The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 3

For in those days the one thing to be thought of in governing a kingdom was to keep well with all the Fairies and Enchanters, and on no account to stint them of the cakes, the ells of ribbon, and similar trifles which were their due, and, above all things, when there was a christening, to remember to invite every single one, good, bad, or indifferent, to the ceremony.

Who acts: one thing, similar trifles, things · What happens: think of, govern, be, stint, remember, invite · To what, where: kingdom, things, account, single one

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, 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 (one thing, similar trifles, things), 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	For	for	ADP	_	4 days	case
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 days	case
3	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 days	det
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 keep	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 keep	nsubj:outer
8	to	to	PART	_	10 thought	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 thought	aux:pass
10	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 thing	acl:relcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 thought	compound:prt
12	in	in	SCONJ	_	13 governing	mark
13	governing	govern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 thought	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 kingdom	det
15	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 governing	obj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 keep	cop
17	to	to	PART	_	18 keep	mark
18	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 keep	advmod
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 Fairies	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 Fairies	det:predet
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Fairies	det
23	Fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 keep	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 Enchanters	cc
25	Enchanters	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Fairies	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 stint	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 stint	cc
28	on	on	ADP	_	30 account	case
29	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	30 account	det
30	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 stint	obl
31	to	to	PART	_	32 stint	mark
32	stint	stint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 keep	conj
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 stint	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 cakes	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 cakes	det
36	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 stint	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 ells	punct
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 ells	det
39	ells	ell	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 cakes	conj
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 ribbon	case
41	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 ells	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 due	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 due	cc
44	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 trifles	amod
45	trifles	trifle	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 due	nsubj
46	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 due	nsubj
47	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 due	cop
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 due	nmod:poss
49	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	61 christening	case
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 things	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 things	cc
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 things	punct
53	above	above	ADP	_	55 things	case
54	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	55 things	det
55	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 christening	nsubj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 was	punct
57	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	59 was	advmod
58	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	59 was	expl
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 christening	cop
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 christening	det
61	christening	christening	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 keep	obl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 remember	punct
63	to	to	PART	_	64 remember	mark
64	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 keep	conj
65	to	to	PART	_	66 invite	mark
66	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 remember	xcomp
67	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	69 one	det
68	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 one	amod
69	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 invite	obj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 good	punct
71	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 one	amod
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 bad	punct
73	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 good	conj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 indifferent	punct
75	or	or	CCONJ	_	76 indifferent	cc
76	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 good	conj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 ceremony	punct
78	to	to	ADP	_	80 ceremony	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 ceremony	det
80	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 invite	obl
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 keep	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think of speech: other	to-infinitive · passive	the one thing not said here					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»
2	govern	gerund	the one thing not said here	a kingdom				vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme
3	is	past	the one thing			day	with all Fairies and Enchanters; keep, well property	tree rules
4	stint	to-infinitive	the one thing not said here	things = thing	no account		of the cakes and the ells of ribbon	tree rules
5	is	past	similar trifles				due property	tree rules
6	is	past	all things				due a christening	tree rules
7	remember	to-infinitive	the one thing not said here					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
8	invite	to-infinitive	the one thing not said here	every single one			to the ceremony	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

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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