The Violet Fairy Book, The Envious Neighbour, sentence 48

But before the messenger could reach him the old man had climbed the nearest tree and scattered his ashes far and wide, and in an instant the white flowers had flashed into life, and the heart of the Daimio rejoiced, and he gave rich presents to the old man, whom he sent for to his castle.

Who acts: old man, heart, man · What happens: reach, climb, scatter, flash, rejoice, give · To what, where: man, nearest tree, ashes, white flowers, rich presents, old man

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Envious Neighbour. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old man, heart, man), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 reach	cc
2	before	before	ADP	_	4 messenger	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 messenger	det
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	obl
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reach	aux
6	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reach	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 climbed	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 climbed	aux
12	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 reach	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tree	det
14	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 tree	amod
15	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 climbed	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 scattered	cc
17	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 climbed	conj
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 ashes	nmod:poss
19	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 scattered	obj
20	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 scattered	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 wide	cc
22	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 far	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 flashed	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 flashed	cc
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 instant	case
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 instant	det
27	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 flashed	obl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 flowers	det
29	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 flowers	amod
30	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 flashed	nsubj:pass
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 flashed	aux
32	flashed	flash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 reach	parataxis
33	into	into	ADP	_	34 life	case
34	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 flashed	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 rejoiced	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 rejoiced	cc
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 heart	det
38	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 rejoiced	nsubj
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 Daimio	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Daimio	det
41	Daimio	Daimio	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 heart	nmod
42	rejoiced	rejoice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 flashed	parataxis
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 gave	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 gave	cc
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 gave	nsubj
46	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 rejoiced	conj
47	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 presents	amod
48	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 gave	obj
49	to	to	ADP	_	52 man	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 man	det
51	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 man	amod
52	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 gave	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 sent	punct
54	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 sent	obj
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 sent	nsubj
56	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 man	acl:relcl
57	for	for	ADP	_	60 castle	case
58	to	to	ADP	_	60 castle	case
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 castle	nmod:poss
60	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 sent	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reach	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	reach	could		man		before the messenger		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	climb	past · perfect	the old man	the nearest tree				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
3	scatter	past	the old man not said here	man's ashes			far property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme
4	flash	past · perfect · passive		the white flowers			into life; in a instant	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in instant=Topic into life=Recipient
5	rejoice	past	the heart of the Daimio					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	give	past	man	rich presents	the old man			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent present=Theme to man=Recipient
7	send	past	man	the old man			for man's castle	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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