More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 14, sentence 36
"Well, then," said the King, "tell me where is the centre of all the world round; then let me know how soon can I ride the whole world about; and, lastly, tell me what I think."
Who acts: King, centre · What happens: say, tell, be, let, know, ride · To what, where: King, whole world · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, centre), 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 | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 2 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 7 said | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Well | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 said | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 then | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 then | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tell | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 tell | punct |
| 12 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | conj |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 tell | iobj |
| 14 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 tell | ccomp |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 where | cop |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 centre | det |
| 17 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 where | nsubj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 world | case |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 world | det:predet |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 world | det |
| 21 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 centre | nmod |
| 22 | round | round | ADV | _ | 14 where | advmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 let | punct |
| 24 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 let | advmod |
| 25 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 26 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 let | obj |
| 27 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 let | xcomp |
| 28 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 29 soon | advmod |
| 29 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 ride | advmod |
| 30 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 ride | aux |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 ride | nsubj |
| 32 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 know | ccomp |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 world | det |
| 34 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 world | amod |
| 35 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 ride | obj |
| 36 | about | about | ADP | _ | 32 ride | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 tell | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 tell | cc |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 and | punct |
| 40 | lastly | lastly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 tell | advcl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 lastly | punct |
| 42 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 43 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 tell | iobj |
| 44 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 46 think | obj |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 think | nsubj |
| 46 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 tell | ccomp |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 42 tell | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 tell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the King | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | the King not said here | the King = king | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the centre of all world | round, where property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | let in a quote | infinitive | the King = king | then | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | know in a quote | infinitive | the King = king not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | ride in a quote | can | the King = king | the whole world | soon property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme | |||
| 7 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | the King = king | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | think speech: other in a quote | present | the King = king | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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: «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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