The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 3

This happened once, and it happened twice, but then the man got tired of losing his crop, and said to his sons--he had three of them, and the third was called Cinderlad--that one of them must go and sleep in the barn on St. John’s night, for it was absurd to let the grass be eaten up again, blade and stalk, as it had been the last two years, and the one who went to watch must keep a sharp look-out, the man said.

Who acts: This, it, man, one, barn · What happens: happen, get, lose, say, have, call · To what, where: crop, sons, three, third, barn, grass · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, it, man, one), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 happened	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happened	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 happened	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	parataxis
8	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 happened	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 got	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 got	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 got	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	nsubj
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	parataxis
15	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 got	xcomp
16	of	of	SCONJ	_	17 losing	mark
17	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 tired	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 crop	nmod:poss
19	crop	crop	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 losing	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 said	cc
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 got	conj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 sons	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 sons	nmod:poss
25	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 said	obl
26	--	--	PUNCT	_	28 had	punct
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 had	nsubj
28	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	parataxis
29	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 had	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 them	case
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 three	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 called	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 called	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 third	det
35	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	37 called	nsubj:pass
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 called	aux:pass
37	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 happened	parataxis
38	Cinderlad	Cinderlad	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 called	xcomp
39	--	--	PUNCT	_	45 go	punct
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 go	mark
41	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 go	nsubj
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 them	case
43	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 one	nmod
44	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 go	aux
45	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 called	conj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 sleep	cc
47	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 go	conj
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 barn	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 barn	det
50	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 sleep	obl
51	on	on	ADP	_	55 night	case
52	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 John	nmod:desc
53	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 night	nmod:poss
54	’s	's	PART	_	53 John	case
55	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 barn	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 absurd	punct
57	for	for	ADP	_	60 absurd	case
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 absurd	nsubj
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 absurd	cop
60	absurd	absurd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 go	parataxis
61	to	to	PART	_	62 let	mark
62	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 eaten	advcl
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 grass	det
64	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 let	obj
65	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	66 eaten	aux:pass
66	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 absurd	csubj
67	up	up	ADP	_	66 eaten	compound:prt
68	again	again	ADV	_	66 eaten	advmod
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 blade	punct
70	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 eaten	parataxis
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 stalk	cc
72	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 blade	conj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 years	punct
74	as	as	ADP	_	81 years	case
75	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 years	nsubj
76	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 years	aux
77	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	81 years	cop
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 years	det
79	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 years	amod
80	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	81 years	nummod
81	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 eaten	obl:unmarked
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 keep	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 keep	cc
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 one	det
85	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 keep	nsubj
86	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	87 went	nsubj
87	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	85 one	acl:relcl
88	to	to	PART	_	89 watch	mark
89	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	87 went	xcomp
90	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	91 keep	aux
91	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 called	advcl
92	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	96 out	det
93	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	96 out	amod
94	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 out	compound
95	-	-	PUNCT	_	94 look	punct
96	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 keep	obj
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 said	punct
98	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 man	det
99	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 said	nsubj
100	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 keep	conj
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	This					once property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	happen	past	it					twice property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get	past	the man				then	tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	lose	gerund	the man not said here	man's crop					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Eventuality
5	say speech: assert	past	the man not said here		man's sons				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to son=Recipient
6	have	past	man	three of sons					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Patient
7	call	past · passive		the third					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
8	go	must	one of sons						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	sleep	infinitive	one of sons not said here			the barn on John St.'s night			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location
10	is	past	it					absurd property	tree rules
11	let	to-infinitive		the grass					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Theme
12	eat up	infinitive · passive					again		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»
13	is	past · perfect	barn				as the last two years		tree rules
14	go	past	the one						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
15	watch	to-infinitive	the one not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
16	keep	must	the one	a sharp look out					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent out=Theme
17	say speech: assert	past	the man						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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