The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 32
Both the other brothers were quite satisfied, and praised him too, and as they were so fond of each other they all three remained at home and plied their trades: and as they were so experienced and skilful they earned a great deal of money.
Who acts: other brothers, Brothers · What happens: be, praise, remain, ply, earn, trade · To what, where: father, home, trades, great deal, money
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other brothers, Brothers), 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 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 7 satisfied | cc:preconj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brothers | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brothers | amod |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 satisfied | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 satisfied | cop |
| 6 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 7 satisfied | advmod |
| 7 | satisfied | satisfied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 praised | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 praised | cc |
| 10 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 satisfied | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 praised | obj |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 praised | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fond | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 fond | cc |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 fond | mark |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 fond | nsubj |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 fond | cop |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 fond | advmod |
| 19 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 satisfied | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 each | case |
| 21 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 19 fond | obl |
| 22 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 each | fixed |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 three | nsubj |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 three | det |
| 25 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 fond | obl |
| 26 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 three | acl |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 home | case |
| 28 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 remained | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 plied | cc |
| 30 | plied | ply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 remained | conj |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 trades | nmod:poss |
| 32 | trades | trade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 plied | obj |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 experienced | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 experienced | cc |
| 35 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 experienced | mark |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 experienced | nsubj |
| 37 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 experienced | cop |
| 38 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 experienced | advmod |
| 39 | experienced | experienced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 trades | acl:relcl |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 skilful | cc |
| 41 | skilful | skilful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 experienced | conj |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 earned | nsubj |
| 43 | earned | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 experienced | ccomp |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 deal | det |
| 45 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 deal | amod |
| 46 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 earned | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 money | case |
| 48 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 deal | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 satisfied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the other brothers | satisfied property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | praise | past | the other brothers not said here | father | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Brothers = brother | of each; all three obl; fond property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | remain | participle | home | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | |||||
| 5 | ply | past | Brothers's trades | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent trade=Recipient | |||||
| 6 | is | past | Brothers = brother | Brothers's trades not said here | experienced property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | be | Brothers = brother not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | earn | past | Brothers = brother | a great deal of money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Theme | ||||
| 9 | trade | Brothers = brother | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | deal | money | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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