More English Fairy Tales, LXXXIII. Catskin, sentence 11
The full formula may be said to run in abbreviated form--_Death-bed promise--Deceased wife's resemblance marriage test--Unnatural father_ (desiring to marry his own daughter)--_Helpful animal--Counter tasks--Magic dresses--Heroine flight--Heroine disguise--Menial heroine--Meeting-place--Token objects named--Threefold flight--Lovesick prince--Recognition ring--Happy marriage_.
Who acts: Death bed promise, Magic, Deceased wife · What happens: say, run, abbreviate, decease, desire, marry · To what, where: full formula, abbreviated form, own daughter, Heroine flight, Token objects · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXXIII. Catskin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Death bed promise, Magic, Deceased wife), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 formula | det |
| 2 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 formula | amod |
| 3 | formula | formula | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | aux:pass |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 run | mark |
| 8 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 form | case |
| 10 | abbreviated | abbreviate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 form | amod |
| 11 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 run | obl |
| 12 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 17 promise | punct |
| 13 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 promise | punct |
| 14 | Death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promise | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Death | punct |
| 16 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promise | compound |
| 17 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 run | parataxis |
| 18 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 24 test | punct |
| 19 | Deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 wife | amod |
| 20 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 test | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 wife | case |
| 22 | resemblance | resemblance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 test | compound |
| 23 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 test | compound |
| 24 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promise | appos |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 27 father | punct |
| 26 | Unnatural | unnatural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 father | amod |
| 27 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 test | conj |
| 28 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 24 test | punct |
| 29 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 30 desiring | punct |
| 30 | desiring | desire | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 promise | acl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 marry | mark |
| 32 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 desiring | xcomp |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 34 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 daughter | amod |
| 35 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 marry | obj |
| 36 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 30 desiring | punct |
| 37 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 40 animal | punct |
| 38 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 40 animal | punct |
| 39 | Helpful | helpful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 animal | amod |
| 40 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promise | appos |
| 41 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 43 tasks | punct |
| 42 | Counter | counter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 tasks | compound |
| 43 | tasks | task | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 animal | conj |
| 44 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 46 dresses | punct |
| 45 | Magic | Magic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 dresses | nsubj |
| 46 | dresses | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 animal | parataxis |
| 47 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 49 flight | punct |
| 48 | Heroine | Heroine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 flight | compound |
| 49 | flight | flight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 dresses | obj |
| 50 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 52 disguise | punct |
| 51 | Heroine | heroine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 disguise | compound |
| 52 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 flight | appos |
| 53 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 55 heroine | punct |
| 54 | Menial | menial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 heroine | amod |
| 55 | heroine | heroine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 disguise | conj |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 59 place | punct |
| 57 | Meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 place | compound |
| 58 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 57 Meeting | punct |
| 59 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 heroine | appos |
| 60 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 62 objects | punct |
| 61 | Token | token | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 objects | amod |
| 62 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 place | appos |
| 63 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 objects | acl |
| 64 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 66 flight | punct |
| 65 | Threefold | threefold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 flight | amod |
| 66 | flight | flight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 disguise | conj |
| 67 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 69 prince | punct |
| 68 | Lovesick | Lovesick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 prince | compound |
| 69 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 flight | appos |
| 70 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 72 ring | punct |
| 71 | Recognition | recognition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 ring | compound |
| 72 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 prince | conj |
| 73 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 75 marriage | punct |
| 74 | Happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 marriage | amod |
| 75 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 disguise | conj |
| 76 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 46 dresses | punct |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | may · passive | the full formula | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | run | to-infinitive | abbreviated form | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Trajectory | |||||
| 3 | abbreviate | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | decease | participle | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | desire | gerund | Death bed promise not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | Death bed promise not said here | Chambers's own daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | ||||
| 7 | dress | present | Magic | Heroine flight | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Patient | ||||
| 8 | name | participle | Token objects not said here | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | test | Deceased wife | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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