The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 69

He thanked Hans for having fished so well, and said that now he had an errand for him, which he could only give to a trusty servant, and that was to journey to Purgatory, and demand three years tribute, which, he said, was owing to him from that quarter.

Who acts: fish, that · What happens: thank, fish, say, have, give, be · To what, where: Hans, errand, trusty servant, journey, Purgatory, years tribute · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fish, that), 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 thanked	nsubj
2	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thanked	obj
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 fished	mark
5	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 fished	aux
6	fished	fish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thanked	advcl
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 well	advmod
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 fished	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thanked	parataxis
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 had	mark
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 had	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 errand	det
17	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 had	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 errand	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 give	punct
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 give	obj
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 give	nsubj
23	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 give	aux
24	only	only	ADV	_	25 give	advmod
25	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 errand	parataxis
26	to	to	ADP	_	29 servant	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 servant	det
28	trusty	trusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 servant	amod
29	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 give	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 journey	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 journey	cc
32	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	35 journey	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 journey	cop
34	to	to	PART	_	35 journey	mark
35	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	conj
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 Purgatory	case
37	Purgatory	Purgatory	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 journey	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 demand	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 demand	cc
40	demand	demand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 thanked	parataxis
41	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	42 years	nummod
42	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 tribute	compound
43	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 demand	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 said	punct
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 said	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 which	punct
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 said	nsubj
48	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 tribute	parataxis
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 owing	punct
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 owing	aux
51	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	48 said	advcl
52	to	to	ADP	_	53 him	case
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 owing	obl
54	from	from	ADP	_	56 quarter	case
55	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	56 quarter	det
56	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 owing	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thanked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	fish		Hans				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hans=Theme
2	fish	gerund · perfect	fish not said here					well property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	past							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	past	fish	a errand			now	for Hans	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=Patient
5	give	could	fish	a errand	a trusty servant				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to servant=Recipient
6	is a	past	that	journey	Purgatory				tree rules
7	demand speech: request	infinitive		years tribute					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tribute=Precondition
8	say speech: assert	past	fish	years tribute					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic
9	owe	past · progressive	fish not said here		fish	that quarter			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal

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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