cc
40	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 pay	advcl
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 sent	nsubj
42	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 whatever	acl:relcl
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 pay	cop
44	to	to	PART	_	45 pay	mark
45	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	conj
46	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	47 freight	det
47	freight	freight	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pay	obj
48	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	49 custom	cc
49	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 freight	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 thought	punct
51	for	for	SCONJ	_	53 thought	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 thought	nsubj
53	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 pay	parataxis
54	justly	justly	ADV	_	59 bless	advmod
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 bless	mark
56	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 bless	nsubj
57	Almighty	Almighty	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 God	flat
58	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 bless	aux
59	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 thought	ccomp
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 bless	obj
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 more	det
62	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	59 bless	advmod
63	for	for	ADP	_	65 readiness	case
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 readiness	nmod:poss
65	readiness	readiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 bless	obl
66	to	to	PART	_	67 let	mark
67	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 bless	advcl
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 poor	det
69	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 let	obj
70	partake	partake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 let	xcomp
71	of	of	ADP	_	73 fortune	case
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 fortune	nmod:poss
73	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 partake	obl
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Soon	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	the merchant	a ship		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient
2	sail	to-infinitive	a ship not said here			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	call	participle		a ship not said here	for Whittington's servants	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for servant=Recipient
4	is	past	Whittington's custom		as order	tree rules
5	venture	might	each	something		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
6	try	to-infinitive	each not said here	servants's luck		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality
7	send	past	boy			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	is	past	the merchant not said here		pay property	tree rules
9	think speech: other	past	Whittington			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	bless	would	God	Whittington	for Whittington's readiness; justly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for readiness=Attribute
11	let	to-infinitive	God not said here	the poor		tree rules
12	partake	infinitive	the poor not said here		of Whittington's fortune	tree rules

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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