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The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Jack the Giant-killer, sentence 47

Jack, having hitherto been successful in all his undertakings, resolved not to be idle in future; he therefore furnished himself with a horse, a cap of knowledge, a sword of sharpness, shoes of swiftness, and an invisible coat, the better to perform the wonderful enterprises that lay before him.

Who acts: Jack, wonderful enterprises · What happens: have, be, resolve, not be, furnish, perform · To what, where: undertakings, future, Jack, wonderful enterprises

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Jack the Giant-killer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack, wonderful enterprises), 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

punctacladvmodcopxcompcasedet:predetnmod:possoblpunctacladvmodmarkcopxcompcaseoblpunctnsubjadvmodconjobjcasedetoblpunctdetapposcasenmodpunctdetconjcasenmodpunctapposcasenmodpunctccdetamodnsubjpunctdetparataxismarkcsubjdetamodobjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctrootJackPROPN,PUNCThavingVERBhithertoADVbeenAUXsuccessfulADJinADPallDEThisPRONundertakingsNOUN,PUNCTresolvedVERBnotPARTtoPARTbeAUXidleADJinADPfutureNOUN;PUNCThePRONthereforeADVfurnishedVERBhimselfPRONwithADPaDEThorseNOUN,PUNCTaDETcapNOUNofADPknowledgeNOUN,PUNCTaDETswordNOUNofADPsharpnessNOUN,PUNCTshoesNOUNofADPswiftnessNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJanDETinvisibleADJcoatNOUN,PUNCTtheDETbetterADJtoPARTperformVERBtheDETwonderfulADJenterprisesNOUNthatPRONlayVERBbeforeADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JackJackPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2,,PUNCT_1 Jackpunct
3havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger1 Jackacl
4hithertohithertoADV_6 successfuladvmod
5beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part6 successfulcop
6successfulsuccessfulADJDegree=Pos3 havingxcomp
7ininADP_10 undertakingscase
8allallDETPronType=Tot10 undertakingsdet:predet
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 undertakingsnmod:poss
10undertakingsundertakingNOUNNumber=Plur6 successfulobl
11,,PUNCT_12 resolvedpunct
12resolvedresolveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 undertakingsacl
13notnotPARTPolarity=Neg16 idleadvmod
14totoPART_16 idlemark
15bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf16 idlecop
16idleidleADJDegree=Pos12 resolvedxcomp
17ininADP_18 futurecase
18futurefutureNOUNNumber=Sing16 idleobl
19;;PUNCT_22 furnishedpunct
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 furnishednsubj
21thereforethereforeADV_22 furnishedadvmod
22furnishedfurnishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 successfulconj
23himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes22 furnishedobj
24withwithADP_26 horsecase
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 horsedet
26horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing22 furnishedobl
27,,PUNCT_29 cappunct
28aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 capdet
29capcapNOUNNumber=Sing26 horseappos
30ofofADP_31 knowledgecase
31knowledgeknowledgeNOUNNumber=Sing29 capnmod
32,,PUNCT_34 swordpunct
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 sworddet
34swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing26 horseconj
35ofofADP_36 sharpnesscase
36sharpnesssharpnessNOUNNumber=Sing34 swordnmod
37,,PUNCT_38 shoespunct
38shoesshoeNOUNNumber=Plur26 horseappos
39ofofADP_40 swiftnesscase
40swiftnessswiftnessNOUNNumber=Sing38 shoesnmod
41,,PUNCT_48 betterpunct
42andandCCONJ_48 bettercc
43anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art45 coatdet
44invisibleinvisibleADJDegree=Pos45 coatamod
45coatcoatNOUNNumber=Sing48 betternsubj
46,,PUNCT_48 betterpunct
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 betterdet
48bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp22 furnishedparataxis
49totoPART_50 performmark
50performperformVERBVerbForm=Inf48 bettercsubj
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 enterprisesdet
52wonderfulwonderfulADJDegree=Pos53 enterprisesamod
53enterprisesenterpriseNOUNNumber=Plur50 performobj
54thatthatPRONPronType=Rel55 laynsubj
55laylayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin53 enterprisesacl:relcl
56beforebeforeADP_57 himcase
57himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs55 layobl
58..PUNCT_1 Jackpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havegerundJack not said herevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2isparticipleJack not said hereJack's undertakingshitherto, successful propertytree rules
3resolveparticipleJack's undertakings not said heretree rules
4not isto-infinitivefutureidle propertytree rules
5furnishpastJackJackwith a horse and a sword of sharpness; therefore propertyvn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient with horse=Theme
6performto-infinitivethe wonderful enterprisesvn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enterprise=Theme
7laypresentthe wonderful enterprisesbefore Jackvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before he=Destination
8undertakeJacknom undertaking «act transitive»: 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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