The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 35
“Now you see what has happened through your own obstinacy,” said she; “but we must lose no time, for your father will soon be coming home.”
Who acts: you, giantess, we, father · What happens: see, happen, say, lose, come · To what, where: own obstinacy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, giantess, we, father), 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 | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 see | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 said | ccomp |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 happened | aux |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 see | ccomp |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 obstinacy | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 obstinacy | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 obstinacy | amod |
| 11 | obstinacy | obstinacy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happened | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 13 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 said | nsubj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 lose | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 lose | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 lose | cc |
| 19 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 lose | nsubj |
| 20 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 lose | aux |
| 21 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 said | ccomp |
| 22 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 23 time | det |
| 23 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 lose | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 coming | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 31 coming | mark |
| 26 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 father | nmod:poss |
| 27 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 coming | nsubj |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 coming | aux |
| 29 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 coming | advmod |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 coming | aux |
| 31 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 lose | advcl |
| 32 | home | home | ADV | _ | 31 coming | advmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 lose | punct |
| 34 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 lose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | present | you | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen in a quote | present · perfect | your own obstinacy | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through obstinacy=Location | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | giantess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | lose in a quote | must | we | time | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | future · progressive | your father | home, soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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