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The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Etin, sentence 6

The young man, thinking he might hae to travel a far way, and not knowing when or how he might get other provisions, said he would like to hae the hale cake, com of his mother’s malison what like; so she gave him the hale cake, and her malison alang wi’t.

Who acts: young man, man, part · What happens: think, hae, travel, not know, get, say · To what, where: far way, other provisions, hale cake, man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Red Etin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young man, man, part), 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

detamodnsubjpunctaclnsubjauxccompmarkxcompdetamodobl:unmarkedpunctccadvmodadvcladvmodccadvmodnsubjauxccompamodobjpunctnsubjauxccompmarkxcompdetamodobjpunctconjcasenmod:possnmod:posscasenmodacl:relcldiscoursepunctadvmodnsubjconjiobjdetamodobjpunctccnmod:posscompoundcompoundoblpunctrootTheDETyoungADJmanNOUN,PUNCTthinkingVERBhePRONmightAUXhaeVERBtoPARTtravelVERBaDETfarADJwayNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJnotPARTknowingVERBwhenADVorCCONJhowADVhePRONmightAUXgetVERBotherADJprovisionsNOUN,PUNCTsaidVERBhePRONwouldAUXlikeVERBtoPARThaeVERBtheDEThaleADJcakeNOUN,PUNCTcomNOUNofADPhisPRONmotherNOUN’sPARTmalisonNOUNwhatPRONlikeINTJ;PUNCTsoADVshePRONgaveVERBhimPRONtheDEThaleADJcakeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJherPRONmalisonNOUNalangNOUNwi’tNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 mandet
2youngyoungADJDegree=Pos3 manamod
3manmanNOUNNumber=Sing27 saidnsubj
4,,PUNCT_5 thinkingpunct
5thinkingthinkVERBVerbForm=Ger3 manacl
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 haensubj
7mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin8 haeaux
8haehaeVERBVerbForm=Inf5 thinkingccomp
9totoPART_10 travelmark
10traveltravelVERBVerbForm=Inf8 haexcomp
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 waydet
12farfarADJDegree=Pos13 wayamod
13waywayNOUNNumber=Sing10 travelobl:unmarked
14,,PUNCT_17 knowingpunct
15andandCCONJ_17 knowingcc
16notnotPARTPolarity=Neg17 knowingadvmod
17knowingknowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 thinkingadvcl
18whenwhenADVPronType=Int23 getadvmod
19ororCCONJ_23 getcc
20howhowADVPronType=Int23 getadvmod
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 getnsubj
22mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin23 getaux
23getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf17 knowingccomp
24otherotherADJDegree=Pos25 provisionsamod
25provisionsprovisionNOUNNumber=Plur23 getobj
26,,PUNCT_3 manpunct
27saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 likensubj
29wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin30 likeaux
30likelikeVERBVerbForm=Inf27 saidccomp
31totoPART_32 haemark
32haehaeVERBVerbForm=Inf30 likexcomp
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 cakedet
34halehaleADJDegree=Pos35 cakeamod
35cakecakeNOUNNumber=Sing32 haeobj
36,,PUNCT_37 compunct
37comcomNOUNNumber=Sing35 cakeconj
38ofofADP_42 malisoncase
39hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 mothernmod:poss
40mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing42 malisonnmod:poss
41’s'sPART_40 mothercase
42malisonmalisonNOUNNumber=Sing37 comnmod
43whatwhatPRONPronType=Int42 malisonacl:relcl
44likelikeINTJ_43 whatdiscourse
45;;PUNCT_48 gavepunct
46sosoADV_48 gaveadvmod
47sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 gavensubj
48gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 saidconj
49himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 gaveiobj
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 cakedet
51halehaleADJDegree=Pos52 cakeamod
52cakecakeNOUNNumber=Sing48 gaveobj
53,,PUNCT_58 wi’tpunct
54andandCCONJ_58 wi’tcc
55herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs58 wi’tnmod:poss
56malisonmalisonNOUNNumber=Sing57 alangcompound
57alangalangNOUNNumber=Sing58 wi’tcompound
58wi’twi'tNOUNNumber=Sing48 gaveobl
59..PUNCT_27 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: othergerundthe young man not said herevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2haemightmantree rules
3travelto-infinitiveman not said herea far wayvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4not knowgerundthe young man not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5getmightmanother provisionsvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer provision=Stimulus
6say speech: assertpastthe young manvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7likewouldmanvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8hae not said to happento-infinitiveman not said herethe hale cake and com of man's mother's malisontree rules
9givepastpartthe hale cakemanpart's alang wi’t oblvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cake=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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