The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 25
“Ah, my son, my son,” cried the queen, “it is the thought that I must part from you which causes me such grief; for before you were born we vowed a vow to St. James that when your eighteenth birthday was passed you should make a pilgrimage to his shrine, and very soon you will be eighteen, and I shall lose you.
Who acts: son, it, that, part, we, you · What happens: cry, be, part, cause, bear, vow · To what, where: queen, thought, son, you, vow, eighteenth birthday · 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 (son, it, that, part), 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 son | punct |
| 2 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 5 son | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ah | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cried | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 son | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 son | punct |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 son | punct |
| 11 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 queen | det |
| 13 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cried | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 thought | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 thought | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 thought | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 thought | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 thought | det |
| 19 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cried | obl |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 part | nsubj |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 part | nsubj |
| 22 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 part | aux |
| 23 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 thought | ccomp |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 you | case |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 part | nmod |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 causes | nsubj |
| 27 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 part | acl:relcl |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 causes | obj |
| 29 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 grief | amod |
| 30 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 causes | obj |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 vowed | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 36 born | mark |
| 33 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 36 born | mark |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 born | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 born | aux:pass |
| 36 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 vowed | advcl |
| 37 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 vowed | nsubj |
| 38 | vowed | vow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 cried | conj |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 vow | det |
| 40 | vow | vow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 vowed | obj |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 James | case |
| 42 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 James | nmod:desc |
| 43 | James | James | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 passed | obl |
| 44 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 passed | obj |
| 45 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 50 passed | advmod |
| 46 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 47 | eighteenth | eighteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 birthday | amod |
| 48 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 passed | aux:pass |
| 50 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 vowed | advcl |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 53 make | nsubj |
| 52 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 make | aux |
| 53 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 passed | parataxis |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 pilgrimage | det |
| 55 | pilgrimage | pilgrimage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 make | obj |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 shrine | case |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 shrine | nmod:poss |
| 58 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 make | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 eighteen | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 eighteen | cc |
| 61 | very | very | ADV | _ | 62 soon | advmod |
| 62 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 66 eighteen | advmod |
| 63 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 66 eighteen | nsubj |
| 64 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 eighteen | aux |
| 65 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 66 eighteen | cop |
| 66 | eighteen | eighteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 vowed | obl |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 lose | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 lose | cc |
| 69 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 71 lose | nsubj |
| 70 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 71 lose | aux |
| 71 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 vowed | advcl |
| 72 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 71 lose | obj |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | my son | the queen | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | the thought | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | part in a quote | must | that | from you | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | cause in a quote | present | part | my son = son | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer i=Theme grief=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | bear in a quote | past · passive | you | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 6 | vow in a quote | past | we | a vow | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | pass in a quote | past · passive | your eighteenth birthday | James St. | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme | ||||
| 8 | make in a quote | should | you | a pilgrimage | to son's shrine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pilgrimage=Product | |||
| 9 | is a in a quote | future | you | eighteen | soon property | tree rules | |||
| 10 | lose in a quote | shall | my son = son | you | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality |
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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