The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 53
“Ah! he thinks that now he has changed himself into a king I shall not know him,” thought the old tanuki, and as the king passed in his splendid carriage, borne by his servants, he jumped upon it crying: “I have won my wager; you cannot deceive me.”
Who acts: Tanuki, old tanuki, king, you, my · What happens: think, change, not know, pass, bear, jump · To what, where: Tanuki, splendid carriage, carriage, wager, old tanuki · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tanuki, old tanuki, king, you), 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 | _ | 5 thinks | punct |
| 2 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 5 thinks | discourse |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ah | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 thinks | nsubj |
| 5 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 thought | advcl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 changed | mark |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 changed | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 changed | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 changed | aux |
| 10 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 know | advcl |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 changed | obj |
| 12 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 king | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 changed | obl |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 know | nsubj |
| 16 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 know | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 know | advmod |
| 18 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thinks | ccomp |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 know | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 know | punct |
| 21 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 thinks | punct |
| 22 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 tanuki | det |
| 24 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 tanuki | amod |
| 25 | tanuki | tanuki | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 thought | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 passed | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 passed | cc |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 passed | mark |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 king | det |
| 30 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 passed | nsubj |
| 31 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 thought | parataxis |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 carriage | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 carriage | nmod:poss |
| 34 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 carriage | amod |
| 35 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 passed | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 borne | punct |
| 37 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 carriage | acl |
| 38 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 servants | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 servants | nmod:poss |
| 40 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 borne | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 jumped | punct |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 jumped | nsubj |
| 43 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 thought | parataxis |
| 44 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 45 it | case |
| 45 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 jumped | obl |
| 46 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 jumped | advcl |
| 47 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 51 won | punct |
| 48 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 won | punct |
| 49 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 won | nsubj |
| 50 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 won | aux |
| 51 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 jumped | conj |
| 52 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 wager | nmod:poss |
| 53 | wager | wager | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 won | obj |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 deceive | punct |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 deceive | nsubj |
| 56 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 deceive | aux |
| 57 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 58 deceive | advmod |
| 58 | deceive | deceive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 thought | ccomp |
| 59 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 deceive | obj |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 58 deceive | punct |
| 61 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 deceive | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other in a quote | present | Tanuki | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | change in a quote | present · perfect | Tanuki | Tanuki | now | into a king result | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into king=Result | ||
| 3 | not know in a quote | shall | Tanuki | Tanuki | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | think speech: other | past | the old tanuki | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | pass | past | the king | Tanuki's splendid carriage | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in carriage=Location | ||||
| 6 | bear | participle | Tanuki's splendid carriage not said here | by Tanuki's servants | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | jump | past | Tanuki | carriage | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | cry speech: express | gerund | Tanuki not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | win in a quote | present · perfect | the old tanuki = tanuki | my wager | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wager=Eventuality | ||||
| 10 | not deceive in a quote | can | you | the old tanuki = tanuki | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 11 | wager in a quote | my | nom wager «act transitive»: 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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