The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11, sentence 23

“Now,” he said, “I will throw you into the sea, and you must shout for help; and when you see the sailors coming untie the rope from your waist, and tell them that you have swum after the ship all the way from shore.”

Who acts: Tiidu, you, sailors · What happens: say, throw, shout, see, come, untie · To what, where: you, sea, rope, friends, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tiidu, you, sailors), 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	_	6 said	punct
2	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 said	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Now	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Now	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 throw	punct
8	“	"	PUNCT	_	11 throw	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 throw	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 throw	aux
11	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 throw	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 throw	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 shout	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 shout	cc
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 shout	nsubj
19	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 shout	aux
20	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 throw	conj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 help	case
22	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 shout	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 see	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 see	cc
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 see	advmod
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 see	nsubj
27	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	parataxis
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 sailors	det
29	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 untie	nsubj
30	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	29 sailors	acl
31	untie	untie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 see	ccomp
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 rope	det
33	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 untie	obj
34	from	from	ADP	_	36 waist	case
35	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 waist	nmod:poss
36	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 untie	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 tell	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 tell	cc
39	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 see	conj
40	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 tell	iobj
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	44 swum	mark
42	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	44 swum	nsubj
43	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 swum	aux
44	swum	swim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	39 tell	advcl
45	after	after	ADP	_	47 ship	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 ship	det
47	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 swum	obl
48	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 way	det:predet
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 way	det
50	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 swum	obl:unmarked
51	from	from	ADP	_	52 shore	case
52	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 way	nmod
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
54	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Tiidu			now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	throw in a quote	future	Tiidu	you			into the sea result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer you=Theme into sea=Result
3	shout speech: express in a quote	must	you				for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
4	see in a quote	present	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	come in a quote	gerund	the sailors not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	untie in a quote	present	the sailors	the rope			from your waist	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient from waist=Co-Patient
7	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	you not said here		friends = friend			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
8	swim in a quote	present · perfect	you	all way from shore		after the ship		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: «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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