The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 123
Then the seventh Simon stepped back a little, cleared his throat, and said: “My trade, King Archidej, is of such a kind that the man who follows it in your kingdom generally loses his life and has no hopes of pardon.
Who acts: seventh Simon, trade, man, that, My, pardon · What happens: step back, clear, say, be, follow, lose · To what, where: little, throat, kingdom, life, hopes · 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 (seventh Simon, trade, man, that), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 stepped | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Simon | det |
| 3 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Simon | amod |
| 4 | Simon | Simon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 stepped | nsubj |
| 5 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 stepped | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 little | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stepped | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cleared | punct |
| 10 | cleared | clear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stepped | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 throat | nmod:poss |
| 12 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cleared | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stepped | conj |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 trade | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 trade | punct |
| 18 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 trade | nmod:poss |
| 19 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 kind | nsubj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 King | punct |
| 21 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 trade | appos |
| 22 | Archidej | Archidej | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 King | flat |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 trade | punct |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 kind | cop |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 kind | case |
| 26 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 28 kind | det:predet |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 kind | det |
| 28 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | ccomp |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 loses | nsubj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 man | det |
| 31 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 loses | nsubj |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 follows | nsubj |
| 33 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 man | acl:relcl |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 follows | obj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 kingdom | case |
| 36 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 37 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 follows | obl |
| 38 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 39 loses | advmod |
| 39 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 kind | parataxis |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 life | nmod:poss |
| 41 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 loses | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 has | cc |
| 43 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 loses | conj |
| 44 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 45 hopes | det |
| 45 | hopes | hope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 has | obj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 pardon | case |
| 47 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 hopes | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stepped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step back | past | the seventh Simon | a little | then | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | clear | past | the seventh Simon not said here | Simon's throat | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent throat=Source | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the seventh Simon not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | My trade | of such kind | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | follow in a quote | present | the man | throat | your kingdom | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in kingdom=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | lose in a quote | present | that | Simon's life | generally property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | |||
| 7 | have in a quote | present | that not said here | no hopes of pardon | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | ||||
| 8 | trade in a quote | My | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | hope in a quote | pardon | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=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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