The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 1, sentence 104

Then the Hunter said that to the old donkey, which was the witch, three beatings and one meal; to the younger one, which was the servant, one beating and three meals; and to the youngest one, which was the maiden, no beating and three meals; for he could not find it in his heart to let the maiden be beaten.

Who acts: Hunter, old donkey, younger one, youngest one · What happens: say, be, not find, let, beat · To what, where: witch, servant, meal, heart, maiden · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Donkey Cabbage, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hunter, old donkey, younger one, youngest one), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Hunter	det
3	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 donkey	mark
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 donkey	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 donkey	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 donkey	amod
9	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 witch	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 witch	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 witch	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 donkey	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 beatings	punct
16	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 beatings	nummod
17	beatings	beating	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 witch	appos
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 meal	cc
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 meal	nummod
20	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 beatings	conj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 one	punct
22	to	to	ADP	_	25 one	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 one	det
24	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	25 one	amod
25	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 servant	punct
27	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 servant	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 servant	cop
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 servant	det
30	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 one	appos
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 beating	punct
32	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 beating	nummod
33	beating	beating	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 servant	conj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 meals	cc
35	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 meals	nummod
36	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 beating	conj
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 and	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 said	cc
39	to	to	ADP	_	42 one	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 one	det
41	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	42 one	amod
42	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 and	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 maiden	punct
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 maiden	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 maiden	cop
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 maiden	det
47	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 one	acl:relcl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 beating	punct
49	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	50 beating	det
50	beating	beating	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 maiden	conj
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 meals	cc
52	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	53 meals	nummod
53	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 beating	conj
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 find	punct
55	for	for	SCONJ	_	59 find	mark
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 find	nsubj
57	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 find	aux
58	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	59 find	advmod
59	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 maiden	parataxis
60	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 find	obj
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 heart	case
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 heart	nmod:poss
63	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 find	obl
64	to	to	PART	_	65 let	mark
65	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 find	advcl
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 beaten	det
67	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 beaten	nsubj:pass
68	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	69 beaten	aux:pass
69	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 let	xcomp
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Hunter			then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the old donkey and the witch	the witch				tree rules
3	is a	past	the younger one	the servant and one beating and three meals				tree rules
4	is	past	the youngest one				maiden property	tree rules
5	not find	could	Hunter	meal	Hunter's heart			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
6	let	to-infinitive	Hunter not said here					tree rules
7	beat	infinitive · passive		maiden				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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