The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 27
That night he dreamed that his friend the old man appeared to him and said: “Because you did not mourn for your lost treasure, but only for your pipes, I will give you a new set to replace them.”
Who acts: shrinking, friend, you, your · What happens: dream, appear, say, not mourn, lose, give · To what, where: shrinking, new set, you, treasures · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shrinking, friend, you, your), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 night | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dreamed | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dreamed | nsubj |
| 4 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 appeared | mark |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 appeared | nsubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 man | amod |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 friend | appos |
| 11 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dreamed | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 appeared | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 appeared | conj |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 mourn | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 mourn | punct |
| 18 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 22 mourn | mark |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 mourn | nsubj |
| 20 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 mourn | aux |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 mourn | advmod |
| 22 | mourn | mourn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 treasure | case |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 treasure | nmod:poss |
| 25 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 treasure | amod |
| 26 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 mourn | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 pipes | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 pipes | cc |
| 29 | only | only | ADV | _ | 32 pipes | advmod |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 pipes | case |
| 31 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 pipes | nmod:poss |
| 32 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 mourn | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 give | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 give | nsubj |
| 35 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 give | aux |
| 36 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 mourn | conj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 give | iobj |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 set | det |
| 39 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 set | amod |
| 40 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 give | obj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 replace | mark |
| 42 | replace | replace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 set | acl |
| 43 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 replace | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dreamed | punct |
| 45 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 dreamed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | past | shrinking | night | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | appear | past | shrinking's friend | shrinking | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | shrinking's friend not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | not mourn in a quote | past · do-support | you | for your lost treasure; for your pipes | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for treasure=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | lose in a quote | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | give in a quote | future | shrinking's friend = friend | a new set | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient set=Theme | |||
| 7 | replace in a quote | to-infinitive | shrinking's friend = friend not said here | treasures = treasure | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | ||||
| 8 | treasure in a quote | your | nom treasure «possession 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: «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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