The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 118

And if I do know how to do anything it is not what might properly be called a real trade—it is rather a sort of performance; but it is one which no one—not the king himself—must watch me doing, and I doubt whether this performance of mine would please your Majesty.”

Who acts: I, handicraft, me, performance · What happens: know, do, not be, call, be, watch · To what, where: anything, real trade, sort, one, me, Majesty · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, handicraft, me, performance), 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	_	5 know	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 know	mark
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 do	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 know	ccomp
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 do	obj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 what	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 what	advmod
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 anything	conj
14	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 called	aux
15	properly	properly	ADV	_	17 called	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 called	aux:pass
17	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 what	acl:relcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 trade	det
19	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 trade	amod
20	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 called	xcomp
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	26 sort	punct
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 sort	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 sort	cop
24	rather	rather	ADV	_	26 sort	advmod
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 sort	det
26	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 called	advcl
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 performance	case
28	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sort	nmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 one	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	33 one	cc
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 one	nsubj
32	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 one	cop
33	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 one	nummod
34	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	36 one	det
35	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	36 one	det
36	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	parataxis
37	—	-	PUNCT	_	40 king	punct
38	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	40 king	advmod
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 king	det
40	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 one	appos
41	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	40 king	nmod:unmarked
42	—	-	PUNCT	_	44 watch	punct
43	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 watch	aux
44	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	36 one	parataxis
45	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 watch	obj
46	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	44 watch	xcomp
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 doubt	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 doubt	cc
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 doubt	nsubj
50	doubt	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 watch	conj
51	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	57 please	mark
52	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 performance	det
53	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 please	nsubj
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 mine	case
55	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 performance	nmod
56	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 please	aux
57	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 doubt	ccomp
58	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 Majesty	nmod:poss
59	Majesty	majesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 please	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct
61	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present · do-support	I			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	do	to-infinitive		anything		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
3	not is a	present	handicraft			tree rules
4	call	might · passive		a real trade	properly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»
5	is a	present	handicraft	a sort	of performance	tree rules
6	is a	present	handicraft	one		tree rules
7	watch	must		me		tree rules
8	do	gerund	me not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	doubt	present	I			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	please	would	this performance of mine	your Majesty		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus majesty=Experiencer
11	perform			mine		nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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