The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 181
"Why, you--my pretty, my dear," said Elfin, "and as for the Princess, his cousin--forgive me, dearest heart, but when I asked for her I hadn't seen the real Princess, the _only_ Princess, _my_ Princess."
Who acts: Elfin · What happens: say, forgive, ask, not see · To what, where: Elfin, real Princess · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Elfin), 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 | _ | 2 Why | punct |
| 2 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 you | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 said | ccomp |
| 5 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 7 pretty | punct |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 pretty | nmod:poss |
| 7 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 you | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dear | punct |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dear | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 you | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dear | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 you | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | Elfin | Elfin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Elfin | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Elfin | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Princess | cc |
| 18 | as | as | ADV | _ | 21 Princess | advmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 Princess | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Princess | det |
| 21 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Elfin | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 cousin | punct |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 24 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Elfin | appos |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 26 forgive | punct |
| 26 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | conj |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 forgive | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 heart | punct |
| 29 | dearest | dear | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 30 heart | amod |
| 30 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 forgive | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 asked | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 asked | cc |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 35 asked | advmod |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 asked | nsubj |
| 35 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | conj |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 41 seen | mark |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 seen | nmod:poss |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 seen | nsubj |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 seen | aux |
| 40 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 41 seen | advmod |
| 41 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 asked | advcl |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Princess | det |
| 43 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 Princess | amod |
| 44 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 seen | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 _ | punct |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 _ | det |
| 47 | _ | _ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 Princess | conj |
| 48 | only | only | ADV | _ | 50 Princess | advmod |
| 49 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 50 Princess | punct |
| 50 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 _ | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 52 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 55 Princess | punct |
| 53 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 Princess | nmod:poss |
| 54 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 55 Princess | punct |
| 55 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | parataxis |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 55 Princess | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 Princess | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Elfin and the Princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | forgive in a quote | infinitive | Elfin and the Princess not said here | Elfin and the Princess = elfin | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | Elfin and the Princess = elfin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not see in a quote | past · perfect | Elfin and the Princess = elfin | the real Princess and the _ Princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=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: «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Project Gutenberg book 23661 (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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