The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 9

Then he determined to carry some to the nearest town and try to sell them; and as no one had ever before seen any like them the people flocked about him eagerly and bought all he had caught, so that presently not a house in the city was considered complete without a crystal bowl full of fish, and the King’s customers were very particular about having them to match the rest of the furniture, and gave him a vast amount of trouble in choosing them.

Who acts: Fish, one, any, customers · What happens: determine, carry, try, sell, see, flock · To what, where: some, nearest town, King, all, Fish, house

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fish, one, any, customers), 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	3 determined	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 determined	nsubj
3	determined	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 determined	xcomp
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 carry	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 town	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 town	det
9	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 town	amod
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 try	cc
12	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carry	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 sell	mark
14	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 try	xcomp
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sell	obj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 seen	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 seen	cc
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 seen	mark
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 one	det
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 seen	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 seen	aux
22	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	23 before	advmod
23	before	before	ADV	_	24 seen	advmod
24	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 determined	conj
25	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	30 flocked	nsubj
26	like	like	ADP	_	27 them	case
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 any	nmod
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 people	det
29	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 flocked	nsubj
30	flocked	flock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 seen	parataxis
31	about	about	ADP	_	32 him	case
32	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 flocked	obl
33	eagerly	eagerly	ADV	_	30 flocked	advmod
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 bought	cc
35	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 flocked	conj
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	35 bought	obj
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 caught	nsubj:pass
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 caught	aux
39	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 all	acl:relcl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 considered	punct
41	so	so	ADV	_	51 considered	advmod
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 considered	mark
43	presently	presently	ADV	_	46 house	advmod
44	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	46 house	advmod
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 house	det
46	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 considered	nsubj:pass
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 city	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 city	det
49	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 house	nmod
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 considered	aux:pass
51	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 determined	conj
52	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 considered	xcomp
53	without	without	ADP	_	56 bowl	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 bowl	det
55	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 bowl	compound
56	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 considered	obl
57	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 bowl	amod
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 fish	case
59	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 full	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 particular	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 particular	cc
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 King	det
63	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 customers	nmod:poss
64	’s	's	PART	_	63 King	case
65	customers	customer	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 particular	nsubj
66	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 particular	cop
67	very	very	ADV	_	68 particular	advmod
68	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 considered	conj
69	about	about	SCONJ	_	70 having	mark
70	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	68 particular	advcl
71	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 having	obj
72	to	to	PART	_	73 match	mark
73	match	match	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 having	advcl
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 rest	det
75	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 match	obj
76	of	of	ADP	_	78 furniture	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 furniture	det
78	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 rest	nmod
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 gave	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 gave	cc
81	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	conj
82	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 gave	iobj
83	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 amount	det
84	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 amount	amod
85	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 gave	obj
86	of	of	ADP	_	87 trouble	case
87	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 amount	nmod
88	in	in	SCONJ	_	89 choosing	mark
89	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	81 gave	advcl
90	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 choosing	obj
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 determined	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	past	Fish				then		vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	carry	to-infinitive	Fish not said here	some		the nearest town			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent some=Theme to town=Destination
3	try	infinitive	Fish not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	Fish not said here	King					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	see	past · perfect	no one					before property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	flock	past	any					about Fish; eagerly property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	buy	past	any not said here	all					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme
8	catch	past · perfect · passive		Fish					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
9	consider	past · passive		a house in the city				without a crystal bowl; complete property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
10	is	past	the King's customers					particular property	tree rules
11	have	gerund	the King's customers not said here	King					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
12	match	to-infinitive	the King's customers not said here	the rest of the furniture					vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient
13	give	past	Fish not said here	a vast amount of trouble	Fish				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient amount=Theme
14	choose	gerund	Fish not said here	King					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
15	amount			trouble					nom amount «possession 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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