English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil, sentence 2

He had one big book bound in black calf and clasped with iron, and with iron corners, and chained to a table which was made fast to the floor; and when he read out of this book, he unlocked it with an iron key, and none but he read from it, for it contained all the secrets of the spiritual world.

Who acts: man, book · What happens: have, bind, clasp, chain, make, read out · To what, where: one big book, iron corners, table, book, key, secrets

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Master and His Pupil. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, book), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 book	nummod
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 book	amod
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 book	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 calf	case
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 calf	amod
9	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bound	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 clasped	cc
11	clasped	clasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 iron	case
13	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clasped	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 corners	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 corners	cc
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 corners	case
17	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 corners	compound
18	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 chained	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 chained	cc
21	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 corners	acl
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 table	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 table	det
24	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 chained	obl
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 made	nsubj:pass
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 made	aux:pass
27	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 table	acl:relcl
28	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	27 made	advmod
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 floor	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 floor	det
31	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 made	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 unlocked	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 unlocked	cc
34	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	36 read	advmod
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 read	nsubj
36	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 unlocked	advcl
37	out	out	ADP	_	40 book	case
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 book	case
39	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	40 book	det
40	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 read	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 read	punct
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 unlocked	nsubj
43	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 unlocked	obj
45	with	with	ADP	_	48 key	case
46	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 key	det
47	iron	iron	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 key	amod
48	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 unlocked	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 none	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 none	cc
51	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	43 unlocked	obl
52	but	but	CCONJ	_	54 read	cc
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 read	nsubj
54	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 unlocked	conj
55	from	from	ADP	_	56 it	case
56	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 read	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 contained	punct
58	for	for	SCONJ	_	60 contained	mark
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 contained	nsubj
60	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 read	conj
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 secrets	det:predet
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 secrets	det
63	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 contained	obj
64	of	of	ADP	_	67 world	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 world	det
66	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 world	amod
67	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 secrets	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	man	one big book			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient
2	bind	participle		one big book not said here		in black calf	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	clasp	past	man not said here			with iron	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	chain	participle		iron corners not said here		to a table	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to table=Co-Patient
5	make	past · passive		a table		to the floor; fast property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
6	read out	past	man	this book			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
7	unlock	past	man	book		with a iron key; none obl	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
8	read	past	man		key		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from it=Source
9	contain	past	book	all secrets of the spiritual world			vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot secret=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: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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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