The Blue Fairy Book, Little Thumb, sentence 137
After having for some time carried on the business of a messenger, and gained thereby great wealth, he went home to his father, where it was impossible to express the joy they were all in at his return.
Who acts: King, army · What happens: have, carry, gain, go, be, express · To what, where: time, business, great wealth, joy, return
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Little Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, army), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 2 having | mark |
| 2 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 went | advcl |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 having | obl |
| 6 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 time | acl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 business | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 business | det |
| 9 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carried | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 messenger | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 messenger | det |
| 12 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 business | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gained | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 gained | cc |
| 15 | gained | gain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 having | conj |
| 16 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 15 gained | advmod |
| 17 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 wealth | amod |
| 18 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gained | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 having | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 went | nsubj |
| 21 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | home | home | ADV | _ | 21 went | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 father | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 father | nmod:poss |
| 25 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 went | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 impossible | punct |
| 27 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 30 impossible | advmod |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 impossible | expl |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 impossible | cop |
| 30 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 father | conj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 express | mark |
| 32 | express | express | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 impossible | csubj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 joy | det |
| 34 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 express | obj |
| 35 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 in | nsubj |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 in | cop |
| 37 | all | all | ADV | _ | 38 in | advmod |
| 38 | in | in | ADV | _ | 34 joy | acl:relcl |
| 39 | at | at | ADP | _ | 41 return | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 return | nmod:poss |
| 41 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 express | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | King not said here | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | carry | participle | some time not said here | the business of a messenger | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | gain | past | King not said here | great wealth | thereby property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | |||
| 4 | go | past | King | to King's father; home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | is | past | King not said here | impossible property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | express | to-infinitive | the joy | King's return | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme | ||||
| 7 | is | past | army | the joy not said here | all, in property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | return | King | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 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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