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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 88

Meanwhile the squire was quite miserable, and made his moan to his wife, saying that she must help him to find some means to getting rid of this strong fellow, for he durst not give him his leave.

Who acts: squire, wife, some, durst · What happens: be, make, say, help, find, mean · To what, where: moan, squire, leave · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (squire, wife, some, durst), 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

advmoddetnsubjcopadvmodpunctccparataxisnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblpunctadvclmarknsubjauxccompobjmarkxcompnsubjccompmarkccompxcompcasedetamodoblpunctcasensubjobladvmodacliobjnmod:possobjpunctrootMeanwhileADVtheDETsquireNOUNwasAUXquiteADVmiserableADJ,PUNCTandCCONJmadeVERBhisPRONmoanNOUNtoADPhisPRONwifeNOUN,PUNCTsayingVERBthatSCONJshePRONmustAUXhelpVERBhimPRONtoPARTfindVERBsomeDETmeansVERBtoSCONJgettingVERBridADJofADPthisDETstrongADJfellowNOUN,PUNCTforADPhePRONdurstNOUNnotPARTgiveVERBhimPRONhisPRONleaveNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MeanwhilemeanwhileADV_6 miserableadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 squiredet
3squiresquireNOUNNumber=Sing6 miserablensubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 miserablecop
5quitequiteADV_6 miserableadvmod
6miserablemiserableADJDegree=Posrootroot
7,,PUNCT_9 madepunct
8andandCCONJ_9 madecc
9mademakeVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 miserableparataxis
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 moannmod:poss
11moanmoanNOUNNumber=Sing9 madeobj
12totoADP_14 wifecase
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 wifenmod:poss
14wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing9 madeobl
15,,PUNCT_16 sayingpunct
16sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part9 madeadvcl
17thatthatSCONJ_20 helpmark
18sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 helpnsubj
19mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin20 helpaux
20helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf16 sayingccomp
21himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 helpobj
22totoPART_23 findmark
23findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf20 helpxcomp
24somesomeDETPronType=Ind25 meansnsubj
25meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 findccomp
26totoSCONJ_27 gettingmark
27gettinggetVERBVerbForm=Ger25 meansccomp
28ridridADJDegree=Pos27 gettingxcomp
29ofofADP_32 fellowcase
30thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem32 fellowdet
31strongstrongADJDegree=Pos32 fellowamod
32fellowfellowNOUNNumber=Sing28 ridobl
33,,PUNCT_36 durstpunct
34forforADP_36 durstcase
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 durstnsubj
36durstdurstNOUNNumber=Sing27 gettingobl
37notnotPARTPolarity=Neg38 giveadvmod
38givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf36 durstacl
39himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 giveiobj
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 leavenmod:poss
41leaveleaveNOUNNumber=Sing38 giveobj
42..PUNCT_6 miserablepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe squiremeanwhile, miserable propertytree rules
2makepastsquire's moanto squire's wifevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset moan=Product
3say speech: assertgerundvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4helpmustwifesquirevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
5findto-infinitivesquire not said herevn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6meanpresentsomevn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7get not said to happengerundfor durst; rid propertyvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for durst=Source
8not giveinfinitivedurst not said heresquire's leavesquirevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient leave=Theme
9moansquirenom moan «communication intransitive»: 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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