The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 1
And so the promise on the ivory box of “Wealth and Happiness” came true for him, and when he heard of all the brave doings of Prince Omar, who was the pride and darling of his people and the terror of his enemies, the ex-prince thought to himself, “After all, I am better off as a tailor, for ‘Honour and Glory’ are apt to be very dangerous things.”
Who acts: promise, he, brave doings, ex-prince, apt dangerous things · What happens: be, hear, think · To what, where: pride, ex-prince · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (promise, he, brave doings, ex-prince), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 true | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 true | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 promise | det |
| 4 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 true | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 box | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 box | det |
| 7 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 box | compound |
| 8 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 promise | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Wealth | case |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Wealth | punct |
| 11 | Wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 box | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Happiness | cc |
| 13 | Happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Wealth | conj |
| 14 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Happiness | punct |
| 15 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 true | cop |
| 16 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 true | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 heard | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 heard | cc |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 heard | advmod |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 heard | nsubj |
| 23 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 true | conj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 doings | case |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 doings | det:predet |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 doings | det |
| 27 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 doings | amod |
| 28 | doings | doing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 heard | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Omar | case |
| 30 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Omar | nmod:desc |
| 31 | Omar | Omar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 doings | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 pride | punct |
| 33 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 pride | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 pride | cop |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 pride | det |
| 36 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 doings | conj |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 darling | cc |
| 38 | darling | darling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 pride | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 people | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 people | nmod:poss |
| 41 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 darling | nmod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 terror | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 terror | det |
| 44 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 pride | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 enemies | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 47 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 terror | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 thought | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 ex-prince | det |
| 50 | ex-prince | ex-prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 thought | nsubj |
| 51 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 heard | parataxis |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 himself | case |
| 53 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 51 thought | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 better | punct |
| 55 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 61 better | punct |
| 56 | After | after | ADP | _ | 57 all | case |
| 57 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 61 better | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 all | punct |
| 59 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 61 better | nsubj |
| 60 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 better | cop |
| 61 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 51 thought | conj |
| 62 | off | off | ADP | _ | 61 better | compound:prt |
| 63 | as | as | ADP | _ | 65 tailor | case |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 tailor | det |
| 65 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 better | obl |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 Honour | punct |
| 67 | for | for | ADP | _ | 69 Honour | case |
| 68 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 69 Honour | punct |
| 69 | Honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 are | obl |
| 70 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 Glory | cc |
| 71 | Glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 Honour | conj |
| 72 | ’ | ' | PRON | PronType=Dem | 73 are | expl |
| 73 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 thought | conj |
| 74 | apt | apt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 things | amod |
| 75 | to | to | PART | _ | 78 dangerous | mark |
| 76 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 78 dangerous | cop |
| 77 | very | very | ADV | _ | 78 dangerous | advmod |
| 78 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 things | amod |
| 79 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 are | nsubj |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 true | punct |
| 81 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 true | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the promise on the ivory box of Wealth and Happiness | for him = he; true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear | past | he | of all brave doings of Omar Prince and the pride and darling of Omar's people and the terror of Omar's enemies | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of doing=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | all brave doings of Omar Prince and the pride and darling of Omar's people and the terror of Omar's enemies | the pride and darling of Omar's people and the terror of Omar's enemies | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | think speech: other | past | the ex-prince | ex-prince | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | the ex-prince = ex-prince | after all | as a tailor; good property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | does in a quote | present | apt dangerous things | for Honour and Glory | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | dangerous property | tree rules |
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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