The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35, sentence 22
This one” (pointing to Labakan) “is my son, for it was he who brought me the token from my friend Elfi—the dagger.”
Who acts: one, matter, king · What happens: point, be, bring · To what, where: Labakan, son, token, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, matter, king), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 son | nsubj |
| 3 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 one | punct |
| 4 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 pointing | punct |
| 5 | pointing | point | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 son | csubj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Labakan | case |
| 7 | Labakan | Labakan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pointing | obl |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 pointing | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 son | punct |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 son | cop |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 son | nmod:poss |
| 12 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 brought | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 he | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 he | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 he | cop |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 brought | nsubj |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 brought | nsubj |
| 19 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 son | advcl |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 brought | obj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 token | det |
| 22 | token | token | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 brought | obj |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 friend | case |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 friend | nmod:poss |
| 25 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 brought | obl |
| 26 | Elfi | Elfi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 friend | appos |
| 27 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 dagger | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 dagger | det |
| 29 | dagger | dagger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 son | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 son | punct |
| 31 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 son | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point in a quote | gerund | Labakan | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to labakan=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | this one | my son and the dagger | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | matter | for king | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | bring | past | king | the token | me | from my friend | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination token=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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