The Blue Fairy Book, Little Thumb, sentence 46

The good folks were extremely glad to see their children once more at home, and this joy continued while the ten crowns lasted; but, when the money was all gone, they fell again into their former uneasiness, and resolved to lose them again; and, that they might be the surer of doing it, to carry them to a much greater distance than before.

Who acts: good folks, ten crowns, joy, crowns · What happens: be, see, continue, last, fall, resolve · To what, where: children, home, joy, former uneasiness, folks, money

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 (good folks, ten crowns, joy, crowns), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 folks	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 folks	amod
3	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 glad	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 glad	cop
5	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	6 glad	advmod
6	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 glad	xcomp
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 children	nmod:poss
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 see	obj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 see	advmod
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 see	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 home	case
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 gone	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 gone	cc
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 joy	det
18	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 gone	nsubj
19	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 joy	acl
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	24 lasted	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 crowns	det
22	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 crowns	nummod
23	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 lasted	nsubj
24	lasted	last	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 continued	advcl
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 gone	punct
26	but	but	CCONJ	_	33 gone	cc
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 gone	punct
28	when	when	SCONJ	_	33 gone	mark
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 money	det
30	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 gone	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 gone	cop
32	all	all	ADV	_	33 gone	advmod
33	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 glad	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 fell	punct
35	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 fell	nsubj
36	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 gone	parataxis
37	again	again	ADV	_	36 fell	advmod
38	into	into	ADP	_	41 uneasiness	case
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 uneasiness	nmod:poss
40	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 uneasiness	amod
41	uneasiness	uneasiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 fell	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 resolved	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 resolved	cc
44	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 fell	conj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 lose	mark
46	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 resolved	xcomp
47	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 lose	obj
48	again	again	ADV	_	46 lose	advmod
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 carry	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 carry	cc
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 and	punct
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	57 surer	mark
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 surer	nsubj
54	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 surer	aux
55	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 surer	cop
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 surer	det
57	surer	sure	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	63 carry	advcl
58	of	of	SCONJ	_	59 doing	mark
59	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 surer	advcl
60	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 doing	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 carry	punct
62	to	to	PART	_	63 carry	mark
63	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 fell	conj
64	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 carry	obj
65	to	to	ADP	_	69 distance	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 distance	det
67	much	much	ADV	_	68 greater	advmod
68	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	69 distance	amod
69	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 carry	obl
70	than	than	ADP	_	71 before	case
71	before	before	ADV	_	63 carry	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 glad	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the good folks				extremely, glad property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the good folks not said here	folks's children	home		once property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
3	continue	participle		this joy not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	last	participle	the ten crowns					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
5	is	past	this joy				all, gone property	tree rules
6	fall	past	crowns = crown			again	into folks's former uneasiness result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into uneasiness=Result
7	resolve	past	crowns = crown not said here					tree rules
8	lose	to-infinitive	crowns = crown not said here	folks = folk		again		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality
9	is	might	crowns = crown				sure property	tree rules
10	do	gerund	crowns = crown not said here	money				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
11	carry	to-infinitive	crowns = crown not said here	folks = folk			to a greater distance	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to distance=Destination

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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