The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6, sentence 68
When the master saw this, he called to his wife: “Bring a piece of bread to give to the dog.”
Who acts: master · What happens: see, call, bring, give · To what, where: this, wife, piece, dog · 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 (master), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 master | det |
| 3 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 called | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 called | nsubj |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 wife | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 wife | nmod:poss |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 called | obl |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 Bring | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Bring | punct |
| 14 | Bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 called | ccomp |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 piece | det |
| 16 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Bring | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 bread | case |
| 18 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 piece | nmod |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 give | mark |
| 20 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 Bring | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 dog | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 dog | det |
| 23 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 give | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 Bring | punct |
| 25 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Bring | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the master | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | past | master | master's wife | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | bring in a quote | infinitive | a piece of bread | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | |||||
| 4 | give in a quote | to-infinitive | the dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to dog=Recipient |
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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