The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 1, sentence 62

He was always going about grumbling and growling, and saying that it seemed to him that there might be such a thing as having too many of these good gifts; so shortly before another baby was born he went away into the wood for some firewood, saying that he did not want to see the new child; he would hear him quite soon enough when he began to squall for some food.

Who acts: man, it, thing · What happens: go, grumble, growl, say, seem, be · To what, where: man, thing, many, baby, wood, new child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, it, thing), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 going	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 going	advmod
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	6 grumbling	mark
6	grumbling	grumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 going	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 growling	cc
8	growling	growl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 going	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 saying	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 saying	cc
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 going	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 seemed	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 seemed	nsubj
14	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 saying	ccomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 seemed	obl
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 thing	mark
18	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	20 be	expl
19	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 be	aux
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 thing	cop
21	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	23 thing	det:predet
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 thing	det
23	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seemed	xcomp
24	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 having	mark
25	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 thing	acl
26	too	too	ADV	_	27 many	advmod
27	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 having	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	31 gifts	case
29	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	31 gifts	det
30	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 gifts	amod
31	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 many	nmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 born	punct
33	so	so	ADV	_	34 shortly	advmod
34	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	39 born	advmod
35	before	before	SCONJ	_	39 born	mark
36	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	37 baby	det
37	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 born	nsubj:pass
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 born	aux:pass
39	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 going	conj
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 went	nsubj
41	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 born	conj
42	away	away	ADV	_	41 went	advmod
43	into	into	ADP	_	45 wood	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 wood	det
45	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 went	obl
46	for	for	ADP	_	48 firewood	case
47	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	48 firewood	det
48	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 wood	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 saying	punct
50	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	41 went	advcl
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 want	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 want	nsubj
53	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 want	aux
54	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	55 want	advmod
55	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 saying	ccomp
56	to	to	PART	_	57 see	mark
57	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 want	xcomp
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 child	det
59	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 child	amod
60	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 see	obj
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	64 hear	punct
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 hear	nsubj
63	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 hear	aux
64	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 born	advcl
65	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 hear	obj
66	quite	quite	ADV	_	67 soon	advmod
67	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	64 hear	advmod
68	enough	enough	ADV	_	67 soon	advmod
69	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	71 began	advmod
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 began	nsubj
71	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 hear	advcl
72	to	to	PART	_	73 squall	mark
73	squall	squall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 began	xcomp
74	for	for	ADP	_	76 food	case
75	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	76 food	det
76	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 squall	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past · progressive	man				always property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grumble speech: other	gerund	man not said here					vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	growl	gerund	man not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	gerund	man not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	seem	past	it		man			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
6	is a	infinitive		such thing				tree rules
7	have	gerund	such thing not said here	many of this good gifts				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient
8	bear	past · passive		another baby			shortly property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
9	go away	past	man			the wood for some firewood	away property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location
10	say speech: assert	gerund	man not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	not want	past · do-support	man					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
12	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	man not said here	the new child				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
13	hear	would	man	child			soon property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
14	begin	past	man					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
15	squall speech: other	to-infinitive	man not said here				for some food	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for food=Recipient

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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