The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 34
“Well, I will do my best,” replied his son; “but first give me the sword which hangs over your bed!”
Who acts: son, sword · What happens: do, reply, give, hang · To what, where: best, sword, son, bed · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, sword), 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 do | punct |
| 2 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 6 do | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Well | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 do | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 replied | ccomp |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 best | nmod:poss |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 do | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| 11 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 son | nmod:poss |
| 13 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 replied | obj |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 give | cc |
| 17 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 18 give | advmod |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 replied | ccomp |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 give | iobj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 sword | det |
| 21 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obj |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 hangs | nsubj |
| 23 | hangs | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 sword | acl:relcl |
| 24 | over | over | ADP | _ | 26 bed | case |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 bed | nmod:poss |
| 26 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 hangs | obl |
| 27 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
| 28 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | future | herdsman's son = son | my best | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: express | past | herdsman's son | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | give in a quote | infinitive | the sword | herdsman's son = son | first property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient sword=Theme | |||
| 4 | hang in a quote | present | the sword | your bed | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over bed=Location |
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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