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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 64

When they were out of sight Ciccu asked the landlord how much he owed, and then said to his purse, ‘Dear purse, give me, I pray you, six florins,’ and instantly six florins were in the purse.

Who acts: brothers, sight, Ciccu, I, six florins · What happens: be, ask, owe, say, give, pray · To what, where: sight, landlord, much, me, you, purse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, sight, Ciccu, I), 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

advmodnsubjcopcasecasensubjnsubjdetobjadvmodobjnsubjccomppunctccadvmodparataxiscasenmod:possoblpunctpunctamodconjpunctccompiobjpunctnsubjparataxisobjpunctnummodoblpunctpunctccadvmodnummodnsubjcopcasedetconjpunctrootWhenADVtheyPRONwereAUXoutADPofADPsightNOUNCiccuPROPNaskedVERBtheDETlandlordNOUNhowADVmuchADJhePRONowedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVsaidVERBtoADPhisPRONpurseNOUN,PUNCT‘PUNCTDearADJpurseNOUN,PUNCTgiveVERBmePRON,PUNCTIPRONprayVERByouPRON,PUNCTsixNUMflorinsNOUN,PUNCT’PUNCTandCCONJinstantlyADVsixNUMflorinsNOUNwereAUXinADPtheDETpurseNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int6 sightadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 sightnsubj
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 sightcop
4outoutADP_6 sightcase
5ofofADP_6 sightcase
6sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing8 askednsubj
7CiccuCiccuPROPNNumber=Sing8 askednsubj
8askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 landlorddet
10landlordlandlordNOUNNumber=Sing8 askedobj
11howhowADVPronType=Int12 muchadvmod
12muchmuchADJDegree=Pos14 owedobj
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 owednsubj
14owedoweVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 askedccomp
15,,PUNCT_18 saidpunct
16andandCCONJ_18 saidcc
17thenthenADVPronType=Dem18 saidadvmod
18saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 askedparataxis
19totoADP_21 pursecase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 pursenmod:poss
21pursepurseNOUNNumber=Sing18 saidobl
22,,PUNCT_25 pursepunct
23‘'PUNCT_25 pursepunct
24DeardearADJDegree=Pos25 purseamod
25pursepurseNOUNNumber=Sing21 purseconj
26,,PUNCT_27 givepunct
27givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf18 saidccomp
28meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs27 giveiobj
29,,PUNCT_31 praypunct
30IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs31 praynsubj
31prayprayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 askedparataxis
32youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs31 prayobj
33,,PUNCT_35 florinspunct
34sixsixNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card35 florinsnummod
35florinsflorinNOUNNumber=Plur31 prayobl
36,,PUNCT_35 florinspunct
37’'PUNCT_35 florinspunct
38andandCCONJ_45 pursecc
39instantlyinstantlyADV_40 sixadvmod
40sixsixNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card41 florinsnummod
41florinsflorinNOUNNumber=Plur45 pursensubj
42werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 pursecop
43ininADP_45 pursecase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 pursedet
45pursepurseNOUNNumber=Sing31 prayconj
46..PUNCT_8 askedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastbrothers = brothersighttree rules
2ask speech: askpastsightthe landlordvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent landlord=Recipient clause=Topic
3owepastCiccumuchvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent much=Theme
4say speech: assertpastthento Ciccu's purse and Dear pursevn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to purse=Experiencer clause=Topic
5giveinfinitivemevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
6praypresentIyousix florins obltree rules
7ispastsix florinsthe pursetree rules

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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