English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat, sentence 91

“Indeed, Mr. Whittington,” said the merchant, “we are all quite in earnest with you, and I most heartily rejoice in the news that these gentlemen have brought you; for the captain has sold your cat to the King of Barbary, and brought you in return for her more riches than I possess in the whole world; and I wish you may long enjoy them!”

Who acts: Whittington, we, you · What happens: say, be, rejoice, bring, sell, possess · To what, where: merchant, news, gentlemen, cat, King, you · 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 (Whittington, we, you), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
2	Indeed	indeed	ADV	_	5 Whittington	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Indeed	punct
4	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Whittington	nmod:desc
5	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Whittington	punct
7	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 Whittington	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 merchant	det
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 earnest	punct
12	“	"	PUNCT	_	18 earnest	punct
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 earnest	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 earnest	cop
15	all	all	ADV	_	18 earnest	advmod
16	quite	quite	ADV	_	18 earnest	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 earnest	case
18	earnest	earn	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 said	ccomp
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 you	case
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 earnest	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 rejoice	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 rejoice	cc
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 rejoice	nsubj
24	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	25 heartily	advmod
25	heartily	heartily	ADV	_	26 rejoice	advmod
26	rejoice	rejoice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	conj
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 news	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 news	det
29	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 rejoice	obl
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 brought	mark
31	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	32 gentlemen	det
32	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 brought	nsubj:pass
33	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 brought	aux
34	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 rejoice	advcl
35	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	34 brought	obj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 sold	punct
37	for	for	ADP	_	39 captain	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 captain	det
39	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 sold	obl
40	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 sold	aux
41	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 said	parataxis
42	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 cat	nmod:poss
43	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 sold	obj
44	to	to	ADP	_	46 King	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 King	det
46	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 sold	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 Barbary	case
48	Barbary	Barbary	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 King	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 brought	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 brought	cc
51	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 sold	conj
52	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	51 brought	obj
53	in	in	ADP	_	54 return	case
54	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 brought	obl
55	for	for	ADP	_	58 riches	case
56	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 riches	nmod:poss
57	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	58 riches	amod
58	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 brought	obl
59	than	than	SCONJ	_	61 possess	mark
60	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 possess	nsubj
61	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 brought	advcl
62	in	in	ADP	_	65 world	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 world	det
64	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 world	amod
65	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 possess	obl
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 wish	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 wish	cc
68	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 wish	nsubj
69	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	73 enjoy	nsubj
71	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 enjoy	aux
72	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	73 enjoy	advmod
73	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 wish	ccomp
74	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 enjoy	obj
75	!	!	PUNCT	_	69 wish	punct
76	”	"	PUNCT	_	69 wish	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	past	Whittington Mr.	the merchant				tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	we				with you; all, earn property	tree rules
3	rejoice in a quote	present	Whittington Mr. = whittington			the news	heartily property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	bring in a quote	present · perfect · passive		this gentlemen				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination you=Theme
5	sell in a quote	present · perfect		your cat	the King of Barbary		for the captain	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent cat=Theme for captain=Asset to king=Recipient
6	bring in a quote	past			you	return	for Mr.'s more riches	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination
7	possess in a quote	present	Whittington Mr. = whittington			the whole world		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
8	wish in a quote	present	Whittington Mr. = whittington					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9	enjoy in a quote	may	you	gentlemen = gentleman			long property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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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