The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 80
“My master, the Count Piro, begs that you will send him at once the finest coat that you have in your shop,” said the fox, putting on his grandest air, “and if it fits him I will call and pay for it to-morrow!
Who acts: master, you, fox, coat · What happens: beg, send, have, say, put, fit · To what, where: master, finest coat, shop, grandest air, fox · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, you, fox, coat), 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 | _ | 9 begs | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 master | nmod:poss |
| 3 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 begs | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Piro | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Piro | det |
| 6 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Piro | compound |
| 7 | Piro | Piro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 master | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 master | punct |
| 9 | begs | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 said | ccomp |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 send | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 send | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 send | aux |
| 13 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 begs | xcomp |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 send | obj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 once | case |
| 16 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 13 send | advmod |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 coat | det |
| 18 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 coat | amod |
| 19 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 once | nsubj |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 have | obj |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 have | nsubj |
| 22 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 coat | acl:relcl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 shop | case |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 shop | nmod:poss |
| 25 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 have | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 send | punct |
| 27 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 begs | punct |
| 28 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 fox | det |
| 30 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 said | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 putting | punct |
| 32 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 said | advcl |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 air | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 air | nmod:poss |
| 35 | grandest | grand | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 36 air | amod |
| 36 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 putting | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 fits | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 fits | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 fits | cc |
| 40 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 42 fits | mark |
| 41 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 fits | nsubj |
| 42 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 putting | advcl |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 fits | obj |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 call | nsubj |
| 45 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 call | aux |
| 46 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 fits | parataxis |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 pay | cc |
| 48 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 call | conj |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 50 it | case |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 pay | obl |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 morrow | case |
| 52 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 to | punct |
| 53 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 pay | obl |
| 54 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 28 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request in a quote | present | My master | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send not said to happen, in a quote | future | you | master | once property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | you | the finest coat | your shop | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | |||
| 4 | say speech: express | past | the fox | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | put | gerund | the fox not said here | fox's grandest air | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on air=Destination | ||||
| 6 | fit a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | coat | fox | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 7 | call in a quote | future | the fox = fox | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | pay in a quote | infinitive | the fox = fox not said here | for coat; to morrow | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=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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