More English Fairy Tales, LXV. the Three Wishes, sentence 6
In my _Æsop_, i., 140-1, I have pointed out an earlier version in Phædrus where it occurs (as in the prose versions) as the fable of _Mercury and the two Women_, one of whom wishes to see her babe when it has a beard; the other, that everything she touches which she would find useful in her profession, may follow her.
Who acts: I, version, everything, Phædrus · What happens: point out, occur, wish, see, have, touch · To what, where: earlier version, prose versions, babe, beard, Phædrus · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXV. the Three Wishes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, version, everything, Phædrus), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Æsop | case |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 Æsop | nmod:poss |
| 3 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 4 Æsop | punct |
| 4 | Æsop | Æsop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 pointed | obl |
| 5 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 4 Æsop | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 i. | punct |
| 7 | i. | i. | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 Æsop | dep |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 140-1 | punct |
| 9 | 140-1 | 140-1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 i. | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Æsop | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 pointed | nsubj |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 pointed | aux |
| 13 | pointed | point | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 pointed | compound:prt |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 version | det |
| 16 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 17 version | amod |
| 17 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pointed | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 Phædrus | case |
| 19 | Phædrus | Phædrus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 version | nmod |
| 20 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 22 occurs | advmod |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 occurs | nsubj |
| 22 | occurs | occur | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 version | acl:relcl |
| 23 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 28 versions | punct |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 28 versions | case |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 versions | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 versions | det |
| 27 | prose | prose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 versions | compound |
| 28 | versions | version | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 occurs | obj |
| 29 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 28 versions | punct |
| 30 | as | as | ADP | _ | 32 fable | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 fable | det |
| 32 | fable | fable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 occurs | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Mercury | case |
| 34 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 33 of | punct |
| 35 | Mercury | Mercury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 fable | nmod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 Women | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Women | det |
| 38 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 Women | nummod |
| 39 | Women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 Mercury | conj |
| 40 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 42 one | punct |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 one | punct |
| 42 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 pointed | parataxis |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 whom | case |
| 44 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 wishes | obl |
| 45 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 one | acl:relcl |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 see | mark |
| 47 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 wishes | ccomp |
| 48 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 babe | nmod:poss |
| 49 | babe | babe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 see | obj |
| 50 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 52 has | advmod |
| 51 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 has | nsubj |
| 52 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 see | ccomp |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 beard | det |
| 54 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 has | obj |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 other | punct |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 other | det |
| 57 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pointed | parataxis |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 touches | punct |
| 59 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 60 everything | det |
| 60 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 62 touches | nsubj |
| 61 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 touches | nsubj |
| 62 | touches | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 other | conj |
| 63 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 66 find | obj |
| 64 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 find | nsubj |
| 65 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 find | aux |
| 66 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 touches | ccomp |
| 67 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 find | xcomp |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 70 profession | case |
| 69 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 profession | nmod:poss |
| 70 | profession | profession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 useful | obl |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 follow | punct |
| 72 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 73 follow | aux |
| 73 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 find | conj |
| 74 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 follow | obj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 pointed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | present · perfect | I | a earlier version | in Phædrus; in my Æsop | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent version=Patient in æsop=Theme | |||
| 2 | occur | present | version | the prose versions | as the fable of Mercury and the two Women | tree rules | |||
| 3 | wish | present | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | Phædrus's babe | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | have | present | version | a beard | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient | ||||
| 6 | touch | present | everything | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | find | would | Phædrus | useful property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | ||||
| 8 | follow | may | Phædrus not said here | Phædrus | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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