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The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 53

The King, having seen the exploits of Miss Puss, and being informed that her kittens would stock the whole country, bargained with the captain and factor for the whole ship’s cargo, and then gave them ten times as much for the cat as all the rest amounted to.

Who acts: King, kittens · What happens: see, inform, stock, bargain, give, amount · To what, where: exploits, whole country, much, kittens, rest · 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 (King, kittens), 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

detnsubjpunctauxdetobjcasenmodflatpunctccaux:passconjmarknmod:possnsubjauxccompdetamodobjpunctaclcasedetoblccconjcasedetamodnmod:posscasenmodpunctccadvmodconjiobjnummodobl:unmarkedadvmodobjcasedetnmodcasedet:predetdetnmodaclxcomppunctrootTheDETKingPROPN,PUNCThavingAUXseenVERBtheDETexploitsNOUNofADPMissPROPNPussPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJbeingAUXinformedVERBthatSCONJherPRONkittensNOUNwouldAUXstockVERBtheDETwholeADJcountryNOUN,PUNCTbargainedVERBwithADPtheDETcaptainNOUNandCCONJfactorNOUNforADPtheDETwholeADJshipNOUN’sPARTcargoNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVgaveVERBthemPRONtenNUMtimesNOUNasADVmuchADJforADPtheDETcatNOUNasADPallDETtheDETrestNOUNamountedVERBtoPART.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Kingdet
2KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing5 seennsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 Kingpunct
4havinghaveAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 seenaux
5seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 exploitsdet
7exploitsexploitNOUNNumber=Plur5 seenobj
8ofofADP_9 Misscase
9MissMissPROPNNumber=Sing7 exploitsnmod
10PussPussPROPNNumber=Sing9 Missflat
11,,PUNCT_14 informedpunct
12andandCCONJ_14 informedcc
13beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 informedaux:pass
14informedinformVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 seenconj
15thatthatSCONJ_19 stockmark
16herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 kittensnmod:poss
17kittenskittenNOUNNumber=Plur19 stocknsubj
18wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin19 stockaux
19stockstockVERBVerbForm=Inf14 informedccomp
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 countrydet
21wholewholeADJDegree=Pos22 countryamod
22countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing19 stockobj
23,,PUNCT_24 bargainedpunct
24bargainedbargainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass22 countryacl
25withwithADP_27 captaincase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 captaindet
27captaincaptainNOUNNumber=Sing24 bargainedobl
28andandCCONJ_29 factorcc
29factorfactorNOUNNumber=Sing27 captainconj
30forforADP_35 cargocase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 shipdet
32wholewholeADJDegree=Pos33 shipamod
33shipshipNOUNNumber=Sing35 cargonmod:poss
34’s'sPART_33 shipcase
35cargocargoNOUNNumber=Sing27 captainnmod
36,,PUNCT_39 gavepunct
37andandCCONJ_39 gavecc
38thenthenADVPronType=Dem39 gaveadvmod
39gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 seenconj
40themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs39 gaveiobj
41tentenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card42 timesnummod
42timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur39 gaveobl:unmarked
43asasADV_44 muchadvmod
44muchmuchADJDegree=Pos39 gaveobj
45forforADP_47 catcase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 catdet
47catcatNOUNNumber=Sing44 muchnmod
48asasADP_51 restcase
49allallDETPronType=Tot51 restdet:predet
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 restdet
51restrestNOUNNumber=Sing44 muchnmod
52amountedamountVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass51 restacl
53totoPART_52 amountedxcomp
54..PUNCT_5 seenpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seegerund · perfectthe Kingthe exploits of Missvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer exploit=Stimulus
2inform speech: othergerund · passivethe King not said herevn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: clause=Topic
3stockwouldQueen's kittensthe whole countryvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme
4bargainparticiplethe whole country not said herewith the captain for the whole ship's cargo and factorvn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with captain=Co-Agent
5givepastthe King not said heremuchkittens = kittenthen; timefor the cat; as all restvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient much=Theme for cat=Asset
6amountparticipleall rest not said herevn register-54.1-1 «NP V PP.value»: 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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