The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 32
“If I should never come back from this journey I fear that it may not be safe for you to stay here; so directly there are no more hopes of my return go instantly and take the road eastwards till you reach a high mountain, which you must cross.
Who acts: children, journey, you, more hopes, high mountain, my · What happens: not come back, fear, not be, stay, be, go · To what, where: journey, road eastwards, high mountain
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, journey, you, more hopes), 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 come | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 come | mark |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 come | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 come | advmod |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 journey | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 journey | det |
| 10 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | obl |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 fear | nsubj |
| 12 | fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 journey | acl:relcl |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 safe | mark |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 safe | nsubj |
| 15 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 safe | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 safe | advmod |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 safe | cop |
| 18 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fear | advcl |
| 19 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 stay | mark |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 stay | nsubj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 stay | mark |
| 22 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 safe | advcl |
| 23 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 stay | advmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 are | punct |
| 25 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 directly | advmod |
| 26 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 28 are | advmod |
| 27 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 28 are | expl |
| 28 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | conj |
| 29 | no | no | ADV | _ | 30 more | advmod |
| 30 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 31 hopes | amod |
| 31 | hopes | hope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 are | nsubj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 return | case |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 return | nmod:poss |
| 34 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 go | obl |
| 35 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 hopes | acl:relcl |
| 36 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 35 go | advmod |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 take | cc |
| 38 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 go | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 eastwards | det |
| 40 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 eastwards | compound |
| 41 | eastwards | eastward | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 take | obj |
| 42 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 44 reach | mark |
| 43 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 reach | nsubj |
| 44 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 take | advcl |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 mountain | det |
| 46 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 mountain | amod |
| 47 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 reach | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 cross | punct |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 cross | nsubj |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 cross | nsubj |
| 51 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 cross | aux |
| 52 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 mountain | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come back in a quote | should | children = child | this journey | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from journey=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | fear in a quote | present | children = child | this journey not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer journey=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | may | journey | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | stay in a quote | to-infinitive | you | here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | does in a quote | present | more hopes | there | directly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | go in a quote | infinitive | more hopes not said here | of my return; instantly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of return=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | take in a quote | infinitive | more hopes not said here | the road eastwards | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eastward=Theme | ||||
| 8 | reach in a quote | present | you | a high mountain | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme | ||||
| 9 | cross in a quote | must | a high mountain | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | return in a quote | my | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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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