The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 59
Now the prince never talked about his feelings—for the matter of that he scarcely talked at all; and the father knew that if he was to come to the bottom of the prince’s dismal face, he would have to begin.
Who acts: prince, father, that · What happens: not talk, talk, know, come, have, begin · To what, where: all, bottom
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, father, that), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 talked | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 talked | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 talked | advmod |
| 5 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 feelings | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 feelings | nmod:poss |
| 8 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 talked | obl |
| 9 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 matter | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 matter | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 matter | det |
| 12 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feelings | appos |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 that | case |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 matter | nmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 talked | nsubj |
| 16 | scarcely | scarcely | ADV | _ | 17 talked | advmod |
| 17 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 matter | parataxis |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 all | case |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 talked | obl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 knew | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 knew | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 father | det |
| 23 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 knew | nsubj |
| 24 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 talked | conj |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 come | mark |
| 26 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 30 come | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 come | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 come | aux |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 come | mark |
| 30 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 knew | ccomp |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 bottom | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 bottom | det |
| 33 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 come | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 face | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 prince | det |
| 36 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 face | nmod:poss |
| 37 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 36 prince | case |
| 38 | dismal | dismal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 face | amod |
| 39 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bottom | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 have | punct |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 have | nsubj |
| 42 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 have | aux |
| 43 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 talked | parataxis |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 begin | mark |
| 45 | begin | begin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 have | xcomp |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 talked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk | past | the prince | now | about Prince's feelings | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about feeling=Topic | |||
| 2 | talk | past | Prince | all | scarcely property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | know | past | the father | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | come a condition, not said to happen | past | Prince | the bottom of the prince's dismal face | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | have | would | Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | begin | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | matter | that | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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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