More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 13, sentence 80
I thought you would have guns with you, and that you would not mind killing me if you saw me; but when I saw the gentleman going away with the carriage, and leaving you behind by yourself, I made bold to come to you, to see who you were, and now I know who you are very well.
Who acts: I, you, gentleman · What happens: think, have, not mind, kill, see, go away · To what, where: guns, me, gentleman, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, gentleman), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 6 | guns | gun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 have | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mind | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 mind | cc |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 mind | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 mind | nsubj |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 mind | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 mind | advmod |
| 15 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 have | parataxis |
| 16 | killing | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 mind | xcomp |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 killing | obj |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 20 saw | mark |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 saw | nsubj |
| 20 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 killing | advcl |
| 21 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 saw | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 saw | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 saw | cc |
| 24 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 saw | advmod |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 saw | nsubj |
| 26 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | parataxis |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 gentleman | det |
| 28 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 saw | obj |
| 29 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 gentleman | acl |
| 30 | away | away | ADV | _ | 29 going | advmod |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 carriage | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 carriage | det |
| 33 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 going | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 made | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 made | cc |
| 36 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 made | advcl |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 leaving | obj |
| 38 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 36 leaving | advmod |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 yourself | case |
| 40 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 36 leaving | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 leaving | punct |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 made | nsubj |
| 43 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 saw | conj |
| 44 | bold | bold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 made | xcomp |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 come | mark |
| 46 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 made | xcomp |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 you | case |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 come | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 see | punct |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 see | mark |
| 51 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 come | advcl |
| 52 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 51 see | ccomp |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 who | nsubj |
| 54 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 who | cop |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 know | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 know | cc |
| 57 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 59 know | advmod |
| 58 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 know | nsubj |
| 59 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | parataxis |
| 60 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 well | nsubj |
| 61 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 64 well | nsubj |
| 62 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 well | cop |
| 63 | very | very | ADV | _ | 64 well | advmod |
| 64 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 59 know | ccomp |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | I | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | would | you | guns | with you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Patient | |||
| 3 | not mind | would | you | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | kill | gerund | you not said here | me | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 5 | see a condition, not said to happen | past | you | me | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | see | past | I | the gentleman | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gentleman=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | go away | gerund | the gentleman not said here | with the carriage; away property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with carriage=Beneficiary | ||||
| 8 | leave | gerund | I not said here | you | by yourself; behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme by yourself=Location | |||
| 9 | make | past | I | bold property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | come | to-infinitive | I not said here | you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location | ||||
| 11 | see | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 12 | is a | past | you | tree rules | |||||
| 13 | know | present | I | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 14 | is | present | well property | tree rules |
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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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