The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 100
“See that you are quick,” said he, “for your friend will await your return before he starts.”
Who acts: you, man, your · What happens: see, be, say, await, start, return · To what, where: return · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, man, your), 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 | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 2 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | ccomp |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 quick | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 quick | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 quick | cop |
| 6 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 See | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 await | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 await | punct |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 friend | case |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 friend | nmod:poss |
| 15 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 await | obl |
| 16 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 await | aux |
| 17 | await | await | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | ccomp |
| 18 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 return | nmod:poss |
| 19 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 await | obj |
| 20 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 22 starts | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 starts | nsubj |
| 22 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 await | advcl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 await | punct |
| 24 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 await | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | you | quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | await in a quote | future | your return | for your friend | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | start in a quote | present | man | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | return in a quote | your | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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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