The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6, sentence 19
“When we are come to my father’s house,” said his own snake to him, “he will reward you with anything you like to ask—silver, gold, jewels, or whatever on this earth is most precious; but take none of all these things, ask rather to understand the language of beasts.
Who acts: own snake, snake, earth · What happens: come, say, reward, like, ask, be · To what, where: we, whatever, snake, none, language · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (own snake, snake, earth), 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 | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 2 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 come | advmod |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 come | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux:pass |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 said | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 house | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 father | nmod:poss |
| 8 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 house | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 father | case |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 snake | nmod:poss |
| 15 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 snake | amod |
| 16 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 reward | punct |
| 20 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 reward | punct |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 reward | nsubj |
| 22 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 reward | aux |
| 23 | reward | reward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | conj |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 reward | obj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 anything | case |
| 26 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 23 reward | obl |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 like | nsubj |
| 28 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 anything | acl:relcl |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 ask | mark |
| 30 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 like | xcomp |
| 31 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 silver | punct |
| 32 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 anything | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 gold | punct |
| 34 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 silver | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 jewels | punct |
| 36 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 silver | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 whatever | punct |
| 38 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 39 whatever | cc |
| 39 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 said | obj |
| 40 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 45 precious | mark |
| 41 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 earth | det |
| 42 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 precious | nsubj |
| 43 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 precious | cop |
| 44 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 45 precious | advmod |
| 45 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 whatever | advcl |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 take | punct |
| 47 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 take | cc |
| 48 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | parataxis |
| 49 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 48 take | obj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 things | case |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 things | det:predet |
| 52 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 53 things | det |
| 53 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 none | nmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 ask | punct |
| 55 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 48 take | conj |
| 56 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 55 ask | advmod |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 understand | mark |
| 58 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 ask | xcomp |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 language | det |
| 60 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 understand | obj |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 beasts | case |
| 62 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 language | nmod |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | present · passive | we | to my father's house | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | snake's own snake | whatever | snake | tree rules | |||
| 3 | reward in a quote | future | snake | snake | with anything | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient with anything=Theme | |||
| 4 | like in a quote | present | snake | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | snake not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | this earth | precious property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | take in a quote | infinitive | none | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme | |||||
| 8 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 9 | understand not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | the language of beasts | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus |
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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