The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 2

He had no property to bequeath to them, and no means of putting them in the way of getting a living, and did not know what to do, so he said that they had his leave to take to anything they most fancied, and go to any place they best liked.

Who acts: husbandman, property, no, way, sons, leave · What happens: have, bequeath, mean, put, get, not know · To what, where: property, sons, way, living, leave, place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Thief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husbandman, property, no, way), 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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 property	det
4	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bequeath	mark
6	bequeath	bequeath	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bequeath	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 means	cc
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 means	nsubj
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 putting	mark
14	putting	put	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 means	ccomp
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 putting	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 way	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 way	det
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 putting	obl
19	of	of	SCONJ	_	20 getting	mark
20	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 way	acl
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 living	det
22	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 getting	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 know	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 know	cc
25	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 know	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 know	advmod
27	know	know	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 do	obj
29	to	to	PART	_	30 do	mark
30	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 know	ccomp
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 said	punct
32	so	so	ADV	_	34 said	advmod
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 said	nsubj
34	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 had	mark
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 had	nsubj
37	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 said	ccomp
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 leave	nmod:poss
39	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 had	obj
40	to	to	PART	_	41 take	mark
41	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 had	xcomp
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 anything	case
43	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	41 take	obl
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 fancied	nsubj
45	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	46 fancied	advmod
46	fancied	fancy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 anything	acl:relcl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 go	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 go	cc
49	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 take	conj
50	to	to	ADP	_	52 place	case
51	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	52 place	det
52	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 go	obl
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 liked	nsubj
54	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	55 liked	advmod
55	liked	like	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 place	acl:relcl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	husbandman	no property				tree rules
2	bequeath	to-infinitive	no property not said here		sons = son			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to they=Goal
3	mean	present	no					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	put	gerund		sons = son		the way		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in way=Destination
5	get	gerund	the way not said here	a living				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer living=Stimulus
6	not know	past · do-support						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	do	to-infinitive						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
8	say speech: assert	past	husbandman					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	have	past	sons = son	husbandman's leave				tree rules
10	take	to-infinitive	husbandman's leave not said here				to anything result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to anything=Result
11	fancy	participle	sons = son					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
12	go	infinitive	husbandman's leave not said here			any place		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
13	like	participle	sons = son	any place not said here			well property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=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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