The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 3

Let him do what he might with rod and line, there was never even so much as a sprat on his hook; but when the day was well nigh over, a head rose up out of the water, and said: ‘If you will give me what your wife shows you when you go home, you shall catch fish enough.’

Who acts: you, fisherman, day, head, wife · What happens: let, do, be, rise up, say, give · To what, where: fisherman, water, me, you, fish · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princesses of Whiteland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, fisherman, day, head), 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	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 do	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 might	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 rod	case
8	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 might	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 line	cc
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rod	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 was	punct
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 was	expl
13	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	advcl
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 much	advmod
15	even	even	ADV	_	17 much	advmod
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 much	advmod
17	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 was	ccomp
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 sprat	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 sprat	det
20	sprat	sprat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 much	nmod
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 hook	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 hook	nmod:poss
23	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sprat	nmod
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 rose	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	36 rose	cc
26	when	when	SCONJ	_	32 over	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 day	det
28	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 over	nsubj
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 over	cop
30	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 over	advmod
31	nigh	nigh	ADV	_	32 over	advmod
32	over	over	ADV	_	36 rose	advcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 rose	punct
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 head	det
35	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 rose	nsubj
36	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	parataxis
37	up	up	ADP	_	36 rose	compound:prt
38	out	out	ADP	_	41 water	case
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 water	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 water	det
41	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 rose	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 said	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 said	cc
44	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 rose	conj
45	:	:	PUNCT	_	50 give	punct
46	‘	'	PUNCT	_	50 give	punct
47	If	if	SCONJ	_	50 give	mark
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	50 give	nsubj
49	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 give	aux
50	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 said	ccomp
51	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 give	iobj
52	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	55 shows	obj
53	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 wife	nmod:poss
54	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 shows	nsubj
55	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 give	conj
56	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	55 shows	iobj
57	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	59 go	advmod
58	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 go	nsubj
59	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 shows	ccomp
60	home	home	ADV	_	59 go	advmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 catch	punct
62	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	64 catch	nsubj
63	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 catch	aux
64	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 give	advcl
65	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 catch	obj
66	enough	enough	ADV	_	64 catch	advmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct
68	’	'	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	fisherman				tree rules
2	do	infinitive	fisherman not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	be	past	you not said here			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	the day				nigh, over, well property	tree rules
5	rise up	past	a head			the water		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out water=Location
6	say speech: assert	past	a head not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	give a condition, not said to happen	future	you		me			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
8	show	present	your wife		you			tree rules
9	go	present	you				home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	catch	shall	you	fish			enough property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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