The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 94
“You have one gift,” replied the old man, taking no notice of this speech, “and if you would only go about and play the pipes, you would easily earn, not only your daily bread, but a little money into the bargain.
Who acts: You, old man · What happens: have, reply, take, go about, play, earn · To what, where: one gift, notice, pipes, daily bread, bargain, speech · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, old man), 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 | _ | 8 replied | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 replied | parataxis |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 gift | nummod |
| 5 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 8 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 earn | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 replied | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 taking | punct |
| 13 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 replied | advcl |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 notice | det |
| 15 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taking | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 speech | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 speech | det |
| 18 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 notice | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 go | punct |
| 20 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 go | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 go | cc |
| 22 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 26 go | mark |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 go | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 go | aux |
| 25 | only | only | ADV | _ | 26 go | advmod |
| 26 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 taking | conj |
| 27 | about | about | ADV | _ | 26 go | advmod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 play | cc |
| 29 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 go | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 pipes | det |
| 31 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 play | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 replied | punct |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 earn | nsubj |
| 34 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 earn | aux |
| 35 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 36 earn | advmod |
| 36 | earn | earn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 bread | punct |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 bread | advmod |
| 39 | only | only | ADV | _ | 42 bread | advmod |
| 40 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 bread | nmod:poss |
| 41 | daily | daily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 bread | amod |
| 42 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 earn | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 money | punct |
| 44 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 47 money | cc |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 money | det |
| 46 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 money | amod |
| 47 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 bread | conj |
| 48 | into | into | ADP | _ | 50 bargain | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 bargain | det |
| 50 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 earn | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 earn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | You | one gift | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | the old man | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | take | gerund | the old man not said here | no notice of this speech | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go about a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | would | you | about property | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | play in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | the pipes | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme | ||||
| 6 | earn in a quote | would | you | your daily bread but a little money | the bargain | easily property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||
| 7 | notice | this speech | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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