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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 6, sentence 134

Then he was just the kind of man they liked, said they, and he might easily earn a good penny, before he was a day older, for the king paid a hundred dollars to anyone who would stand as sentinel in the church all night, beside his daughter’s chest.

Who acts: Christian, officers, kind, king · What happens: be, like, say, earn, pay, stand · To what, where: kind, man, good penny, hundred dollars, church · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christian, officers, kind, king), 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

advmodnsubjcopadvmoddetnsubjcasenmodnsubjacl:relclpunctnsubjpunctccnsubjauxadvmodconjdetamodobjpunctmarknsubjcopdetobl:unmarkedadvclpunctmarkdetnsubjconjdetnummodobjcaseoblnsubjauxacl:relclcaseoblcasedetobldetobl:unmarkedpunctcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctrootThenADVhePRONwasAUXjustADVtheDETkindNOUNofADPmanNOUNtheyPRONlikedVERB,PUNCTsaidVERBtheyPRON,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONmightAUXeasilyADVearnVERBaDETgoodADJpennyNOUN,PUNCTbeforeSCONJhePRONwasAUXaDETdayNOUNolderADJ,PUNCTforSCONJtheDETkingNOUNpaidVERBaDEThundredNUMdollarsNOUNtoADPanyonePRONwhoPRONwouldAUXstandVERBasADPsentinelNOUNinADPtheDETchurchNOUNallDETnightNOUN,PUNCTbesideADPhisPRONdaughterNOUN’sPARTchestNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem6 kindadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 kindnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 kindcop
4justjustADV_6 kindadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 kinddet
6kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing12 saidnsubj
7ofofADP_8 mancase
8manmanNOUNNumber=Sing6 kindnmod
9theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 likednsubj
10likedlikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 manacl:relcl
11,,PUNCT_6 kindpunct
12saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 saidnsubj
14,,PUNCT_19 earnpunct
15andandCCONJ_19 earncc
16hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 earnnsubj
17mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin19 earnaux
18easilyeasilyADV_19 earnadvmod
19earnearnVERBVerbForm=Inf12 saidconj
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 pennydet
21goodgoodADJDegree=Pos22 pennyamod
22pennypennyNOUNNumber=Sing19 earnobj
23,,PUNCT_29 olderpunct
24beforebeforeSCONJ_29 oldermark
25hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 oldernsubj
26wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 oldercop
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 daydet
28daydayNOUNNumber=Sing29 olderobl:unmarked
29olderoldADJDegree=Cmp19 earnadvcl
30,,PUNCT_34 paidpunct
31forforSCONJ_34 paidmark
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 kingdet
33kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing34 paidnsubj
34paidpayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 olderconj
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 hundreddet
36hundredhundredNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card37 dollarsnummod
37dollarsdollarNOUNNumber=Plur34 paidobj
38totoADP_39 anyonecase
39anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind34 paidobl
40whowhoPRONPronType=Rel42 standnsubj
41wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin42 standaux
42standstandVERBVerbForm=Inf39 anyoneacl:relcl
43asasADP_44 sentinelcase
44sentinelsentinelNOUNNumber=Sing42 standobl
45ininADP_47 churchcase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 churchdet
47churchchurchNOUNNumber=Sing42 standobl
48allallDETPronType=Tot49 nightdet
49nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing42 standobl:unmarked
50,,PUNCT_55 chestpunct
51besidebesideADP_55 chestcase
52hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs53 daughternmod:poss
53daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing55 chestnmod:poss
54’s'sPART_53 daughtercase
55chestchestNOUNNumber=Sing42 standobl
56..PUNCT_12 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastChristianthe kindthenof mantree rules
2likepastofficers = officerman not said herevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot man=Theme
3say speech: assertpastthe kindvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4earnmightChristiana good pennyeasily propertyvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Theme
5ispastChristiandayold propertytree rules
6paypastthe kinghundred dollarsto anyonevn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dollar=Asset
7standwouldthe churchnightas sentinel; beside Christian's daughter's chestvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location

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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