The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 73
But Paperarello took no notice of her, and said to the king: “It was kind of you to offer me your daughter in marriage, and for that I thank you; but I have a wife at home whom I love better, and it is to her that I am going.
Who acts: Paperarello, notice · What happens: take, say, be, offer, thank, have · To what, where: notice, king, kind, daughter, Paperarello, marriage · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Paperarello, notice), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 took | cc |
| 2 | Paperarello | Paperarello | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 notice | det |
| 5 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 notice | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 kind | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 kind | punct |
| 16 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 kind | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 kind | cop |
| 18 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | ccomp |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 you | case |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 kind | nmod |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 offer | mark |
| 22 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 23 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 offer | obj |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 25 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 offer | obj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 marriage | case |
| 27 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 offer | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 thank | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 thank | cc |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 that | case |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 thank | obl |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 thank | nsubj |
| 33 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | parataxis |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 thank | obj |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 have | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 have | cc |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 have | nsubj |
| 38 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | parataxis |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 wife | det |
| 40 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 have | obj |
| 41 | at | at | ADP | _ | 42 home | case |
| 42 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 wife | nmod |
| 43 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 wife | nmod |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 love | nsubj |
| 45 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 whom | acl:relcl |
| 46 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 45 love | xcomp |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 her | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 her | cc |
| 49 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 her | nsubj |
| 50 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 her | cop |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 her | case |
| 52 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | obl |
| 53 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 56 going | mark |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 going | nsubj |
| 55 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 going | aux |
| 56 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 took | advcl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Paperarello | no notice of princess | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent notice=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Paperarello not said here | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | past | notice | kind | of the king = king | tree rules | |||
| 4 | offer in a quote | to-infinitive | your daughter | Paperarello | marriage | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal daughter=Theme | |||
| 5 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | Paperarello | the king = king | for that | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for that=Attribute | |||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | Paperarello | a wife | home | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | |||
| 7 | love in a quote | present | Paperarello | good property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | notice | to princess | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | go in a quote | present · progressive | Paperarello | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | notice | princess | 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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