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English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat, sentence 77

The king, having seen the exploits of Mrs. Puss, and being informed that her kittens would stock the whole country, and keep it free from rats, bargained with the captain for the whole ship's cargo, and then gave him ten times as much for the cat as all the rest amounted to.

Who acts: king, kittens · What happens: see, inform, stock, keep, bargain, give · To what, where: exploits, whole country, country, rats, much, captain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Whittington and His Cat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, kittens), 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

detnsubjpunctauxdetobjcasenmodflatpunctccaux:passconjmarknmod:possnsubjauxccompdetamodobjpunctccconjobjxcompcaseoblpunctaclcasedetoblcasedetamodnmod:posscasenmodpunctccadvmodconjiobjnummodobl:unmarkedadvmodobjcasedetnmodcasedet:predetdetnmodaclxcomppunctrootTheDETkingNOUN,PUNCThavingAUXseenVERBtheDETexploitsNOUNofADPMrs.PROPNPussPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJbeingAUXinformedVERBthatSCONJherPRONkittensNOUNwouldAUXstockVERBtheDETwholeADJcountryNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJkeepVERBitPRONfreeADJfromADPratsNOUN,PUNCTbargainedVERBwithADPtheDETcaptainNOUNforADPtheDETwholeADJshipNOUN'sPARTcargoNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVgaveVERBhimPRONtenNUMtimesNOUNasADVmuchADJforADPtheDETcatNOUNasADPallDETtheDETrestNOUNamountedVERBtoPART.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 kingdet
2kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing5 seennsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 kingpunct
4havinghaveAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 seenaux
5seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 exploitsdet
7exploitsexploitNOUNNumber=Plur5 seenobj
8ofofADP_9 Mrs.case
9Mrs.Mrs.PROPNNumber=Sing7 exploitsnmod
10PussPussPROPNNumber=Sing9 Mrs.flat
11,,PUNCT_14 informedpunct
12andandCCONJ_14 informedcc
13beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 informedaux:pass
14informedinformVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 seenconj
15thatthatSCONJ_19 stockmark
16herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 kittensnmod:poss
17kittenskittenNOUNNumber=Plur19 stocknsubj
18wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin19 stockaux
19stockstockVERBVerbForm=Inf14 informedccomp
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 countrydet
21wholewholeADJDegree=Pos22 countryamod
22countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing19 stockobj
23,,PUNCT_25 keeppunct
24andandCCONJ_25 keepcc
25keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf5 seenconj
26ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 keepobj
27freefreeADJDegree=Pos25 keepxcomp
28fromfromADP_29 ratscase
29ratsratNOUNNumber=Plur25 keepobl
30,,PUNCT_31 bargainedpunct
31bargainedbargainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 ratsacl
32withwithADP_34 captaincase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 captaindet
34captaincaptainNOUNNumber=Sing31 bargainedobl
35forforADP_40 cargocase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 shipdet
37wholewholeADJDegree=Pos38 shipamod
38shipshipNOUNNumber=Sing40 cargonmod:poss
39's'sPART_38 shipcase
40cargocargoNOUNNumber=Sing34 captainnmod
41,,PUNCT_44 gavepunct
42andandCCONJ_44 gavecc
43thenthenADVPronType=Dem44 gaveadvmod
44gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 seenconj
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 gaveiobj
46tentenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card47 timesnummod
47timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur44 gaveobl:unmarked
48asasADV_49 muchadvmod
49muchmuchADJDegree=Pos44 gaveobj
50forforADP_52 catcase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 catdet
52catcatNOUNNumber=Sing49 muchnmod
53asasADP_56 restcase
54allallDETPronType=Tot56 restdet:predet
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 restdet
56restrestNOUNNumber=Sing49 muchnmod
57amountedamountVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass56 restacl
58totoPART_57 amountedxcomp
59..PUNCT_5 seenpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seegerund · perfectthe kingthe exploits of Mrs.vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer exploit=Stimulus
2inform speech: othergerund · passivethe king not said herevn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: clause=Topic
3stockwouldqueen's kittensthe whole countryvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme
4keepinfinitivethe king not said herecountryratsfree propertyvn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary from rat=Eventuality
5bargainparticiplerats not said herewith the captain for the whole ship's cargovn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with captain=Co-Agent
6givepastthe king not said heremuchcaptainthen; timefor the cat; as all restvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient much=Theme for cat=Asset
7amountparticipleall rest not said herevn register-54.1-1 «NP V PP.value»: agent=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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